Accounts of Fr. Van Hamme’s visit to Guam in 1689: E1. Letter to Fr. Ægidius Estrix in Rome

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Levesque, Rodrigue (1997). "Accounts of Fr. Van Hamme's visit to Guam in 1689: E1. Letter to Fr. Ægidius Estrix in Rome". History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 9, Conquest of the Gani Islands, 1687-1696. Volume 9, Conquest of the Gani Islands, 1687-1696. Gatineau, Québec: Lévesque Publications. pp. 324–326. ISBN 0-920201-09-1.

Abstract: Fr. Peter Van Hamme writes from aboard ship near the Philippines to Fr. Ægidius Estrix in Rome, summarizing his 1687 departure from Cadiz, travel through Veracruz, Mexico, and the Tarahumara Mission, reassignment to the China Mission, passage from Acapulco on the Santo Cristo de Burgos, brief visit to Guam on 6 June 1689, meeting with Fr. Gerardo Bouwens, and onward departure toward Manila.