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
From Poluan we sailed for Borney, and we coasted the above-named
island, and went to its S.W. head, and near there found an island which
has a shoal on the E.; and in 7½° we had to change the course to W.,
until running 15 leagues; after that we ran S.W., coasting the island
of Bornei until the city itself; and you must know that it is necessary
to go close to land, because outside there are many shoals, and it is
necessary to go with the sounding lead in your hand, because it is a
very vile coast, and Bornei is a large city, and has a very large bay,
and inside it and without it there are many shoals; it is, therefore,
necessary to have a pilot of the country. So we remained here several
days, and began to trade, and we made good agreements of peace; and
after that they armed many canoes to take us, which were 260 in number,
and they were coming to us, and as we saw them we sailed in great
haste, and we went outside and we saw some junks coming, and we went
to them, and we captured one, in which was a son of the King of Luzon,
which is a very large island, and also the captain let him go without
the counsel of anyone.
Borney is a large island, and there is also in it cinnamon, mirabolams,
and camphor, which is worth much in these countries; and they say
that when they die they embalm themselves with it. Borney is in 5°
25′ latitude—that is, the port itself—and 201° 5′ of longitude from
the line of demarcation, and from here we sailed and returned by the
same road; and this port of Borney lies E.N.E. W.S.W. with the isle of
Mazaba, and in this course there are many islands; and from the cape at
the N.E. of Bornei to Quipit is E.W. ¼ N.E. S.W.
We sailed from Borney, and returned by the same course which we
had come, and so we passed between the head of the isle of Bornei
and Poluan; and we went to the W.,[448] to fall in with the isle of
Cuagayan; and so we went by the same course to make for the island of
Quipit on the S. side, and in this course, between Quipit and Cuagayan,
we saw to the S. an island which they call Solo, in which there are
many pearls, very large—they say that the king of this island has a
pearl like an egg. This island is in 6° latitude; and so, going on this
course, we fell in with three small islands; and further on we met with
an island named Tagima, and they say there are many pearls there; and
this island lies with Solo N.E. S.W. ¼ E.W., and Tagima is in 6⅚°. It
is opposite the Cape of Quipit, and the said cape is in 7¼°, and lies
with Paluan E.S.E. W.N.W.
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