First Written Description of the Cagayan River (jan 4, 1582 – jan 1, 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.)
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Date:
jan 4, 1582
jan 1, 1583
~ 12 months