The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803/Volume 3/Documents of 1573

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DOCUMENTS OF 1573

Expenses of expedition to Western Islands, 1569-72. Melchior de Legazpi; March 2.
Affairs in the Philippines, after the death of Legazpi. Guido de Lavezaris; June 29.
Relation of the Western Islands, called Filipinas. Diego de Artieda.
Letter from the viceroy of New Spain to Felipe II. Martin Enriquez; December 5.

Sources: The first two documents are from MSS. in the Archivo de Indias at Sevilla; the third, from a MS. in the Museo-Biblioteca de Ultramar, Madrid, collated with another copy at Sevilla; the fourth is taken from Cartas de Indias (Madrid, 1877).

Translations: The first document is translated by James A. Robertson; the second, by Arthur B. Myrick; the third, by Alfonso de Salvio; the fourth, by Francis W. Snow.