The documents of the present volume come from various places as follows:
1. Primo viaggio intorno al mondo, by Antonio Pigafetta.—See Bibliographical Data, in VOL. XXXIII.
2. Description of the Philippines by Chao Ju-kua.—This is retranslated into English from the Spanish translation by F. Blumentritt of the fortieth chapter of Chao Ju-kua’s Chu-fan-chih, which was translated from the Chinese by F. Hirth. Our translation is made from the version published by Clemente J. Zulueta, in Periódico Hebdomario Escolar (a students’ paper of Manila), for November 9, 1901, as the English version was not available.
The following documents are from the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla:
3. Letter from Lavezaris.—Simancas—Secular; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes vistos en el consejo; años de 1565 á 1594; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 34.
4. Letter from Mirandaola.—The same as No. 3.
5. Letter from Lavezaris.—The same as No. 3.
6. Letter from royal officials—Simancas—Secular; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes de los oficiales reales de Filipinas vistos en el consejo; años 1564 á 1622; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 29.
7. Letter from Rada.—Simancas—Secular; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes de religiosos y misioneros en Filipinas vistos en el consejo; años de 1569 á 1616; est. 68, caj. 1, leg. 37.
8. Royal communications to and regarding Legazpi.—Audiencia de Filipinas; registros de oficio y partes; reales ordenes dirigidas á las autoridades y particulares del distrito de la Audiencia; años 1568 á 1605; est. 105, caj. 2, leg. 11.
9. Letter from Herrera.—Simancas—eclesiastico; cartas y expedientes de personas eclesiasticas vistos en el consejo; años 1570 á 1608; est. 68, caj. 1, leg. 42.
10. Letter from Ortega.—Simancas—Filipinas; descubrimientos, descripciones y poblaciones de las Yslas Filipinas; años 1566 á 1586; est. 1, caj. 1, leg. 2, doc. 24.
11. Augustinian memoranda.—The same as No. 9.
12. Letter from Rada.—The same as No. 9.
13. Letter from royal officials.—The same as No. 6.
14. Letter from Loarca.—The same as No. 3.
15. Salazar’s council regarding slaves.—The same as No. 9.
16. Erection of Manila cathedral.—Simancas—secular; cartas y expedientes del arzobispo de Manila vistos en el consejo; años de 1579 á 1679; est. 68, caj. 1, leg. 32.
17. Letter from Sedeño.—The same as No. 9.
18. Letter from Salazar.—The same as No. 16.
19. Letter from Roman.—The same as No. 6.
20. Letter from G. P. Dasmariñas.—Simancas—secular; cartas y expedientes del presidente y oidores de dicha Audiencia vistos en el consejo; años 1583 á 1599; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 18.
21. Decree regarding hospitals.—The same as No. 8.
22. Letter from ecclesiastical cabildo.—Simancas—eclesiastico; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes del cabildo eclesiastico de Filipinas vistos en el consejo; años 1586 á 1670; est. 68, caj. 1, leg. 35.
23. Letter from Maldonado.—Simancas—secular; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes del presidente y oidores de dicha Audiencia vistos en el consejo; años de 1600 á 1612; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 19.
The following are from the Archives of the Vatican, Rome:
24. Letter from Pablo de Jesus.—Principi 32; p. 174.
25. Augustinian affairs.—Arm. v, cap. 7, no. 7.
The following is from Pastells’s edition of Colin’s Labor evangélica, i, pp. 157, 158, note:
26. Encomiendas assigned by Legazpi.
The following is obtained from an unsigned and undated printed pamphlet in the British Museum:
27. Relation of the Philipinas Islands.
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| Special character | Description | Meaning |
| ſ | long s (looks like f without bar, or like a slash in this edition) | s |
| ſ̃ | long s with tilde | sen?? |
| ꝑ | p with stroke through descender | par |
| ꝓ | p with curl through descender | pro |
| q̃ | q with tilde | que |
| r̃ | r with tilde | ren, ron?? |
| ꝟ | v with vertical tilde | ver?? |
| h̃ | h with tilde | hon?? |
| ʒ | 3 in the middle of a word | eu |
| ꝶ | Small capital Rum | rum |
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| Page | Source | Correction |
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| 23 | quantity | quality |
| 46 | po puli | populi |
| 74, 76, 76, 76, 76, 76, 76, 76, 76, 76, 76, 76, 76, 76, 116, 218, 233 | [Not in source] | . |
| 53 | 150 | 510 |
| 131 | , | ; |
| 139 | Indian | India |
| 167 | Dei | Der |
| 189 | board | aboard |
| 205, 240 | [Not in source] | , |
| 207 | hat | that |
| 226 | onger | longer |
| 239 | heighth | height |
| 250 | thei | their |
| 282 | hall | shall |
| 284 | placers | places |
| 292 | ye | yet |
| 306 | tingüues | tingües |
| 319 | semilar | similar |
| 320 | peyment | payment |
| 334 | woful | woeful |
| 342 | acording | according |
| 344 | solicitous | solicitously |
| 361 | SEDENO | SEDEÑO |
| 374 | slighty | slightly |
| 403 | DASMARINAS | DASMARIÑAS |
| 444 | mechantmen | merchantmen |