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
Pigafetta, Antonio
Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521; Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800
On the 5th Feb., to N.W., in 10°
„ 6th „ to N.W., in 9¼
„ 7th „ to N.W., in 8⅔
„ 8th „ to N.W., in 7⅔
„ 9th „ to N.W. ¼ W., in 6½
„ 10th „ to N.W., in 5
„ 11th „ to N.W., in 2½
„ 12th „ to N.W., in 1
„ 13th „ to N.W., in — 30′ N. of the line.
„ 14th „ to N.W., in 1 N. latitude.
„ 15th „ to N.W., in 1¾
„ 16th „ to W.N.W., in 2½°
„ 17th „ to W.N.W., in 3½
„ 18th „ to W.N.W., in 5
„ 19th „ to W.N.W., in 5¾
„ 20th „ to W.N.W., in 6½
„ 21st „ to W.N.W., in 8
„ 22nd „ to W.N.W., in 9½
„ 23rd „ to W.N.W., in 11½
„ 24th „ to W. ¼ N.W., in 12
„ 25th „ to W. ¼ N.W., in 12⅓
„ 26th „ to W., in 12
„ 27th „ to W., in 12
„ 28th „ to W. ¼ N.W., in 13
March, 1521—
On the 1st March, to W., in 13
„ 2nd „ to W., in 13
„ 3rd „ to W., in 13
„ 4th „ to W., in 13
„ 5th „ to W., in 13
On the 6th (March), to W., in 13°. This day we saw land, and went to
it, and there were two islands, which were not very large; and when we
came between them, we turned to the S.W., and left one to the N.W., and
then we saw a quantity of small sails coming to us, and they ran so,
that they seemed to fly, and they had mat sails of a triangular shape,
and they went both ways, for they made of the poop the prow, and of
the prow the poop, as they wished, and they came many times to us and
sought us to steal whatever they could; and so they stole the skiff of
the flag-ship, and next day we recovered it; and there I took the sun,
and one of these islands is in 12⅔°, and the other in 13° and more (N.
latitude); and this island of 12° is with that of Tiburones W.N.W. and
E.S.E. (and it appears to be 20 leagues broad at the N. end), from the
island of 12° we sailed on the 9th of March, in the morning, and went
W. ¼ S.W.
The islands of Ladrones are 300 leagues from Gilolo.
On the 9th of March, to W. ¼ S.W., in 12°
„ 10th „ to W. ¼ S.W., in 12⅓
„ 11th „ to W. ¼ S.W., in 11½
„ 12th „ to W. ¼ S.W., in 11
„ 14th „ to W. ¼ S.W., in 10⅔
„ 15th „ to W. ¼ S.W., in 10
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