Expedition to the Malucas Islands. Arias de Saldanha, and
others; 1601-02.
Principal points in regard to the trade of the
Filipinas. Alonso Fernandez de Castro; [undated; 1602?].
Various documents relating to commerce. Fray Martin Ignacio
de Loyola, and others; [_ca._ 1602].
Letter to Felipe III. Antonio de Morga; December 1, 1602.


_Source_: All these documents are obtained from the Archivo general de
Indias--from MSS., except the second, which is a rare printed pamphlet.

_Translations_: The first document is translated by Henry B. Lathrop,
of the University of Wisconsin; the second, by José M. and Clara
M. Asensio, and Emma Helen Blair; the third, by James A. Robertson;
the fourth, by Norman F. Hall, of Harvard University.



EXPEDITION TO THE MALUCAS ISLANDS


Letter from the Viceroy of India to the Governor of the Philipinas

In addition to the necessary occasion for the service of his Majesty
which has arisen, I have desired an opportunity for your Lordship's
service since, by command of his Majesty, I assumed the governorship
of this state. [1] My chief instruction was to put an end to the