The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 5 of 55 - 1582-1583 - Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Show by Various
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is _Arctocarpus integrifolia_; the macupa (also known as tampoi),
_Eugenia malaccensis_; the santol (santor), _Sandóricum indicum_. See descriptions of all these in Blanco's _Flora_, and in _U.S. Philippine Gazetteer_, pp. 93-95. [18] The bejucos, as before explained, are various species of _Calamus,_ commonly known as rattan. Blanco describes two of these _(C. maximus_ and _C. gracilis_) as furnishing a supply of water. Some of the species attain a height of more than six hundred feet. [19] A sketch of this officer in _Cartas de Indias_ (p. 734) states that he founded the city of Nueva Segovia, and probably remained in the islands from the time of their conquest until his death; also that the Japanese corsair here referred to was named Tay Zufu. [20] _Champan_ (or _sampan_): a Chinese vessel; described by Retana (Zúñiga's _Estadismo_, ii, p. 513*) as being "about as large as a Spanish patache, but inferior to the junks of the Chinese; used by that people for trading in the Filipinas islands." The term is now applied to a boat 12 or 15 feet long, in which a family often makes its home, on the Canton River; also to a vessel of 70 or 80 tons' burden, used in the rivers of Colombia, S.A. [21] The Dominican order (also known as the Order of Preachers) was founded, about 1215, by St. Dominic de Guzman; he adopted, but with various additions, the rule of St. Augustine. Among the great men who have belonged to this order are Thomas Aquinas, Johann Tauler, and Girolamo Savonarola. [22] Chiapas (Chiapa) was a province of the ancient kingdom of |
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