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Page xi
... voyages of Quiros . In the first voyage he was Chief Pilot to Mendaña ; the second and most famous voyage was under his own command . The best and most detailed narrative of both voyages is contained in a work which remained in ...
... voyages of Quiros . In the first voyage he was Chief Pilot to Mendaña ; the second and most famous voyage was under his own command . The best and most detailed narrative of both voyages is contained in a work which remained in ...
Page xiii
... voyage of Mendaña in much detail , including the discovery of the Marquesas Islands and of the island of Santa Cruz , the death of Mendaña , and the terrible passage from Santa Cruz to Manilla . It is certainly a most extraordinary ...
... voyage of Mendaña in much detail , including the discovery of the Marquesas Islands and of the island of Santa Cruz , the death of Mendaña , and the terrible passage from Santa Cruz to Manilla . It is certainly a most extraordinary ...
Page xv
... voyage.1 The fourth narrative is contained in a 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 ...
... voyage.1 The fourth narrative is contained in a 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 ...
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