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so at that time, because of the lack of ships, which is constant on the said sea. However, 

 in order to content him, the Viceroy, Conde de Bahos, appointed him commander of the 

 galleon "San José", af ter removing its commander, Francisco Garcia del Fresno, who 

 had brought the ship from the Philippines. That was contrary to the royal ordinance, 

 which forbids the Viceroys to change the commanders. As soon as the galleon left the 

 port of Acapulco, on 25 March, and had löst sight of land, the Governor Don Diego de 

 Salcedo, ordered the drums to be beaten, and deprived the commander Don Andres de 

 Medina of his office, which lie restored to Francisco Garcia. After a prosperous voyage 

 they sighted Cape Espiritu Santo. There a vendaval storm came against them, so violent 

 that it carried them to Cape Engaho; and on 8 July the Governor landed, made the ship 

 secure, unladed all the money, and made arrangements for its transportation to Manila. 

 Afterwards Andres de Medina, with the aid of Fray Juan de la Santissima Trinidad, 

 prepared a ship, they crossed the sea toward the west to the mainland of Cochin China, 

 where it appears that they arrived; and where the natives of that country murdered 

 them for the sake of robbing them." (Bl. & Rob. XXXVI, p. 261; XXXVII, pp. 227, 

 230, 234.) 



Don Diego de Salcedo commenced his government with the disaster of the return in 

 distress of the ship "San Sabiniano", under charge of Juan de Chaves. Accordingly no 

 ship was sent in 1663 from the Philippines to New Spain. (Bl. & Rob. XXXVII, p. 233. ) 



1664. The "San José" sails from the Philippines to New Spain. "That galleon 

 was the most fortunate of all that have been built in these islands, for it never had to put 

 back in distress and lasted for many years. It brought two governors to Manila, Don 

 Diego de Salcedo (1663), and Don Manuel de Leon (1669)." (Bl. & Rob. XXXVII, 

 p. 234.) 



With this voyage is associated the report of the discovery of some islands - - viz. 

 the three Islas de Santa Tecla, which are said to have been discovered by the galleon "San 

 José" on 23 December 1664. The Italian traveller Gemelli Carreri, who tells us of them, 

 places the islands between 34° and 36° and counts them among the Ladrones. SE. of 

 Japan, in about 35° lat., we find them on a number of old maps under such names as 

 Isles découvertes en 1664 (G. Delisle, 1723) or Islas del ano de 1664 (Anson chart, 1743). 

 It is quite certain, however, that this was no new discovery. James Burney states (A 

 Chronol. Hist. oj the Discoveries in the South Sea, III, p. 268) that the Spanish frigate 

 "San Rafael", commanded by Don Domingo Navarro, sought in vain for Islas de Santa 

 Tecla in 1801; and he adds that it was most probable, "that the land made by the galleon 

 the San Joseph, and believed to be three islands, was part of the SE. coast of Japan seen 

 at such a distance as for only the higher lands to be visible above the horizon". With 

 still greater probability one might identify these islands with the Bonin Islands or with 

 the Shitchito Archipelago south of Japan. 



1665. On 17 June, the fortunate galleon "San José" arrived at Cavite from Acapulco. 

 (Bl. & Rob. XXXVII, p. 238.) 



The "Nuestra Sehora de la Concepcion", under the command of José de Zamora 



