emed ▁encourag ing ▁enough ▁that ▁they ▁began ▁to ▁pros ely t ize ▁open ly ▁near ▁the ▁capital ▁Ky oto . ▁The ▁Jes uit ▁f athers ▁immediately ▁compla ined ▁of ▁the ▁fri ars ' ▁il leg ality ▁and ▁ca ution ed ▁against ▁their ▁reck less ▁dis reg ard ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 5 8 7 ▁ed ict , ▁but ▁the ▁Francis c ans , ▁convinced ▁of ▁the ▁sound ness ▁of ▁their ▁methods ▁due ▁to ▁their ▁success es ▁in ▁the ▁Amer icas , ▁paid ▁these ▁warnings ▁no ▁he ed . ▁ ▁W reck ▁of ▁San ▁F eli pe ▁On ▁July ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 5 9 6 , ▁the ▁Spanish ▁ship ▁San ▁F eli pe ▁set ▁sail ▁from ▁Man ila ▁to ▁A cap ul co ▁under ▁captain ▁Mat ías ▁de ▁L ande cho ▁with ▁a ▁cargo ▁that ▁was ▁estimated ▁to ▁be ▁worth ▁over ▁ 1 ▁million ▁pes os . ▁This ▁relatively ▁late ▁departure ▁of ▁the ▁Man ila ▁g alle on ▁meant ▁San ▁F eli pe ▁sa iled ▁during ▁the ▁Pacific ▁ty ph oon ▁season . ▁After ▁being ▁hit ▁by ▁two ▁ty ph o ons , ▁the ▁captain ▁decided ▁to ▁sail ▁towards ▁Japan ▁to ▁ref it , ▁but ▁on ▁the ▁approach ▁to ▁the ▁Japanese ▁coast ▁the ▁g alle on ▁was ▁hit ▁by ▁a ▁third ▁ty ph oon , ▁leaving ▁the ▁ship ▁without ▁any ▁s ails . ▁Thanks ▁to ▁the ▁K uro sh io ▁current , ▁the ▁ship ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁dr ift ▁towards ▁Japan , ▁a ▁happen st ance ▁that ▁the ▁crew ▁considered ▁a