A Recollect Father Died in Sight of the Ladrones in 1606
From Habele Institute
Levesque, Rodrigue (1993). "A Recollect Father Died in Sight of the Ladrones in 1606". History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents. Volume 3, First Real Contact, 1596-1637. Gatineau, Quebec: Éditions Lévesque. pp. 243–249. ISBN 0-920201-03-2.
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Abstract: This account tells of a Recollect friar who died aboard ship while passing the Ladrones in 1606. It highlights the hazards of long ocean voyages, including illness and exhaustion, that often afflicted missionaries. The brief notice underscores both the human cost of Spain’s Pacific expansion and the role of the Marianas as a waypoint on the galleon route.
