[43] This ship was wrecked on the coast of Japan, driven thither by tempests; and its rich cargo was seized by the Japanese.  Detailed accounts of this event and its consequences are furnished by Morga in his Sucesos (Hakluyt Soc. trans.), pp. 75—­79; Santa Ines, in the Cronica, ii, pp. 252—­272; and La Concepcion, in Hist. de Philipinas, iii, pp. 106—­119, 143—­148.

[44] Francisco de Ibarra was a prominent Spanish officer in Mexico (1554—­72); he subjected to the dominion of Spain the province of Copala, which he named Nueva Vizcaya, founding therein the cities of Durango, Sinaloa, and others.

[45] For accounts of early explorations on North American coasts, see the following works:  On the northeastern coast, Winsor’s Narrative and Critical History of America, iv, pp. 33—­102.  On the Pacific coast, H.H.  Bancroft’s History of the Northwest Coast, i, pp. 1—­136.  The voyages mentioned in this document are regarded by Bancroft as apocryphal.  Bacallaos ("cod-fish”) was an early designation of the island of Newfoundland, but was afterward extended to the mainland of eastern Canada.  The cape of Breton evidently refers to Cape Breton, on the island of that name.

[46] Sedeno, as vice-provincial of his order in the islands, governed all its missions there.  On a journey of inspection he suffered greatly from the hardships of a stormy voyage, and died at Cebu on September 1, 1595.  La Concepcion gives an interesting sketch of his life and labors, in Hist. de Philipinas, iii, pp. 7—­12.  Before coming to the Philippines, Sedeno had accompanied the expeditions of Pedro Melendez in Florida.