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Page lxiii
... lost little short of one hundred , while the Spaniards lost but twelve ; that at Estrella Bay , Mendaña kidnapped a friendly native as an interpreter , and an entire family in 1 The Geology of the Solomon Islands . 2 The Cruise of the ...
... lost little short of one hundred , while the Spaniards lost but twelve ; that at Estrella Bay , Mendaña kidnapped a friendly native as an interpreter , and an entire family in 1 The Geology of the Solomon Islands . 2 The Cruise of the ...
Page 158
... lost their clothes and linen they had with great difficulty preserved their arms , and had lost only an arquebus and two swords ; here they lost the Indian whom we had brought with us as an inter- preter , and whom they had taken with ...
... lost their clothes and linen they had with great difficulty preserved their arms , and had lost only an arquebus and two swords ; here they lost the Indian whom we had brought with us as an inter- preter , and whom they had taken with ...
Page 298
... lost , for some of them did not know how to swim ; but , with great risk , and working for their lives , they got to a small island formed by the reefs , where they thought they should have died at the hands of the Indians , had not God ...
... lost , for some of them did not know how to swim ; but , with great risk , and working for their lives , they got to a small island formed by the reefs , where they thought they should have died at the hands of the Indians , had not God ...
Contents
PAGE | vii |
The Gela Florida Islands | xxx |
The Islands of Savo Solomon and Sesarga Spain | lxxxvi |
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15 degrees 25 leagues 30 leagues Almiranta anchor arquebuses arrived arrows asked began boat brigantine brought Callao called Camp canoes Capitana Captain Catoira Chief Pilot coast cocoa-nuts Colima course cross discovered discovery Don Hernando east embarked Estrella Bay fired fled four gave Gela George's Island give gold Guadalcanal Guadalcanar harbour harm Henriquez Hernan Hernando Gallego huts Indians island of Santa Juan Enriquez killed land latitude leagues in circumference Lord Majesty Malaita Master Mendaña Meta month morning night north-east north-west Nukufetau ordered Owaraha Pedro de Ortega Pedro Sarmiento Peru pigs port reached reefs returned river sailors San Christoval San Dimas Santa Ysabel saying seen sent set sail ships shoals shore signs small islands soldiers Solomon Islands south-east south-west Spain Spaniards steered tack tauriqui told took my altitude village voyage weather wind windward wounded