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Page xxxii
... report by Ruy Gonzalez de Sequiera , the Governor of the Moluccas . Quiros repeats his proposals , and again dwells on the importance of the intended discoveries . The eighth and last extant Memorial is only a further recapitulation ...
... report by Ruy Gonzalez de Sequiera , the Governor of the Moluccas . Quiros repeats his proposals , and again dwells on the importance of the intended discoveries . The eighth and last extant Memorial is only a further recapitulation ...
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... report that the port was bad , full of sunken rocks , and that it was impossible to get out again if a ship had once ... reported , and there the fleet anchored . CHAPTER VI . How the Adelantado landed on the island of Santa Cristina ...
... report that the port was bad , full of sunken rocks , and that it was impossible to get out again if a ship had once ... reported , and there the fleet anchored . CHAPTER VI . How the Adelantado landed on the island of Santa Cristina ...
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... reported to be very good , but that he certainly did not see it . He reports that it was better to take a northern route in returning to Peru , because it was difficult to find favourable winds further south . Few pilots would give this ...
... reported to be very good , but that he certainly did not see it . He reports that it was better to take a northern route in returning to Peru , because it was difficult to find favourable winds further south . Few pilots would give this ...
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 MendaƱa 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 FuentidueƱa 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