The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803; explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commericial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the beginning of the nineteenth century; [Vol. 1, no. 55]

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[Ribera

RIBERA DE MALDONADO, LICEN. ANTONIO DE (continued) —
Acufia, 14, i66, 15, 265; death, 13, 312, I6, 63; praised, II, 226; characterized, 14, 74, 77; signature, 13, 243. Signs doc., 6, 263, 321, 12, 132, 146; letters by, 7, I9, 208-211, 320, 13, 22, 25, 241-245, 307-3I5, 317 -Ribera (Rabeira, Rivera, Rribera, Rrivera, Rybera), Capt. Gabriel (Gavriel, Grabiel, Graviel) de (mariscal, Span. official): various posts and commands held by,
2, I70, 171, 4, 3II, 5, 83, 207, 208, 247, 15, 58, 59; accompanies Goiti, 3, 73;
takes part in campaign against Limahon, 4, 38-40, 6, 107; exped. against Mindanao and Jo16, 4, i6, 230-303, 15, 12, 57, 40, 128, 41, 161; appoints notary, 4,
238, 239, 273, 274; delegates authority to Brizefio de Oseguera, 260, 261; arrests
notary, 273; cares for his sick, 279; food presented to, as trib., 286; envoys despatched by, 291, 292; builds convent and church, 308, 12, 197, 35, 278; goes to
Spain, 4, 312, 5, 207, 208, 15, 12, 58, 59, 17, 286; granted permission to live in
N. Espafia, 9, 253, 14, 65, 66; ordered to return to Phil., 9, 253; builds ship, 7,
112, ship wrecked, 134; id. sold, 12, 54; his relations with Sande, 4, 311, 312;
his enco;-., 7, 40, 8, 103, io6, 138, 14, II, 17, 66-68, 170, 34, 305; signs and witnesses various doc., 2, 155, 170, 171, 177, x8i, 248, 249, 319, 3, io6, 4, 239, 247,
249, 252, 253, 256, 257, 260, 263, 266, 267, 269, 270, 272-279, 285-290, 292,
294, 296, 299-302, 5, 207, 6, 229; sketch, 7, 40. Answers Rada, 3, 271; instructions to, 4, 230-238, 257; instructions by, 243, 244, 257-260, 294-296; declaration
by, 290-292; letters by, 292-294, 5, 13, 207-209, 320.
[Ribera de] Maldonado, Antonio (son of Oidor Ribera y Maldonado): trades illegally, I10, 270, 271.
Ribera (Rivera) y Maldonado, Bernardino del Castillo. See Castello Ribera y
Maldonado.
Ribera (Rivera) y Oseguera, Alf. Francisco de: guards Manila gate against entrance of unruly ecc. persons, 25, 257, 26, 38, 73, 76, 78; assaulted by them, 25,
257, 258, 26, 75, 77; arrest, trial, and acquittal, 25, 257, 258, 26, 38, 73-86, io8;
his deposition, 80-82.
Ribero, Francisco, O.S.F.: Jap. desire, 9, 29.
Ribeyra (Ribeyro-probably mistranscription), Manuel de, S.J.: life and labors,
I7, 274, x8, 15, 76-78; letter by, 137-140.
Ricafort Palacin y Avarca, Mariano (gov. of Phil., 1825-30): assumes office, 51,
13, 49; chief of treas., 13; accompanied by Peninsular officers, 52, 33; exped.
against Boholans, 28, 330, 51, 51; introduces reforms, 13; promotes agric., 51,
52; his work, 55; returns to Spain, 55; on colon. committee, 70; sketch, 17, 301;
circular letter by, 51, 50; edicts by, 54, 71.
Ricci (Riccio), Mateo (Matheo), S.J.: life and labors, 6, 208, 15, 178, 18, 206,
24, 300, 29, 48, 31, 125, 36, 218, 50, 286.
Ricci (Riccio, Risio), Vittorio (Victorio), O.P.: life and labors, 36, 218, 219, 227,
247, 249, 37, 85, 1I9, 41, 86, 311, 44, 296, 302, 45, 142, 145, 47, 69.
Richelieu, Cardinal of: 48, 336. See Plessis, Jean Armand du.
Rico, Gaspar (pilot): despatched by Villalobos (x545), 3, 127.
Rico, Luis (dean of Man. ecc. cab.): acts at installation of Abp. Angel Rodriguez.
Ricote, Fernando, O.S.A.: sketch, 42, 299.
Riduera, Rodrigo de (Span. officer): takes ship from Mex. to Japan, 15, 252.
Riesgo, Vicente del (de el), O.P.: life and labors, 43, 85, 92.
Riggs, Arthur S.: thanked, 12, 25.
Rights: natural, invoked, 48, 267, 269; of all nations to navigate the seas, 267, 269,
271.