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Page xv
... letter from the second in command , Luis Vaez de Torres , to the King . This letter briefly describes the whole voyage ; but it is specially interesting when it relates the events after parting company with Quiros . For Torres , on his ...
... letter from the second in command , Luis Vaez de Torres , to the King . This letter briefly describes the whole voyage ; but it is specially interesting when it relates the events after parting company with Quiros . For Torres , on his ...
Page xxxii
... letter from Fernando de Castro , who had married the widow of Mendaña . He prayed that no concession might be made to Quiros , as he , Castro , had inherited the claims of Mendaña on the Solomon Islands . The two letters from Diego de ...
... letter from Fernando de Castro , who had married the widow of Mendaña . He prayed that no concession might be made to Quiros , as he , Castro , had inherited the claims of Mendaña on the Solomon Islands . The two letters from Diego de ...
Page 180
Hakluyt Society. desired , but that he would write a letter to all the people of the expedition , which was to be read publicly before making sail , as was done . Its tenor was as follows : - Letter of the Viceroy , Count of Monterey ...
Hakluyt Society. desired , but that he would write a letter to all the people of the expedition , which was to be read publicly before making sail , as was done . Its tenor was as follows : - Letter of the Viceroy , Count of Monterey ...
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