Volume 14 — Decree Establishing a Way-Station for Philippine Vessels on the California Coast
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I The King
Countersigned by Juan de Sivicay; signed by the members of the Council. [189]
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Lancha: a small vessel navigated with sails and oars; cf. English “launch.” Barcoluengo: an oblong boat with a long bow, its only mast beingNote 2 · The capture of the “Santa Ana” by Cavendish in 1588, and the difficulties and risks of the long Pacific voyage for the richly-laden galleonsNote 3 · See Vol. XIII, p. 228, note 31.Note 4 · This admiral was Toribio Gomez de Corvan.Note 5 · The route of vessels to and from the Philippines is described by Morga at the end of his Sucesos (Vols. XV and XVI of this series).