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Page xxix
... perpetrated in Mexico and Peru should not be repeated.1 It only remains to record the story of the Quiros 1 See his extraordinary Will at p . 291 . Memorials , when we shall see the navigator , prematurely INTRODUCTION . xxix.
... perpetrated in Mexico and Peru should not be repeated.1 It only remains to record the story of the Quiros 1 See his extraordinary Will at p . 291 . Memorials , when we shall see the navigator , prematurely INTRODUCTION . xxix.
Page xxxvi
... record of Antarctic discovery . Captain Cook made known the Southern Continent imagined by Quiros , and actually seen by Torres . Captain Cook first crossed the Antarctic circle , and searched all round it for the supposed coast- lines ...
... record of Antarctic discovery . Captain Cook made known the Southern Continent imagined by Quiros , and actually seen by Torres . Captain Cook first crossed the Antarctic circle , and searched all round it for the supposed coast- lines ...
Page 398
... record . 24th . I took the sun in 15 ° 10 ' N. Course N. b . W. The General ordered the Pilots to make the customary navi- gation from the Philippines to Acapulco . 25th . We made 25 leagues N. b . W. 26th . I took the sun in 18 ° N ...
... record . 24th . I took the sun in 15 ° 10 ' N. Course N. b . W. The General ordered the Pilots to make the customary navi- gation from the Philippines to Acapulco . 25th . We made 25 leagues N. b . W. 26th . I took the sun in 18 ° N ...
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