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Page 137
The reason is that , if what the Adelantado told me was true , by whose order I
prepared the navigating charts , and if ... and as the Adelantado , when he
undertook the discovery , did not understand the art of navigation , he could be
deceived .
The reason is that , if what the Adelantado told me was true , by whose order I
prepared the navigating charts , and if ... and as the Adelantado , when he
undertook the discovery , did not understand the art of navigation , he could be
deceived .
Page 143
For if he had gone over the 1 , 450 leagues , as he said , it would take much more
than four months of navigation . There are a little over 700 leagues from there to
the coast of New Spain , navigating by the best - known route , which is that by ...
For if he had gone over the 1 , 450 leagues , as he said , it would take much more
than four months of navigation . There are a little over 700 leagues from there to
the coast of New Spain , navigating by the best - known route , which is that by ...
Page 168
As regards the theory ( according to what the mathematicians at Rome affirm )
they say that there are few pilots who know as much as he does ; that he is expert
in making globes , and charts for navigating ; that he well understands the use of
...
As regards the theory ( according to what the mathematicians at Rome affirm )
they say that there are few pilots who know as much as he does ; that he is expert
in making globes , and charts for navigating ; that he well understands the use of
...
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Contents
DEDICATION | ix |
NOTE ON THE CARTOGRAPHY OF THE SOUTHERN | xxxvii |
Narrative of the Second Voyage of the Adelantado | 1 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Works, Volumes 14-15 |
| Author | Hakluyt Society |
| Publisher | Kraus Reprint, 1967 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2009 |
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