se regions by the Portuguese. Speaking of the
Moro junks found at Butuan, Mirandaola says of the island of Borneo:
"This island of Borney is rich, according to what we have heard
of it. It is well populated and is very well fortified, having much
artillery. Its people are warlike, and there is much trade in all parts
of it." A brief account of the Spanish establishment on Cebu follows,
and the consequent communications with the natives, which differ in
no respect from other accounts. "Fray Andres de Urdaneta, my uncle,
is returning, and is going to serve your majesty in this discovery;
and for his companion goes Fray Andres de Aguirre. As captain goes
Felipe de Salcedo and Juan de Aguirre, persons whom we know will
serve your majesty with all fidelity, faith, and cheerfulness." He
asks (in addition to the "two hundred well armed and equipped men"
requested from New Spain) from the king "six hundred well armed men
... of whom four hundred should be arquebusers and two hundred pikemen;
large artillery, such as culverins, with ammunition; and ammunition
and weapons for those who are here now. The people should be the best
that can be found and of good lives." He asks the king to confirm the
reward granted him by Velasco, and to increase his salary to three
thousand ducats on account of the high cost of living. (Tomo ii,
no. xxxii, pp. 365-372.)

Relation of the expedition by Estevan Rodriguez, chief pilot of
the fleet. This relation seems to have been the log kept by this
pilot. Many of its entries are simply reckonings. He gives the
names, tonnage, captains, and pilots of the different vessels. On
the nineteenth of November the banner and standard were consecrated,
and the oath taken. The fleet set sail four hours before dawn on
November 21, [62] On Sunday, the twenty-sixth, the course was changed
in accordance with the sealed instructions given to Legazpi. The
"San Lucas" separated from the fleet December 1. On the eighth,
Diego Martin, pilot of the "San Pablo," reported land but he was in
error. Next day an island was sighted, in which there were "about
one hundred Indians, a people well built and with long beards," for
which the island was called Barbudos. "The women have pleasant faces,
and these people are as dark complexioned as mulattoes. The women have
little gardens. They have certain roots from which they make excellent
bread, for I have tried it." [63] On the tenth they passed and named
the islands Placeres an