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Page xxiii
... continued on this course from December 21st to January 26th , when he found himself in 26 ° S. Then Quiros came to the fatal decision to alter course to E.N.E. He says in his narrative that there was a heavy swell , and that he was ...
... continued on this course from December 21st to January 26th , when he found himself in 26 ° S. Then Quiros came to the fatal decision to alter course to E.N.E. He says in his narrative that there was a heavy swell , and that he was ...
Page 104
... continued to sail until the 27th of the month , when we were in 5 ° . On that day we saw a great trunk , a great mass of reeds , with three almonds like those we had left , much straw and snakes . The wind was S.W. , with squalls and ...
... continued to sail until the 27th of the month , when we were in 5 ° . On that day we saw a great trunk , a great mass of reeds , with three almonds like those we had left , much straw and snakes . The wind was S.W. , with squalls and ...
Page 287
... continued to navigate until the 8th of July . On that day we saw an island , about 6 leagues in circumference . As until now we had not met with any island or rock whatever to impede our road , we gave it the name of " Buen Viaje ...
... continued to navigate until the 8th of July . On that day we saw an island , about 6 leagues in circumference . As until now we had not met with any island or rock whatever to impede our road , we gave it the name of " Buen Viaje ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | xi |
VOLUME I | xxxiii |
Narrative of the Second Voyage of the Adelantado | 1 |
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25 leagues Acapulco Adelantado Admiral Almiranta Alvaro de Mendaña anchored Antonio de Morga arms arquebuses arrived arrows asked beach boat Callao Camp Master canoes Capitana Captain Pedro Fernandez Chief Pilot coast cocoa-nuts colour corps de garde course desire discovered discovery distance Don Lorenzo embarked Espiritu Santo fathoms Fernandez de Quiros fired fleet fruit Fuentidueña galeot gave give given Governess Guinea Holy inhabited island of Santa Juan killed King land latitude launch leave Lima Lord Luis de Velasco Luis Vaez Majesty Malope Manilla natives navigation night ordered palm passed Peru pigs plantains port presently reefs replied rocks royal sail sailors Santa Cruz seen sent ship shore showed side sight signs soldiers Solomon Islands Spain Spaniards Taumaco things told took the sun trees Vaez de Torres Vicar Viceroy village voyage wind wood