The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898
Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholicmissions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditionsof those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century,
Volume XIX, 1620–1621
Edited and annotated by Emma Helen Blair and James Alexander Robertson with historical introduction and additional notes by Edward Gaylord Bourne.
Contents of Volume XIX
- Preface 9
- Documents of 1620
- Reforms needed in the Filipinas (concluded). Hernando de los Rios Coronel; (Madrid, 1619–20) 25
- Letter to Alonso de Escovar. Francisco de Otaço, S.J.; Madrid, January 14. 35
- Decree ordering reforms in the friars’ treatment of the Indians. Felipe III; Madrid, May 29. 40
- Relation of events in the Philipinas Islands, 1619–20. (Unsigned); Manila, June 14. 42
- Compulsory service by the Indians. Pedro de Sant Pablo, O.S.F.; Dilao, August 7. 71
- Letter from the Audiencia to Felipe III. Hieronimo Legaspi de Cheverria, and others; Manila, August 8. 77
- Letter to Felipe III. Alonso Fajardo de Tenza: Manila, August 15. 90
- Letter to Alonso Fajardo de Tenza. Felipe III; Madrid, December 13. 173
- Memorial, y relacion para sv magestad, Hernando de los Rios Coronel; Madrid, 1621. 183
- Bibliographical Data. 299
- Appendix: Buying and selling prices of Oriental products. Martin Castaños (in part); (undated.) 301
Illustrations
- Autograph signature of Alonso Fajardo de Tenza; photographic facsimile from MS. in Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla 165
- Title-page of Memorial y relacion, by Hernando de los Rios Coronel (Madrid, 1621); photographic facsimile from copy in Library of Congress 185
Preface
The documents in the present volume cover a wide range. In greater or less detail are discussed affairs in the islands—civi
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