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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898
explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands andtheir peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions,as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing thepolitical, economic, commercial and religious conditions of thoseislands from their earliest relations with European nations to thebeginning of the nineteenth century
Edited and annotated by Emma Helen Blair and James Alexander Robertsonwith historical introduction and additional notes by Edward GaylordBourne.
Contents of Volume I
General Preface. The Editors. … 13
Historical Introduction. Edward Gaylord Bourne. … 19
Preface to Volume I … 89
Documents regarding the Line of Demarcation:
Papal Bulls of 1493: Inter cætera (May 3), Eximiæ (May
3), Inter cætera (May 4), Extension de la concesion
(September 25). Alexander VI; Rome, 1493. … 97
Treaty of Tordesillas. Fernando V and Isabel of Castile,
and João II of Portugal; Tordesillas, June 7, 1494. … 115
[Note on correspondence of Jaime Ferrer regarding the Line
of Demarcation—1493-95.] 130
Compact between the Catholic Sovereigns and the King of
Portugal. Fernando V and Isabel of Castile, and João II of
Portugal; Madrid, April 15, 1495. 131
Papal Bull, Præcelsæ Leo X; Rome, November 3, 1514. 136
Instructions from the King of Spain to his ambassadors. Cárlos
I of Spain; Valladolid, February 4, 1523. 139
Letter to Juan de Zúñiga. Cárlos I of Spain; Pamplona,
December 18, 1523. 145
Treaty of Vitoria. Cárlos I of Spain, and João III of Portugal;
Vitoria, February 19, 1524
Junta of Badajoz: extract from the records in the possession
and ownership of the Moluccas. Badajoz; April 14-May 13, 1524
Opinions concerning the ownership of the
Moluccas. Hernando Colon, Fray Tomás Duran, Sebastian
Caboto, and Juan Vespucci; Badajoz April 13-15, 1524
Letters to the Spanish delegates at the Junta of
Badajoz. Cárlos I of Spain; Búrgos, March 21 and
April 10, 1524
Treaty of Zaragoza. Cárlos I of Spain and João III of Portugal;
Zaragoza, April 29, 1529
Papal Bull, Eximiæ. Alexander VI; Rome, November 16, 1501
Life and Voyage of Fernão de Magalhães.
[Résumé of contemporaneous documents—1518-27.]
Letter of authorization to Falero and Magalhães. Cárlos I of
Spain; Valladolid, March 22, 1518
Carta de el-rei de Castella para El-rei D. Manuel. Cárlos I
of Spain; Barcelona, February 28, 1519
Instructions to Juan de Cartagena. Cárlos I of Spain;
Barcelona, April 6, 1519
[1]Carta do rei de Castella a Fernando de Magalhães e a Ruy
Falero. Cárlos I; Barcelona, April 19, 1519 … 294
Extracto de una carta de las Indias. 1522. …296
De Molvccis Insulis. [Letter to the Cardinal of Salzburg,
describing Magalhães's voyage to the Moluccas.] Maximillianus
Transylvanus; Coloniæ, 1523. … 305
Bibliographical Data … 339
Appendix: Chronological Tables … 345
Illustrations
Portrait of Fernão de Magalhães; photographic reproductionfrom painting in the Museo-Biblioteca de Ultramar,Madrid.