The next Spanish navigator who furthered geographical discovery in this quarter of South America was Rodrigo de Bastides of Seville, who set out with two _caravels_ in October 1500, having with him the veteran pilot Juan de la Cosa, who had sailed with Columbus. Bastides had likewise on board Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, afterwards the celebrated discoverer of the Southern Sea.[D] This expedition extended the acquaintance with the coast of _Terra Firma_ from Cape _de la Vela_ to the spot afterwards named _Nombre de Dios_. Bastides has left a name for himself, as distinguished from the great mass of his countrymen who appeared in that part of the world, for his kind treatment of the natives. His vessels became, unfortunately, pierced by the worm which abounds in those waters, and it was with great difficulty that he contrived to reach _Hispaniola_. Alonzo de Ojeda, in consideration of his past services, received a grant of land in _Hispaniola_, and likewise the government of _Coquibacoa_, which place he had discovered. He was authorized to fit out a number of ships at his own expense and to prosecute discoveries on the coast of _Terra Firma_. It is said that one of the chief reasons for granting this government, and the privileges which accompanied it, to Ojeda, was the fact of his having met with an English expedition near _Coquibacoa_. The Spanish sovereigns were alarmed at the idea of foreign intrusion, and they wished to confide the most advanced post in their dominions to a governor of the resolute valour of which Ojeda had given such abundant proof. He was instructed to set up the arms of Castile and Leon in every place he should visit, as a hint to the intrusive English that these places had already been taken possession of. [Sidenote: 1502.] With four vessels, Ojeda set sail for the _Canaries_, in 1502, and thence proceeded to the Gulf of _Paria_, from which locality he found his way to _Coquibacoa_. Not liking this poor country, he sailed on to the Bay of _Honda_, where he determined to found his settlement, which was, however, destined to be of short duration. Provisions very soon became scarce; and one of his partners, who had been sent to procure supplies from _Jamaica_, failed to return until Ojeda’s followers were almost in a state of mutiny. The result was that the whole colony set sail for _Hispaniola_, taking the governor with them in chains. All that Ojeda gained by his expedition was that he at length came off the winner in a lawsuit, the costs of which, however, left him a ruined man.