ABSTRACT

Translated from the Spanish, with Notes and a Preface, and a Letter from Luis Vaez de Torres describing his Voyage through the Torres Straits. The main text is from a transcription of the 1609 Mexico edition. The appendix includes a brief continuation of the history of the Philippines to 1868, particularly with regard to government and commerce. For a revised edition, see Second Series 140. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1868.

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IMPRIMATUR

chapter |6 pages

TO THE READER

chapter I|11 pages

CHAPTER I

chapter II|1 pages

CHAPTER II

chapter III|5 pages

CHAPTER III

chapter IV|4 pages

CHAPTER IV

chapter V|23 pages

CHAPTER V

chapter VI|144 pages

CHAPTER VI

chapter VII|66 pages

CHAPTER VII

chapter VIII|94 pages

CHAPTER VIII