98 DAHLGREN, THE DISCOVERY OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



Van Hamme, who briefly described the voyage. (Maetschappy der Vlaemsche Bibliophilen, 

 3 e Ser. No. 14, Gent 1871, pp. 76—91. Bl. & Rob. XLII, p. 303.) 



The "Santo Niho", in charge of Don Antonio de Astina, had a very prosperous 

 voyage; on 19 December it cast anchor in Acapulco. (Bl. & Rob. XXXIX, p. 299; 

 XLII, p. 285.) 



1690. The "Santo Niho", under the command of Don Juan de Garaycoechea, 

 sails from Acapulco, conveying the new Governor, Don Fausto Cruzat y Gongora, 

 who arrives at Manila on 25 July. The ship that sailed at the same time as almiranta 

 was löst in the Mariannes; the people were saved, but the cargo partly löst. Amongst 

 those who were saved were twenty Franciscan friars. The shipwrecked crew consisted 

 largely of convicts, who were sent every year to the Philippines as colonists; during the 

 stay at Guam they tried to make a rising, but their plan was discovered and the ring- 

 leaders executed. (Bl. & Rob. XLII, pp. 286, 290; XLVII, p. 75. Le Gobien, p. 379.) 



The Acting Governor (Don Alonso de Abella Ftjertes) dispatched the galleon 

 "Nuestra Sehora del Rosario" to New Spain, in command of General Don José Madrazo; 

 and in it embarked Don Juan de Vargas (Governor in Manila 1678 — 84, excommunicated 

 and banished by archbishop Pardo). He died in the higher latitude. "This occurred 

 in a place which people call Dona Maria de la Xara, of considerable note on account of 

 the many deaths which have occurred in that place; for among those who have died there 

 are four proprietary governors, and some acting governors, and some auditors, and the 

 bishop of Troya. Accordingly, this place is the dread of those who sail on that trade, and 

 especially for persons of so high degree; for the poor seamen go and come past it with 

 greater security." (Bl. & Rob. XLII, p. 289.) 



The first galleon that Don Fausto Cruzat y Gongora dispatched for New Spain 

 was the "Santo Cristo de Burgos", in charge of General Don Francisco de Arcocha, 

 his pilot being Lorenzo Lazcano; the voyage was a prosperous one. (Bl. & Rob. XLII, 

 p. 303.) 



1691. The "Santo Cristo de Burgos" returned from Acapulco in charge of Don 

 Bernardo de Bayo, captain of mounted cuirassiers, who was sent by the Viceroy Conde 

 de Galves, who took away that office from Don Francisco de Arcocha. (Bl. & Rob. 

 XLII, pp. 303, 309.) 



1692. The same ship sails from Manila under the same commander; it put back to 

 the port of Sorsogon (province of Camarines), after having endured great tempests at 

 30° lat, (Bl. & Rob. XLI, p. 36; XLII, p. 309.) 



1693. The "Santo Cristo de Burgos" remained at Sorsogon in order to continue its 

 voyage in the year 1693, as it did; but it not only failed to reach port, but was wrecked, 

 without our gaining the least knowledge of the place where that occurred. There were 

 some suspicions that it was destroyed by fire, for at one of the Mariannes were found 

 fragments of burned wood, which were recognized to be of woods that are found in the 

 Philippines only. Careful search was made for many years along the coasts of South 



