Saavedra's vessel never again sees its companions. [14] He tells of
seeing "an island which is called Mondaña, and which the Portuguese
call Mindanao." The finding of the three Castilians is narrated,
also the meeting with the survivors of Loaisa's expedition; their
negotiations with the Portuguese; and their final return to Europe
in a Portuguese vessel are recounted. [15] (No. xxxvii, pp. 476-486.)



Expedition of Ruy Lopez de Villalobos--1541-46


[Résumé of contemporaneous documents, 1541-48.]


Translated and synopsized, by James A. Robertson, from
_Col. doc. inéd.,_ as follows: _Ultramar_, ii, part i, pp. 1-94;
_Amér. y Oceania,_ pp. 117-209, and xiv, pp. 151-165.



The Expedition of Ruy Lopez de Villalobos--1541-46


[The expedition of Villalobos, [16] although productive of slight
immediate result, paved the way for the later and permanent
expedition and occupation by Legazpi. For this reason--and, still
more, because this was the first expedition to the Western Islands (in
contradistinction from the Moluccas), which included the Philippine
group, and because these latter islands received from Villalobos