The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXIV, 1630-34

The Philippine Islands,
1493-1898, Volume XXIV,
1630-34

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Title: The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXIV, 1630-34
Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their
Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As
Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the
Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those
Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the
Close of the Nineteenth Century
Author: Various
Commentator: Edward Gaylord Bourne
Editor: Emma Helen Blair James Alexander Robertson
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898
Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their
peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in
contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political,
economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from
their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the
nineteenth century,
Volume XXIV, 1630-34

Edited and annotated by Emma Helen Blair and James Alexander
Robertson with historical introduction and additional notes by Edward
Gaylord Bourne.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXIV
Preface 11
History of the Augustinian order in the Filipinas Islands (concluded).
Juan de Medina, O.S.A.; 1630 [but printed at Manila, 1893]. 29
Documents of 1630-1633
Royal letters and decree. Felipe IV; Madrid, December 4-31, 1630. 183

Letter to Felipe IV from the bishop of Cebú. Pedro de Arce; Manila,
July 31, 1631. 188 Royal orders, 1632-33. Felipe IV; Madrid,
January-March, 1632, and March, 1633. 192 Letters to Felipe IV. Juan
Niño de Tavora; Manila, July 8, 1632. 197 Events in Filipinas, 1630-32.
[Unsigned]; Manila, July 2, 1632. 229 Letter from the ecclesiastical
cabildo to Felipe IV. Miguel Garcetas, and others; Manila, [undated,
but 1632]. 245
Documents of 1633-1634
Papal bull concerning missions. Urban VIII; Maduti, June 28, 1633.
263 News from the Far East, 1632. Fray Juan García, O.P.; Sevilla,
1633. 273 Letters to Felipe IV. Juan Cerezo de Salamanca; Manila,
August 14, 1633. 279 Report of archbishop on the bakery of Manila.
Hernando de Guerrero; Manila, August 3, 1634. 295 News from
Felipinas, Japon, and other parts. [Unsigned]; Manila, August 20, 1634.
297 Letters to Felipe IV. Juan Cerezo de Salamanca; Manila, August
10, 1634. 301
Bibliographical Data. 339

ILLUSTRATIONS

Augustinian convent at Manila; photographic view from a plate in
possession of Colegio de Agustinos Filipinos, Valladolid. Frontispiece.
Interior of Augustinian church, Manila; photographic view from plate
in possession of Colegio de Agustinos Filipinos, Valladolid. 61 Map of
the island of Hermosa or Formosa, a portion of China, and of the island
of Manila or Luzón; photographic facsimile of engraving in Boletín de
la Sociedad Geográfica de Madrid, for February, 1882 (Madrid, 1882),
xii, no. 2; from copy in the Library of Congress. 151 View of volcano
and town of Ternate (with inset showing fortress of Gamma-Lamma);
photographic facsimile of engraving in Valentyn's Beschryving der
Moluccos (contained in vol. i, Oud en Nieuw Oost Indien, Dordrecht
and Amsterdam, 1724), first part, p. 4; from copy in library of

Wisconsin State Historical Society. 281

PREFACE
More than half of this volume is occupied with the concluding
installment of Juan de Medina's early Augustinian history. He recounts
the leading events therein, from one provincialship to another, and
furnishes biographical sketches of the more prominent members of the
order: and he relates various important secular events, especially those
bearing on the work of the missionaries. The most striking occurrences
in this period (1602-30) are the coming to the islands of missionaries
from the Recollect branch of Augustinians, the assassination of the
provincial Sepúlveda, the frequent attacks on the colony by the Dutch,
and certain revolts among the natives. Miscellaneous documents, dated
1630-34, comprise the rest of the volume. Affairs in the islands are in
fairly prosperous condition, in the main; the insurgent natives have
been pacified, the religious orders are at peace, the Dutch have been
quiet of late, and the Japanese trade shows some signs of revival. More
missionaries are needed, as also more care in selecting them. The
treasury is heavily indebted, and has not sufficient income; and trade
restrictions and Portuguese competition have greatly injured the
commerce of the islands. Of painful interest to the Philippines are the
cruel persecutions that still rage in Japan.
Medina, continuing his history, recounts the choice of Lorenzo de León
as