Father Bobadilla's Relation
From Habele Institute
Levesque, Rodrigue (1992). "Father Bobadilla's Relation". History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 4 Religious Conquest, 1638-70. 4. Gatineau, Québec: Lévesque Publications. pp. 55–57. ISBN 978-0-920201-04-6.
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Abstract: This relation attributed to Fr. Diego de Bobadilla describes Manila shipbuilding, Chinese and Portuguese trade, the profitability of the Manila-Acapulco galleon route, and the eastward Pacific crossing to New Spain. It includes a description of the Ladrones or Mariana Islands as a provisioning point where islanders exchanged fish, rice, and fresh water for iron, linking the Marianas to the commercial and maritime history of the Spanish Pacific.
