Sales catalogue 491: Maggs Bros

Date:
1927
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/50
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 491: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    San VitrorES—continued. people ; their customs, costumes, personal appearance, language, rites and legends; the climatic conditions and natural resources of the islands; the social work of the Missionaries, and the martyrdom of Father Luis de Medina, the first Jesuit Martyr in those Islands. The remainder of the tract consists of a commentary on the Missionaries’ petition to the Queen of Spain, which is summed up in eight numbered paragraphs : the crying need was for workers, ‘‘ to convert the many islands as yet in the shadows of heathenism and death, from the Austral land to Japan.’’ Lay helpers in various walks of life, too, were needed to train the Marianans; and a small garrison of Philippine Christian natives ‘‘ to instil a little wholesome fear into the natives of the Mariana,’’ and act as Christians whose example was worthy of being followed. Regular supplies from the ships that passed the Islands on their way from Manila to Acapulco were earnestly solicited ; but most of all, ships for the purpose of reconnoitring the many ports and islands which were as stepping-stones ‘‘ from the Island of Guam to very near Peru, as reported in the relation of Captain Pedro Fernandez de Quiros’ voyage, which was presented with the other papers a year ago.’’ And in order to miss no opportunity ‘‘in a matter of so much importance as the redemption of these souls, it is proposed to Her Majesty to send pilots from the region of Peru towards the Austral land, which was previously unknown and reputed to comprise one-fifth of the earth’s territory,’’ and thus bring one vast Catholic community beneath the sway of the Catholic Crown. 1671 A.D. [36] HERRERA (Antoine d’). Historie Generale des Voyages et Conquestes des Castillans dans les Isles & Terreferme des Indes Occidentales. . . . La decouverte des Isles Philip- pines par Hernando de Magellan; Sa mort & autres choses remarquables. First Frencu Epition of the Third Decade. 4to. Old calf, gilt back. Paris, La Veuve Nicolas de la Coste, 1671. Ne IO I0S Sabin 31550. The first two decades were also published as separate works some years earlier, in 1659 and 1660. The remaining five decades were not translated. The volume commences with an account of the South Sea discoveries made by Magellan during his famous voyage.
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