At the same time Magellan having Sail'd 600 Leagues towards Malaca, [Magellan goes over to Spain.] was in certain Islands, whence he corresponded with Serrano; who having thriv'd so well in Ternate, with Boleyfe, sent his Friend word what Kindness, and Wealth he had receiv'd from him; advising him to return to his Company. Magellan consenting, resolv'd to go to the Moluccos; but in case his Services were not Rewarded in Portugal, as he expected, he would take the way directly for Ternate, under whose King Serrano grew so Rich in Nine Years. He consider'd, that since the Moluccos were 600 Leagues East from Malaca, which make 30 Degrees, little more or less, they were out of the Portuguese Limits, according to the antient Sea Chart. Returning to Portugal, he found no Favour, but thought himself wrong'd, and resenting it, went away into Castile, carrying with him a Planisphere, drawn by Peter Reynel; by which, and the Correspondence he had held with Serrano, he perswaded the Emperor, Charles V. that the Molucco Islands belong'd to him. It is reported, That he Confirm'd his Opinion with Writings, and the Authority of Ruy Faleyro, a Portuguese Judiciary Astrologer, and much more with Serrano's. Hereupon the Emperor gave him the Command of a Squadron, with which he sail'd from Sanlucar, on the 21st. of September, 1519. He stay'd [Sets out on his Discovery.] four days at the Canaries, where a Caravel overtook him, with private Intelligence, that his Captains went with a Design not to Obey him particularly John Cartagena, who had the same Commission as Magellan. He bravely seem'd to take no notice, and sailing away with a fair Wind, being pass'd Rio de Janeyro, in the Province of Santa Cruz, commonly call'd Brazil, the Sea growing very cold, and much more the River of Plate, which is in 35 Degrees of South Latitude, the Captains question'd him about the Voyage, since they could nor find the Cape, or Streight, they went in search of. He answer'd, as to Men that were entirely Subordinate to his Direction and Authority, That they must go on, for he knew what he was about, and the Coasts of Norway and Ireland were in a greater Latitude, and yet Ships sailed along them. These Contests lasted almost all the Voyage, and increas'd with the cold and dreadful Winds, and the hideous sight of the Mountains of Snow and Ice, grown old, which they met in the Latitude of 52 and 53 Degrees. They magnify'd these Difficulties, alledging, That it requir'd six, or seven Months to come from Castile, cross the Line, and run all along the Coast of Brazil, through such diversity of Climates, in each of which the Weather vary'd. That this was throwing away Men and Ships, which were more valuable than all the Cloves in the Molucco Islands.