The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803/Volume 5/Documents of 1582

DOCUMENTS OF 1582

Letter to Felipe II. Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa; June 16.
[1]Relacion de las Yslas Filipinas. Miguel de Loarca; [June].
Letter to Felipe II. Fray Domingo de Salazar; June 20.
Letter to viceroy. Juan Baptista Roman; June 25.
Letter to Felipe II. Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa; July 1.
Papal decrees regarding the Dominicans. Gregory XIII; September 15 and October 20.
Report on the offices saleable in the Philippines. [Unsigned; 1582?].

Sources: These documents are obtained from MSS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla—excepting the papal decrees, which are taken from Hernaez's Colección de bulas.

Translations: The first and third documents are translated by José M. and Clara M. Asensio; the second, by Alfonso de Salvio, of Harvard University, and Emma Helen Blair; the fourth, by Arthur B. Myrick, of Harvard University; the fifth, by James A. Robertson; the sixth, by Rev. T. C. Middleton, O.S.A., of Villanova College; the seventh, by Alfonso de Salvio.

  1. This document is presented in both Spanish text and English translation.