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Adelantado   Listen
noun
Adelantado  n.  A governor of a province; a commander.






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"Adelantado" Quotes from Famous Books



... armed galley merely to make this purchase of cinnamon at the port of La Caldera, until in the time of Doctor Santiago de Vera this trade was abandoned. Being aware of the profit in it, Guido de Lavezaris (who governed these islands on the death of the adelantado Miguel Lopez de Legazpi) prohibited trading and trafficking in spices in these islands for any person except the officials of your Majesty, who were to receive, buy, and lade the spices for Mexico, all on the account of your royal exchequer; this was done. In consequence ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume XI, 1599-1602 • Various



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