Garcia Jofre de Loaisa - Papers relating to his expedition to the Pacific and Moluccas, 1530-1541

PMB 137

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

441125

Microfilm : PMB 137

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) ; 137
Reel 3 of a six-reel set PMB 135-140
Patronato 38, Doc. 9 1538 - Petition for wages; Doc.10: 1538 - Recovery of monies due; Doc. 11: 1538 - Petition for wages by negro slave Juan de Lasalde who served as a seaman; Doc. 12: 1538 - Petition for wage; Docs. 13-16: 1538 - Law suits re wages; Doc. 17: Toledo, 4 Apr. 1539 - Law suit re wages of principal chaplain of expedition, Juan de Torres; Doc. 18: 7 Apr. 1537 - Law suit of an expedition pilot re wages. Patronato 39, Doc. 1: Papers of Fernando de Loaysa, Brother of Garcia including law suit for monies due; Garcia 's appointment as Captain-General; Garcia's will; letters from Moluccas re fleet wages; declarations by witnesses and a logbook of Andres de Urdenata. Doc. 2: Law suit re wages; Doc. 3: 1541 - Law suit by heirs of fleet sailor (contd on PMB 138)
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