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across the ocean were substantially conclitioned by the need of support for the completion 

 of the work. From the Pliilippines ships were sent to request such help; and in the oppo- 

 site direction there went expeditions with soldiers, military supplies, and provisions - 

 and, not to be forgotten, priests, who were to win souls for the only true faith amongst 

 the new subjects of the Spanish King. Låter, commercial interests became a prin- 

 cipal factor in this intercourse; and finally, in 1604, the Communications in question 

 received a definite and characteristic organization, in that exact regulations were issued 

 concerning the number and capacity of the ships, the times for their sailings, the value 

 of their cargoes, etc. 



The notices of the voyages here reported are mainly taken from the following works, viz. - 



The Philippine Islands 1493 — 1898, by Emma Helen Blair and Alexander Robertson; 

 55 volumes, Cleveland 1903—09. — This work (here cited as Bl. & Rob.) contains full information 

 as to the official documents, printed writings etc. from which the various notices put together by 

 me are taken. 



Labor Evangelica de los obreros de la Compania de Jesus en las Islas Filipinas por el P. Francisco 

 Colin. Nueva ed. ilustrada con copia de notas y documentos por el Padre Pablo Pastells, S. J.; 

 3 volumes, Barcelona 1904. — In the notes to this work the editor has published a great number of 

 official documents from the Archivo de Indias and other Spanish archives; it is for the most part from 

 these documents that the notices quoted below under the author's name have been drawn. 



The Philippine Islands, Moluccas, Siarn, Cambodia, Japan, and China at the close of the sixteenth 

 century. By Antonio de Morga. Transl. from the Spanish, with notes and a preface. . . by Henry 

 E. J. Stanley. London, Hakluyt Society, 1868. 



Historia general de Filippinas desde el descubrimiento de dichas islas hasta nuestros dias. Por 

 José Montero y Vidal: 3 volumes, Madrid 1887 — 95. 



The full titles of the other works occasionally referred to are given in their respective places. 



The voyages concerning which nothing is known except the date of the arrival at or departure 

 from Manila, of a new governor, a spiritual dignitary, or some troupe of missionaries, are passed över. 



1566. The first help sent to Legazpi departed on 1 May in this year on the ship 

 "San Jeronimo", under the command of Pero Sanchez Pericön. The pilot was the 

 mulatto, Löpe Martin, who had served in the same capacity under Arellano and who 

 had made himself suspected, with good reason, as an accomplice in his treacherous 

 desertion. He now showed his complete untrustworthiness, in that he contrived a mutiny 

 on board, had the captain murdered, and seized the ship. After differences broke out 

 amongst the mutineers, Löpe Martin and twenty of his followers were marooned on the 

 island of Barbudos; and the others continued their voyage to the Pliilippines, where they 

 arrived on 15 October 1566, after having seen a number of islands, probably amongst the 

 Carolines. (Col. de doc. ined. 2 a Ser. III, pp. 179—188, 371-^74. Bl. & Rob. II, p. 234. 

 Colin, I, pp. 124—130.) 



1567. The patache "San Juan", under the command of Juan de la Isla, sails 

 from the Pliilippines on 26 July, and arrives at New Spain on 16 November. (Bl. & Rob. 

 III, p. 130). In April of the same year Felipe de Salcedo sails from New Spain with 



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