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The first voyage round the world, by Magellan : $b translated from the accounts of Pigafetta, and other contemporary writersPigafetta, Antonio

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The first voyage round the world, by Magellan : $b translated from the accounts of Pigafetta, and other contemporary writers

Name: The first voyage round the world, by Magellan : $b translated from the accounts of Pigafetta, and other contemporary writers
Author: Pigafetta, Antonio

Pigafetta, Antonio

Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521; Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800

The following day the King of Tadore, with his nephew, the governor,
named Humai, a man of twenty-five years of age, came on board the
ships, and the king, on hearing that we had no more cloth, sent to
fetch from his house six ells of red cloth, and gave them to us in
order that we might, by adding other objects, make a fitting present to
the governor. We made him the present, and he thanked us much, and said
that soon he would send us plenty of cloves. At his departure from the
ship we fired several bombards.

Sunday the 1st day of December, the above-mentioned governor departed
from Tadore; and we were told that the king had made him a present of
some silk cloths and drums, for him to send us the cloves sooner. On
Monday, the king himself went again out of the island for the same
object. Wednesday morning, as it was the day of St. Barbara,[379] and
on account of the King’s arrival all the artillery was discharged. The
king came to the beach to see how we fired rockets and fire balls, and
took great pleasure in them.

Thursday and Friday we purchased a good many cloves both in the city
and at the ships at a much lower price, as the time of our departure
grew nearer. For four ells of riband[380] they gave a bahar of cloves,
for two little chains of brass which were worth a marcello,[381] they
gave us a hundred pounds; and at last each man being desirous of having
his portion of the cargo, and as there were no more goods to give in
exchange for cloves, one gave his cloak, another his coat, and another
a shirt or other clothes to obtain them.

On Saturday three sons of the King of Tarenate, with their wives, who
were daughters of our King of Tadore, and afterwards Pedro Alfonso,
the Portuguese, came to the ships. We gave a gilt glass goblet to each
of the brothers, and to the three wives scissors and other things;
and when they went away we fired several bombards in their honour. We
afterwards sent on shore a present of several things to the widow of
the King of Tarenate, daughter of the King Tadore, who had not ventured
to come on board the ships.

Sunday the 8th December, we fired many bombards, rockets, and fireballs
to celebrate the Conception of our Lady. Monday in the afternoon, the
King came to the ships with three women who carried his betel. It is to
be observed that no one can take women about with him except the king.
Afterwards the King of Giailolo came to see again our gun exercise.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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The first voyage round the world, by Magellan : $b translated from the accounts of Pigafetta, and other contemporary writersPigafetta, Antonio

History

The first voyage round the world, by Magellan : $b translated from the accounts of Pigafetta, and other contemporary writers

Pigafetta, Antonio

Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521; Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800

The following day the King of Tadore, with his nephew, the governor,
named Humai, a man of twenty-five years of age, came on board the
ships, and the king, on hearing that we had no more cloth, sent to
fetch from his house six ells of red cloth, and gave them to us in
order that we might, by adding other objects, make a fitting present to
the governor. We made him the present, and he thanked us much, and said
that soon he would send us plenty of cloves. At his departure from the
ship we fired several bombards.

Sunday the 1st day of December, the above-mentioned governor departed
from Tadore; and we were told that the king had made him a present of
some silk cloths and drums, for him to send us the cloves sooner. On
Monday, the king himself went again out of the island for the same
object. Wednesday morning, as it was the day of St. Barbara,[379] and
on account of the King’s arrival all the artillery was discharged. The
king came to the beach to see how we fired rockets and fire balls, and
took great pleasure in them.

Thursday and Friday we purchased a good many cloves both in the city
and at the ships at a much lower price, as the time of our departure
grew nearer. For four ells of riband[380] they gave a bahar of cloves,
for two little chains of brass which were worth a marcello,[381] they
gave us a hundred pounds; and at last each man being desirous of having
his portion of the cargo, and as there were no more goods to give in
exchange for cloves, one gave his cloak, another his coat, and another
a shirt or other clothes to obtain them.

On Saturday three sons of the King of Tarenate, with their wives, who
were daughters of our King of Tadore, and afterwards Pedro Alfonso,
the Portuguese, came to the ships. We gave a gilt glass goblet to each
of the brothers, and to the three wives scissors and other things;
and when they went away we fired several bombards in their honour. We
afterwards sent on shore a present of several things to the widow of
the King of Tarenate, daughter of the King Tadore, who had not ventured
to come on board the ships.

Sunday the 8th December, we fired many bombards, rockets, and fireballs
to celebrate the Conception of our Lady. Monday in the afternoon, the
King came to the ships with three women who carried his betel. It is to
be observed that no one can take women about with him except the king.
Afterwards the King of Giailolo came to see again our gun exercise.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The first voyage round the world, by Magellan : $b translated from the accounts of Pigafetta, and other contemporary writers

The first voyage round the world, by Magellan : $b translated from the accounts of Pigafetta, and other contemporary writers

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