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36° 16' lat. and 95° 16' long. Cape San Lucas, 4 January 1718; arrival at Acapulco, 26 

 January. — Departure from there on 31 March 1718. There were on board no fewer than 

 105 religions, among whoin there were 48 Jesuits. One of the latter, Father Joseph 

 Bonani, has described the journey down to the arrival at Guam on 16 June. This narrative 

 contains, however, only an account of the ecclesiastical ceremonies that took place during 

 the voyage: the "Festus Beati Francisci Regis" was celebrated on 25 May with special 

 magnificence: the Augustinian Fathers with their Commissary-General at their head, 

 sang the first vespers; the Right-Reverend the Bishop of Nueva Segovia said High Mäss 

 with blowing of trumpets and beating of drums and the discharge of the smaller artiller}^; 

 in the evening, after service had been performed, the sailors presented a play and some 

 Indian dances; and after that there was a "lordly spread" with all sorts of costly drinks 

 and sweetmeats, amongst which there was no lack of good Dutch beer in such ample 

 measure that they could not praise sufficiently the General, who had defrayed the cost 

 of the f east, for his magnif icent liberality. 1 — Finally, the galleon made the Embocadero 

 on 5 July, and put in at Cavite on the 27th of the same month. 



1722. The galleon "Sacra Familia", General Don Juan Pablo de Orduna, Piloto 

 Mayor Joseph Martines de Vargas. From Cavite, 30 June; Embocadero, 27 July. 

 On 17 August, in 20° 50 r N. lat., they saw El Farallon, "which lies north of the three small 

 islands in the neighbourhood of Volcan Grande"; and on 5 September they doubled Las 

 Colunas, that is to say their position on the chart, at which point the observations 31° 20' 

 N. lat. and 33° 40' long. were taken, and it was noted that they were at a distance of 70 

 leagues from Rica de Oro. On 17 November the senas were seen in 36° 49' N. lat. and 

 100° long; according to the reckoning, it is added, they had thus sailed 5 degrees more 

 than their real position, because the correct position of the senas was in 95° long.; another 

 diary kept on board showed a still larger error, or 11° 6' too far to the east. On 30 

 November the latitude of Cape San Lucas was crossed; and on 25 December the galleon 

 arrived at Acapulco. — On 10 March 1723 they set sail from there; sighted the Mariannes 

 (Rota) on 10 May; made the Embocadero on 14 June; and arrived at Cavite on the 22d 

 of the same month. 



1725. The patache "Nuestra Sehora de los Dolores", General Don Juan Domingo 

 de Nebra, Piloto Mayor Manuel Perez. From Cavite, 2 July; Embocadero, 29 July; 

 Volcan Grande (20° 8' N. lat.; 18° long.), 21 August; sefias (35° 8' N. lat.), 4 November; 

 Cape San Lucas, 16 November; arrival at Acapulco, 29 November. — The patache returns 

 to the Philippines in 1726, but there are no details of this voyage. 



1726. The galleon "Santo Cristo de Burgos", General Don Francisco Sanches 

 de Tagle, sailed from Cavite at the beginning of July. On the 23d of the same month 

 they took harbour on the island of Ticao in order to renew their supplies and to wait for 

 suitable weather to pass through the Embocadero. Meanwhile there arose a severe storm 

 which east the galleon upon some rocks; the crew and the passengers succeeded in getting 



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