The sources of the documents in the present volume are thus indicated:
1. Dampier in the Philippines.--This document is here concluded from
Vol. XXXVIII, q.v.
2. Petition for missionaries.--A printed pamphlet in the British
Museum, found in a volume of MSS. and pamphlets, of which this
constitutes fol. 710-711; pressmark, "13,992; Plut. CXCI.D."
3. Events in Filipinas.--From Ventura del Arco MSS. (Ayer library),
iii, pp. 625-638, 727-732.
4. The Pardo controversy.--The matter in this document is obtained from
Retana's Archivo, i, no. iv; Ventura del Arco MSS., iii, pp. 29-56,
523-571, 621-624, 695-726; and Salazar's Hist. Sant. Rosario,
pp. 490-513.
5. Visitation by Valdivia.--From Ventura del Arco MSS., iii,
pp. 589-596, 641-673.