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TRANSLATORS PREFACE.
TRANSLATORS PREFACE.
Tue original work of De Moxga was printed in Mexico in 1609, and .has become extremely rare; there is no copy of it in -the Bibliothdque Impériale of Paris. This translation is from a transcription made for the Hakluyt Society from the copy in the Grenville Library of the British Muscum ; the catalogue of which states that “this book, printed at Mexico, is for that reason probably unknown to bibliographers, though a book of great rarity.” However, it is mentioned in the Bibliotheca Scriptorum Hi
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IMPRIMATUR.
IMPRIMATUR.
By order of the most excellent Lord, Don Luis de Velasco, Vice Roy of this New Spain, and of the most illustrious and most reverend Lord Don fray Garcia Guerra, Archbishop of Mexico, of His Majesty’s Conneil : I have seen this book of the Events in the Philippine Islands, written by Dr. Antonio de Morga, Alcalde of the Court and Royal Andiencia of Mexico; and it appears to me to be agreeable and profitable, and worthy to be printed; inasmuch as the author has observed with exactitude the laws of
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TO THE READER.
TO THE READER.
Tre monarchy of the Kings of Spain has been aggrandised by the zeal and care with which they have defended within their own hereditary kingdoms, the Holy Catholic Faith, which the Roman Church teaches, against whatsoever adversaries oppose it, or seek to obscure the truth by various errors, which faith they have disseminated throughout the world. Thus by the mercy of God they preserve their realms and subjects in the purity of the Christian religion, deserving ‘thereby the glorious title and ren
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I.
I.
Of the First Discoveries of the Eastern Isles, and of the Voyage which the Adelautado Miguel Lopez de Legazpi made thither; of the Con. quest and Pacification of the Philippines during his Governorship; and of Guido de Labazarris, who afterwards undertook the charge. AccorDING to ancient and modern cosmographers, that part of the world called Asia has adjacent to it an immense number of islands, large and small, inhabited by divers nations and peoples, as rich in precious stones, gold, silver, a
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Of the Government of Dr. Francisco de Sande, and of the Events in his time in the Philippine Islands. News having heen roccived in Spain of the conquest and taking possession of the Philippine Islands by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, and of his death, his Majesty appointed as governor and captain-general of these islands, Dr. Francisco de Sande, a native of Caceres, alcalde of the Audiencia of Mexico; and he sailed thither, and entered upon his government, in the year 1675. During this government the
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III.
III.
Of the Government of Don Gonzalo Ronquillo de Pefialosa; and of Diego Ronquillo, who, on account of his death, filled the office. From the copious information which reached the court of his Majesty concerning the affairs of the Philippines, and of the great need which they experienced of being supplied with settlers and people to ocoupy them, for the better ordering of this, and at the least cost to the royal exchequer, an arrangement was made with Don Gonzalo Ronquillo de Pehialosa, a native of
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IV.
IV.
Of the Government of Dr. Santiago de Vera ; and of the Establishment of the Audiencia (High Court) of Manila, until it was removed; and of that which happened in his time. Tho President and Auditors having arrived at the Philip- pines in the month of May 1584, whilst Diego Ronquillo was governing, Dr. Santiago de Vera entered upon the government, and immediately founded the High Court, and the seal was received and placed with all solemnity and festivities that were possible. They then began to
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V.
V.
Of the Government of Gomez Perez Dasmarifias; and of the Licentiate Pedro de Rojas, who at his death was elected to the government by the city of Manila, until Don Luis Dasmariias was received instead of Gomez Perez, his father. As soon as Gomez Perez Dasmariiias arrived at the Philippines, he was received as governor, to the gencral satisfaction. He abolished the Audicncia, and filled the offices of president, auditors and fiscal and other ministers of the court, by means of the Licenciate Herv
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VI.
VI.
Of the Government of Don Francisco Tello; and of the second establishment of the Audiencia of Manila; and of the things that happened during the period of this government. The Governor Don Luys Dasmearifias was expecting news of Captain Juan Xuarez Gallinato, and of the Governor Estevan Rodriguez de Figueroa, respecting the voyage which cach had made in the beginning of this year, ninetysix, to Cambodia and to Mindanao; when advices reached Manila in the month of June that there were two ships f
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VII.
VII.
Of the Government of Don Pedro de Aeniia, Governor and President of the Philippines; and of that which happened in his time, uatil he died in June of the year 1606, after having returned to Manila from Maluco, having accomplished the conquest of the isles subject to the King of Terrenate. In the month of May of six hundred and two, four ships arrived at Manila from New Spain, with a new Governor and President of the High Court, named Don Pedro de Acuila, Knight of the Order of St. John, Commande
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VIII
VIII
Account of the Philippine Islands, and of their Inhabitants, Antiquity, Customs, and Government, both during the time of their paganism, and since the Spanish conquest, with other particulars. The isles of the eastern ocean, adjacent to further Asia, belonging to the crown of Spain, by the demarcation of Castile, and her seas and countries of America, are commonly called by those who navigate to them the western isles; because from first leaving Spain, until reaching them, the navigation to them
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APPENDIX I.
APPENDIX I.
A Don Cristoval Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Duque de Coa. Ofresco & V. Exceleneia este pequefio trabajo, tan digno de buena acogida, por la ficl relacion que contiene, cuanto desnndo de attificio y ornato; conociendo mi pobre caudal, lo comence con temor, animome 4 pasar adelante, entender, que si lo que se da, hubieso de toner igual proporcion con quien lo recibe, no habria quicn mereciese poner en manos de V. Excclencia, sus obras, y quedarian en olvido, las que en estos tiempos han hec
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360 APPENDIX II SUBSEQUENT HISTORY OF CALDERA AND MINDANAO.
360 APPENDIX II SUBSEQUENT HISTORY OF CALDERA AND MINDANAO.
After De Morga’s time the Mindanao men, in 1616, burned the dockyard in Pantao, a port of the isle of Luzon, although it was defended by soldiers and eannon; they continued to infest the coasts of Macalilum, Camarines, Albay and other places till 1634, when they sacked and burned the town of Tayahas, eighteen leagues from Manila, and very nearly captured the Archbishop Fray Mignel Garcia Serrano. Various fleets were sent against them, and Juan Xuarez Gallinato, the master of the camp, went a scc
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CHINESE INSURRECTION IN MANILA. —— GOVERNMENT OF TIE CHINESE.
CHINESE INSURRECTION IN MANILA. —— GOVERNMENT OF TIE CHINESE.
Of the insmrrcetion of the Chinese in Manila, and of their massacre, Mr. Rienzi says: “In 1603 they had begun to surround with a stone wall the quarter of the town which they inhabited ; the Spaniards, naturally suspicious, thought they saw a hostile project in that measure. The Chinese population consisted of 85,000 men; 23,000 were massacred, and the rest of these unfortunates fled to their country. The celestial emperor had an inquiry made into the canse of this massacre. The Spanish historia
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TOBACCO.
TOBACCO.
Mr. Consul Farren wrote of this in December 1848:—The monopoly of tobacco is ene of the principal sources of revenue to the government of these possessions, amounting annually to about £500,000, chiefly derived from its manufacture into cigars. The plant is chiefly cultivated in the northern provinces of Cagayan, and the provinces south of Manila. That of the north has been entirely at the disposal of the government, and the natives there are not permitted to cultivate rice, indigo, sugar, nor a
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TRADE.
TRADE.
In 1855 it was decided, that new ports should be opened in the Philippines to foreign trade, and in July orders were given for the establishment of custom-houses at Sual, a port of Pangasinan, Ylo Ylo in Panay, and Samboangan in Mindanao. British vice-consuls were appointed at Sual and Ylo Ylo in 1856. In 1862 or 1863 the port of Sebun was opened. In 1841, according to M. Mallat, the total value of the imports into the Philippines was £643,720, and of the exports, £868,720. In 1864, according to
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APPENDIX IIL
APPENDIX IIL
The following account of recent discoveries of sunken rocks in the neighbourhood of the Philippines, though they have heen reported to the Admiralty, and do not possess any general interest, yet scem to deserve a place in the publications of the Hakluyt Society. A rock was discovered in the Sulu seas by the Spanish steamer Magallanes, commander Don Miguel Lobo, on the 3rd July, 1849. It was on a level with the surface of the water, and surrounded by breakers on the Takiit Pabtiniiwan Bank, the l
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APPENDIX IV.
APPENDIX IV.
GAZETTE OR BROADSHEET, PRINTED AT SEVILLE IN GOTHIC LETTER, BY ALONZO DE LA BARRERA, 1574. (First page, large type, Summary. Very true and certain account of that which has newly been known of the new Islands of the West, and of the discovery which they mention of China, which was written by Hernando Riquel, Secretary of the Government, of them (the islands) to a friend of lis in Mexico, which came in the ships which had put into the port of Capnleo, and of their great riches, and of the trade a
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APPENDIX V.
APPENDIX V.
Note to page 126.) Colonel Fernando de los Rios says that the demarcation between the crowns of Castile and Portugal began at. three hundred and seventy leagues to the west of the Cape Verde islands, whereas the Bull of Pope Alexander VI of 1493 drew the line at one hundred leagues (or 400 miles) to the west of the Cape Verde islands. The reason of this discrepancy is that, D. Joan II of Portugal had appealed against this bull, and had requested to have the line drawn more to the west, so that i
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APPENDIX VI.
APPENDIX VI.
LETTER OF LUIS VAEZ DE TORRES TO HIS MAJESTY, RELATING H1S VOYAGE THROUGH THE TORRES STRAITS, DATED MANILA, JULY 12, 1607; RECEIVED JUNE 22, 1608. (J 2, Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, apparently a copy of a document mentioned by Navarrete as existing in Simaencas,) As T find myself in this city of Manila at the end of a year and a half of navigation and discovery among the lands and seas of the unknown southern parts; and since until now they have not been pleased in this Royal Aundiencia of Manil
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INDEX AND GLOSSARY.
INDEX AND GLOSSARY.
Abaca, Tagal bemp of plantain, 379 Aconsi, Siamese official, 45 Acufia, D. Pedro, appointed gover. nor, 199; his death, 259 (June 24, 1606, official despatch) D. Tomas, 229, 236, 238 Advances to cultivators and workmen, necessity of government supervision, Appendix, 352 Actas, barbarous tribe in the interior of the Philippines, 267 Affairs of Cambodia, 43-53, 62, 87, 91, 93-113, 131-137, 221.223 China, 119-129, 216-220, 244-247 Cochin China, 52, 62 ———— Japan, 33, 42, 76-86, 142149, 200-210, 248
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GLOSSARY,
GLOSSARY,
Legazpi, Miguel Lopez, governor, 15-20, 309, 324; his portrait and house, 368 Lima, Pablo de, 255, 256 Li.ma-hong, Chinese corsair, 21 Lozano, Alonso, 168 Luzon, Id., 266 BMabolo, fruit, 275 Magalat, Philippine chief, 63, 64 Magellan, 18, i4, 16 Malaver, D. Antonio, 134, 193 Maldonado, Gabriel, 168 Fray Juan, 133, 137, 195 ; letter to his order dissnading them from expeditions such as that to Cambodia, 196 Mallat, work on Philippines, v, xxi, 288, 363, 366, 367, 357 Manila, settlement of, 19; ba
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mother ERRATA. CORRIGENDA.
mother ERRATA. CORRIGENDA.
Page 2, 1. 15, jor ANNA read GAUNA. 1 85, L 14, for 1363, read 1593, 113, 1. 11, for nighbouring read neighbouring, . 261, note, for Candlish read Candish 2 266, 1 1, for Ylabao read Yhabao, 269, 1. 82, for peeple read people. Page 415, 1. 14, for cut down, read blind. s 416, 1.7, for Bandayan bueno read Banda and Amboyna. (ro , UNIVERSITY News Ih...
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