Volume 9 — Letter from Pedro de Carbajal to Felipe II
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Pedro Gonzalez de Carbajal Page 140
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Note 1 · Carbajal was the captain in whose ship sailed Pedro Bautista, envoy of Dasmariñas to Japan (Vol. VIII, note 33). A full account of this embaNote 2 · Miguel de Benavides (born about 1550) came to the Philippines as a member of the first Dominican mission band (1587). Three years later he wNote 3 · It is well known that the emperor of Japon is powerful in men and arms, and that his people are of great courage. He was making ready two huNote 4 · They tell me that on this coast is father Fray Miguel de Venavides,2 of the order of St. Dominic, by whom your Majesty can be very well info