Note 4 — Philippine Ships and Shipbuilding

There is another wood called laguan.4 From it is made all the planking and sheathing with which the galleons and galleys are planked. From those trees are made the masts, topmasts, and yards of the galleons and galleys. The said tree grows very straight and thick, so that the flagship galleon has its mainmast from one, that is seventy-two codos5 long and fifteen palmos in circumference, all in one piece.