Sir Francis Drake: His Voyage, 1595: Together with the Spanish account of Drake's attack on Puerto Rico — John Shaqi
Sir Francis Drake: His Voyage, 1595: Together with the Spanish account of Drake's attack on Puerto RicoMaynarde, Thomas, active 1595
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Sir Francis Drake: His Voyage, 1595: Together with the Spanish account of Drake's attack on Puerto Rico
Maynarde, Thomas, active 1595
Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596 -- Travel; Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800
On the nineteenth we came to anchor in a fayre baye (the baye of Sta.
Jermana), at the westermost part of the ilande, where wee stayed till
the twenty-fourth, settinge up more newe pinnaces and unlodinge the
other newe victualler, the generall takinge the most parte into his owne
shippe as he did of the former. Captaine Yorke, in the Hope, was made
vice-admirall. This is a very pleasant and fertile ilande, having upon
it goode store of cattell, fruites, and fish, with all thinges necessary
to man’s sustenance; and were it well manured, no place could yielde
it in greater abundance or better. Departing hence, we had our course
for Corasaw.[3] The seconde daye after our puttinge of, the Exchange, a
small shippe, spronge her mast, and was sunke; the men and parte of the
victualls were saved by other shippes. Twenty-ninth.—Upon Corasaw there
is great store of cattell and goates, and we fell with it upon Saturday
the twenty-ninth; but our generall, deceaved by the currante and westerly
course, made it for Arabir,[4] an iland lyinge ten or twelve leagues
to the westwarde, and so made no staye; when, next morninge descryenge
whether hee founde his error, wee bore with Cape De la Vela, and from
thence our coronell, with all the companies in the pinnaces and boates
were sent to the cittie of Rio de la Hacha, and with small resistance
wee tooke it the first of December at night. The generall came unto us
the next morning with the fleete. This towne was left bare of goodes:
the inhabitants havinge intelligence of our cominge, had caried all in
the woodes, and hid theyr treasure in casshes;[5] but, stayinge heere
seventeen days, wee made so goode search, that little remained unfounde
within four leagues of the towne. We tooke many prisoners, Spaniards and
negroes, some slaves repairinge to us voluntarily. The generall with two
hundred men went in boates to Lancheria, which is a place where they fish
for pearle, standinge ten leagues to the estwarde of theyr towne, from
whence they brought goode store of pearle, and tooke a carvell, in which
was some monie, wine, and myrr.
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