Royal Decree on Shipbuilding
From Habele Institute
Levesque, Rodrigue (1993). "Royal Decree on Shipbuilding". History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents. Volume 3, First Real Contact, 1596-1637. Gatineau, Quebec: Éditions Lévesque. pp. 611–612. ISBN 978-0-920201-03-9.
Abstract: This report describes Spanish naval dispositions for guarding the Philippines and surrounding seas. It stresses the heavy burden of maintaining fleets against the Dutch. Mentions of Micronesian archipelagos such as the Marianas underscore the constant vulnerability of the Pacific routes.
