Works, Volumes 14-15Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 168
... discovery of the truth will be of great advantage to navigation , in giving a knowledge of the true latitude and longitude of places , ports , and capes discovered , or which may be discovered in various voyages . In conformity with ...
... discovery of the truth will be of great advantage to navigation , in giving a knowledge of the true latitude and longitude of places , ports , and capes discovered , or which may be discovered in various voyages . In conformity with ...
Page 523
... discovered on the outside [ the northern side ] . It is a country encompassed with water , and , according to the greater number of those who have seen it , it is 700 leagues in circuit . Others make it much more ; we do not give a ...
... discovered on the outside [ the northern side ] . It is a country encompassed with water , and , according to the greater number of those who have seen it , it is 700 leagues in circuit . Others make it much more ; we do not give a ...
Page 529
... discovered in the same voyage , long before he discovered that of • Taumaco , he stated that he saw some boys as fair and ruddy as Flemings , amongst the natives of the islands , who were almost swarthy , and they said by signs that ...
... discovered in the same voyage , long before he discovered that of • Taumaco , he stated that he saw some boys as fair and ruddy as Flemings , amongst the natives of the islands , who were almost swarthy , and they said by signs that ...
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