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pulco, and the report is probably incorrect in saying that "it was löst, 30 leagues from 

 Manila, through the fault of the pilot, whom they hanged there"; or possible this state- 

 ment is to be referred to some other vessel. (Bl. & Rob. XX, pp. 34, 44, 106. Cf. Colin. 

 I, p. 223.) 



1621. This year it was resolved that the ships from Acapulco should not sail låter 

 than April, and that they should take with them sealed orders as to what port they 

 should put in at, because it was feared that the Dutch would lie in wait for them off Cape 

 Espiritu Santo, as in the preceding year. It was not until 1 August, however, that the 

 galleon "San Andres" arrived: it cast anchor in a harbour near Punta Balinao (on the 

 west coast of Luzon), 80 leagues from Manila. (Bl. & Rob. XX, pp. 44, 73, 114.) 



The galleon "Nuestra Seiiora de la Vida", in command of General Don Fernando 

 Centeno, on her way to New Spain was becalmed in the passage near Isla Verde, in the 

 Philippine archipelago; taken by the current it struck on that island. (Colin. I, p. 223. 

 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 17625.) 



1625. The ships which this year sailed from Manila to New Spain were the best 

 which had been dispatched for many years: each of them measured 500 to 600 toneladas; 

 they were well equipped with artillery and other requisites; and they were richly laden. 

 Because of the danger which it was believed that they would incur from a Dutch fleet, 

 which, it was said, was to pass through the Straits of Magellan, the Viceroy of Mexico 

 sent a dispatch-ship to the coast of California to reconnoitre in those waters and warn 

 the coming galleons. — The almiranta which this year sailed from New Spain arrived at 

 Ca vite on 29 June. (Colin. I, p. 232. ) 



1627. The ships from New Spain arrived låter this year and were less richly laden 

 than had been expected. The whole of July passed in expectation of them; and it was not 

 until the middle of August that the galleons for Acapulco could depart. They completed 

 their journey safely. (Colin. I, p. 236.) 



1628. On 4 August the galleons from Manila sailed for New Spain. On the previous 

 day two ships had arrived from thence, which had taken four whole months for a voyage 

 that is usually performed in three. They had undergone thousands of hardships and 

 sicknesses because they had left Acapulco a fortnight too late. (Colin. I, p. 237. ) 



1629. Two ships that had sailed from the Philippines in the preceding year left 

 Acapulco late, and the vendavals set in early. They arrived at the Philippines in the 

 beginning of August after a rough voyage. (Bl. & Rob. XXIII, pp. 47, 61. ) One of these 

 would seem to have been the "San Ignacio", General Don Diego de Ascueta, which put 

 in at Puerto de Palapag in 1629. {Brit, Mus. Add. MS. 17625. Colin. I, p. 33.) 



On 1 August the capitana "San Juan" and the almiranta "San Luis", sailed from 

 Cavite, the former quite recently completed, the latter practically new: both are described 

 as "the best ships that have sailed from this place". After they had passed the Embo- 

 cadero in good weather, on 20 August, they encountered a few days afterwards a bad 



