Payroll Sheet

Payroll sheet showing the advance salaries for the crew of the armada's five naos that set sail for the Maluku Islands (Spice Islands). This page is for the nao Concepción, which reads as follows: "Juan Sebastián d’Elcano, 'neighbor to Guetaria, son of Domingo Sabastián d’Elcano and Catalina del Puerto, captain of said nao, shall receive in salary three thousand maravedís per month. He received, for six months' advance salary, XVIII thousand maravedís.'" It can be found within the General Archives of the Indies. General Archive of the Indies trade 5090 L4 102.