Expedition of Ruy Lopez de Villalobos

Resume of contemporaneous documents.—­These documents, also synopsized, for the period 1541-48, are obtained from Doc. ined., as follows:  Ultramar, ii, part i, pp. 1-94; Amer. y Oceania, v, pp. 117-209, and xiv, pp. 151-165.

Expedition of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

Resume of contemporaneous documents.—­These documents, covering the period 1559-69, are also synopsized from Doc. ined.  Ultramar, ii, pp. 94-475, and iii, pp. v-225, 244-370, 427-463.

Warrant for establishment of Augustinian Mission (1564).—­The original of this document was found among the archives of the Augustinian convent at Culhuacan, Mexico.  The only publication of this Patente of which we are aware is that (in Latin) from which our translation is made, in a work by Elviro J. Perez, O.S.A.,—­Catalogo bio-bibliografico de los religiosos agustinos (Manila, 1901), pp. xi-xiv.  At present, we are unable to give further information concerning the document.

Possession of Cibabao (Feb. 15, 1565).—­The original MS. (from a copy of which our translation is made) is conserved in the Archivo de Indias at Sevilla; pressmark, “Simancas—­Filipinas; descubrimientos, descripciones y poblaciones de las Islas Filipinas, anos 1537 a 1565; est. 1, caj. 1, leg. 1, 23.”  It has been published in Doc. ined.  Ultramar, i i, pp. 351-355.

Proclamation regarding gold found in burial places (May 16, 1565).—­The data for the preceding document apply to this one also—­save that to pressmark should be added “ramo 25;” and that the pagination for this one in Doc. ined. is 355-357.

Letter to Felipe II (May 27, 1565).—­The original MS. is also in Sevilla; pressmark, “Simancas—­Filipinas; descubrimientos, descripciones y gobierno de Filipinas; est. 1, caj. 1, leg. 1, 23.”  It was published, ut supra, pp. 357-359.  There are two copies in the Archivo, one of which is incorrectly endorsed “1569.”  In such cases it should be remembered that despatches and other official documents were often sent in duplicate—­sometimes in triplicate, or even quadruplicate,—­and by different vessels, to ensure that at least one copy should reach its destination.

Letters to Felipe II (May 29, June 1, 1565).—­The original MSS. (from copies of which our translations are made) are also in the Archivo de Indias; pressmark.  “Patronato, Audiencia de Filipinas—­Cartas de los gobernadores.”  More definite designation is not possible, as these MSS. were not in their regular place in the above patronato at the time when our transcripts were made.  With the letter of June 1 we present a photographic reproduction of the signatures.  Both of these documents were published in Doc. ined.  Amer. y Oceania, xiii, pp. 527-531.