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Excerpt from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Vol. 18: Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts; 1617-1620
A document unsigned and undated [ca. 1617] dis cusses the trade of the Spanish colonies with China and Japan. This trade advances the interests of re ligion in those heathen lands. Its character, meth ods, and results are described in orderly array of interesting facts - first in a general survey, then in details regarding each colony; and finally in com parisons between the commerce of those colonies respectively with China and Japan. Eastern India depends on this trade for its maintenance and preser vation; and the customs duties therefrom cause larger profits to the crown than do those from the other colonies. This income will be greatly increased, for both Castilla and Portugal, if Nueva. Espana and Filipinas be no longer allowed to trade with China and Japan. The writer (apparently one of the king's councilors) suggests various expedients for attaining this end, and closes by urging the king to confine the Filipinas merchants to. Trade with Nueva Espafia.
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