First Written Description of the Cagayan River (4 janv. 1582 – 1 janv. 1583)
Description:
a river of great volume, although its bar forms shallows... On its banks' are large settlements with a population of more than thirty thousand. The people gather a great quantity of rice and keep many swine. They have also some gold,although there are no gold mines. Their trade is carried on with the men of
Ylocos. (B&R, v, 101.)
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
4 janv. 1582
1 janv. 1583
~ 12 months