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Page 388
... observe the variation of the needle , and to take the sun on shore , and at the same time to adjust his astrolabe . His observation gave him a latitude of 15 ° 20 ′ S. As regards the variation , I will give it with the rest . He also ...
... observe the variation of the needle , and to take the sun on shore , and at the same time to adjust his astrolabe . His observation gave him a latitude of 15 ° 20 ′ S. As regards the variation , I will give it with the rest . He also ...
Page 496
... observed that in all the Indies , only in Margarita and the Rio de la Hacha they have got and do get , the multitude of pearls as is known ; not to mention the few indifferent ones found at Panama : and I must observe that , if it is as ...
... observed that in all the Indies , only in Margarita and the Rio de la Hacha they have got and do get , the multitude of pearls as is known ; not to mention the few indifferent ones found at Panama : and I must observe that , if it is as ...
Page 498
... observed that Pedro , saying he had seen arrows with points of silver , it appears on account of the little which was found in the little metal brought merely by chance , and from the disposition of the country and its situation in the ...
... observed that Pedro , saying he had seen arrows with points of silver , it appears on account of the little which was found in the little metal brought merely by chance , and from the disposition of the country and its situation in the ...
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