Garcia Jofre de Loaisa - Papers relating to his expedition to the Pacific and Moluccas, 1547-1548

PMB 139

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

441127

Microfilm : PMB 139

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) ; 139
Reel 5 of a six-reel set PMB 135-140
Patronato 39, Doc. 13 (cont. from PMB 138); Doc. 14: 1548 - Documents of heirs of Inigo de Elorriaga, boatswain of the Santa Maria de la Victoria and captain of a galley captured by Portuguese. Patronato 40, Doc. 1: 1551 - Law suit re wages; Doc. 2: Aranda do Douro, 1 Oct. 1547 - Petition and law suit re wages; Doc. 3: Law suits and petitions of Francisco de Burgos re outstanding wages of a number of men who died during voyage; Doc. 4: Petitions from sons and heirs re wages; Doc. 5: Law suits and petitions of the heirs of a number of officers of the Loaysa fleet all of whom were members of the family of Juan Sebastian Elcano; Doc. 6: 1550 - Petition of Antonio Lucar and family concerning 10,000 gold ducats, which with the King's permission he had invested in a fleet bound for the Moluccas. One document indicates that the fleet was that of Magellan, others that it was the fleet of Loaysa (cont. on PMB 140)
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