Garcia Jofre de Loaisa - Papers relating to his expedition to the Pacific and Moluccas, 1528-1538

PMB 136

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

441124

Microfilm : PMB 136

microfilm reel 35 mm

The expedition of Garcia Jofre de Loaisa left Spain for the Moluccas on 24 July 1525, to open up the spice trade initiated by the Magellan expedition

The documents on these microfilms concern the fitting out and dispatch of the expedition, accounts of the expedition's proceedings, and claims for salaries by dependents of expedition members who died in the Moluccas or on the voyage out

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 136
Reel 2 of a six-reel set PMB 135-140
Patronato 37, Doc. 34: Valladolid, 4 Sept. 1536 - Account of voyage; Doc. 35: n.d. - Attacks by Portuguese at Ternate etc.; Doc. 36: Valladolid, 26 Feb. 1537 - Account of voyage; Doc. 37: Guetaria, 17 Oct. 1538 - Papers re claim for wages of deceased sailors; Doc. 38: Valladolid, 20 July 1538 - Final discharge of fleet's expenses plus list of all people in the fleet. Patronato 38, Doc. 1: Legal documents; Doc.2: Burgos, 30 Sept. 1534 - legal documents; Doc. 3: Burgos, Sept. 1534 -legal documents; Doc. 4: 1535 - legal documents; Doc.5: n.d. - Recovery of wages by heirs of Martin de Urtiaga of the San Gabriel, only ship of expedition to return to Coruna; Doc. 6: n.d. - 3 legal documents re monies owing; Doc. 7: Pernambuco, 15 Apr. 1528 - Account by deserter Don Rodrigo de Acuna; Doc. 8: 29 May 1530 - Request for payment
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original held by Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain
A more comprehensive list of contents for each reel (of the six-reel set) is available from the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau on request