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of the ship was löst, while all the men and the cargo were saved. (Bl. & Rob. XXXVII, 

 p. 207; XXXVIII, p. 41.) 



The "San Francisco Xavier" sails from Manila to Acapulco. A death on board 

 gives the Augustinian annalist Father Casimiro Diaz occasion for the following utterance: 



That voyage is very dangerous to those who are accustomed to the climate of the Philippines, 

 because of the great change which is experienced as the galleon ascends to a high northern latitude 

 (sometimes as high as 40°), and then again descends to 16°, in which lies the port of Acapulco. There- 

 fore, that so sudden change is the cause of many dying on that voyage, which is the longest, most 

 tedious, and most dangerous in all the seas. It is undertaken in the most stormy season . . . if it were 

 not for the great strength of the galleons and the quality of their timbers, that very dangerous navigation 

 could not be performed. (Bl. & Rob. XXXVII, p. 186.) 



1655. The "San Francisco Xavier", under the command of Lorenzo de Ugalde, 

 on the return-voyage from Acapulco, puts in at Puerto de Boronga on Samar, where it 

 suffered shipwreck on 19 October, with the loss of many people. Much money was löst 

 and much was stolen by the Indians. (Bl. & Rob. XXXVIII, p. 42; XLVII, p. 69. 

 Colin. III, 794. Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 17625.) 



The galleons "Victoria" and "Santiago", which had sailed for New Spain, put back. 

 The people of the first-named vessel were all saved, but all the cargo and money were löst. 

 (Bl. & Rob. XXXVII, p. 213.) 



1656. Two slups, after leaving for New Spain, put back to Manila. (Bl. & Rob. 

 XLVII, p. 69.) 



1660. No ship from the Philippines to New Spain. (Bl. & Rob. XLI, p. 198.) 



1661. Nor this year any ship from the Philippines to New Spain. (Ibid.) 



1662. The patache "San Damian", under the command of Admiral Don Manuel 

 de Alarcon, sails from Acapulco on 5 April. With him sail Father Diego Luis de 

 Sanvitores and fourteen other Jesuits. When the ship was passing the Ladrones, and 

 there, as usual, was surrounded by numerous canoes, Sanvitores resolved, on seeing the 

 heathen natives, to devote himself to their conversion. On 10 July the ship anchored at 

 Lampon, and the Jesuits continued their journey to Manila by land. (Bl. & Rob. 

 XXXVIII, p. 144. Montero. I, p. 340.) 



The "San José" left Cavite under charge of Francisco Garcia del Fresno, and 

 reached New Spain in safety after a voyage of eight months. (Bl. & Rob. XXXVII, 

 p. 225.) 



1663. "Don Andres de Medina, with a Peruvian gentleman, a man most skilful 

 in astrology, mathematics, and cosmography, had arrived at Mexico from Madrid, where 

 he had offered to the King to discover the islands called Solomon because of their great 

 wealth. He brought royal decrees ordering the Viceroy of New Spain to give him vessels 

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