Pieces of gold, of the size of walnuts and eggs, are found by sifting the earth in the

island of that king whom I led to our ships. ‖ (Pigafetta A.)

That island of his was called Butuan and Calagan. When those kings wished to see
one another, they both went to hunt in that island where we were. The name of the
first king is Raia Colambu, and the second Raia Siaui.
Early on the morning of Sunday, the last of March and Easter-day, the captaingeneral
sent the priest with some men to prepare the place where Mass was to be said; together
with the interpreter to tell the king that we were not going to land in order to dine with
him, but to say Mass.‖ (Pigafetta A.)
It was necessary to set that cross on the summit of the highest mountain, so that on
seeing it every morning, they might adore it; and if they did that, neither thunder,
lightning, nor storms would harm them in the least. ‖ (Pigafetta A.)
It lies in a latitude of nine and two-thirds degrees toward the Arctic Pole, and in a
longitude of one hundred and sixty-two degrees from the line of demarcation. It is
twentyfive leagues from the Acquada, and is called Mazaua. ‖ (Pigafetta A.)
From here we departed and sailed W., and fell in with a large island called Seilani, which
is inhabited, and contains gold; we coasted it, and went to W.S.W., to a small inhabited
island called Mazaba. The people are very good, and there we placed a cross upon a
mountain; and from thence they showed us three islands in the W.S.W. direction, and
they say there is much gold there, and they showed us how they gather it, and they
found small pieces like beans and like lentils; and this island is in 9 2/3° N. latitude.‖
(Albo, F.)
Table 1. Clues on the location of the First Catholic Mass
in the
Philippines from the Pigafetta and Albo accounts