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 Latalata we went to S.W. ¼ W., and fell in with an island which
is called Lumutola, it is in 1¾°, and on the W. side there is another
island called Sulan, and at these islands there are many shoals, and
from hence we took the course to the South, towards an island named
Buro, and between these three, there is another island which is named
Fenado, it is in 2½°, and Buro is in 3½°, and it lies with Bachian
N.E. and S.W. ¼ N.S. in longitude 194°; and to the East of Buro there
is a very large island called Ambon, in which they make much cotton
cloths, and between it and Buro there are some islets; take care of
them, for this it is necessary to coast the island of Buro to the East,
and to the South of it. I took the sun in 70° 24′, it had 22° 36′
declination, and so the latitude came to be 3°. I was in the Southern
part of the island, and this was on the 27th of December, on Friday. On
the 28th of the said month, I did not take the sun, but we were in the
neighbourhood of the said isle of Buro, and Bidia, which, lies to the
eastward.
Sunday, 29th, I took the sun in 71½°, it had 22° 21′ declination, and
our distance came to be 3° 51′, and we were opposite the isle of Ambon.
On the 30th I took the sun in the altitude of the day before, in calm,
it was Monday.
On the 31st I did not take the sun, we were a matter of 12 leagues from
the Isle of Ambon E.N.E. and W.S.W., the day was Tuesday.
1522—
The 1st day of January, 1522, I took the sun in barely 73°, it had 21°
54′ declination, the altitude came to be 4° 45′.
On the 2nd of the month, I took the sun in 73¾°, it had 21¾°
declination, our distance came to be 5½°, the course was to S.W., and
it was Thursday.
Friday, 3rd, I did not take the sun, but the ship made the course of
S.S.W., in latitude of 6⅓°, after that we took the course to N.W.
On the 4th of the month I did not take the sun, but we were in 5¾°, the
course was to N.W., and the day Saturday.
Sunday, the 5th, I took the sun in 75°, it had 21° 14′ declination, the
latitude came to 6° 14′.
On the 6th, Monday, I took the sun in 76°, it had 21° 2′ declination,
the latitude came to be 7° 2′.
On the 7th, I took the sun in 76⅔°, it had 20° 50′ declination, the
latitude came to be 7½°, and the course was to S.W. Tuesday.
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