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(Governor general Luis Perez Dasmariñas,  from painting exhibited at St. Louis, 1904, in the Philippine exhibit of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition)  
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Earlier, in an expedition to the Moluccas which set sail on October of 1593,  the old governor-general Gomez Perez Dasmariñas was killed by Chinese crew who mutinied.  In the papers from the dead body of the governor was found an express wish that his son  be his successor.
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Luis Perez was accordingly appointed to the office and became Governor-General.
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The inscription on the scroll of the photo (right or top if using a device with small screen) reads, in English: 
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"Don Luis Perez Dasmariñas, knight of the Order of Alcantara, governor and captain-general of these Filipinas Islands for the king our lord, and founder and owner of this village of Binondo. He obtained this land by purchase, March 28, 1594, from Don Antonio Velada, husband of Doña Sebastiana del Valle, for the sum of $200. This sale was authorized by the certificate of Gabriel Quintanilla, a notary-public, one of the number allotted to this very illustrious and loyal city; and the grant of feudal rights over the Sangleys and mestizos of this said village, on May 29, 1594."
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During his incumbency, Manila was improved, new buildings were erected, and the Manila Confraternity of La Misericordia, home of the orphans and distitutes, was founded.
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December 3, 1593: Luis Perez Dasmariñas became governor-general