Expedition To Pampanga and Bulacan, Late 1571
Later that year, Legaspi sent Martin de Goiti to spread Spanish rule to the peoples of what are now the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga, most notably the territories of Lubao and Betis. He sent Lakandula and Sulayman with him, because, as one account has it, “if so great a chief should go with him, when the Pampangos saw that he had given obedience to His Majesty, they would give it also.”
The account continues:
“Lacandola agreed to go, and served with two ships provided at his cost, and distinguished himself by performing much service for His Majesty, and went along so the said Pampangos would give him obedience, as in fact they did.”
These boats were Joangas, which, as Dery points out, was a seacraft common in Maritime Southeast Asia capable of carrying 300 men each.
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