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
Whilst at anchor in this port of Capyam,[76] they had speech with the
inhabitants of the island, and made peace with them, and Carvalho,
who was captain-major, gave them the boat of the ship which had been
burnt: this island has three[77] islets in the offing; here they took
in some refreshments, and sailed further on to west south-west, and
fell in with another island, which is named Caram, and is in eleven
degrees; from this they went on further to west south-west,[78] and
fell in with a large island, and ran along the coast of this island to
the north-east,[79] and reached as far as nine degrees and a half,[80]
where they went ashore one day, with the boats equipped to seek for
provisions, for in the ships there was now not more than for eight
days. On reaching shore the inhabitants would not suffer them to land,
and shot at them with arrows of cane hardened in the fire, so that they
returned to the ships.
Seeing this, they agreed to go to another island, where they had had
some dealings, to see if they could get some provisions. Then they met
with a contrary wind, and going about a league in the direction in
which they wished to go, they anchored, and whilst at anchor they saw
that people on shore were hailing them to go thither; they went there
with the boats, and as they were speaking to those people by signs,
for they did not understand each other otherwise, a man at arms, named
Joam de Campos, told them to let him go on shore, since there were
no provisions in the ships, and it might be that they would obtain
some means of getting provisions; and that if the people killed him,
they would not lose much with him, for God would take thought of his
soul; and also if he found provisions, and if they did not kill him,
he would find means for bringing them to the ships: and they thought
well of this. So he went on shore, and as soon as he reached it, the
inhabitants received him, and took him into the interior the distance
of a league, and when he was in the village all the people came to
see him, and they gave him food, and entertained him well, especially
when they saw that he ate pig’s flesh; because in this island they had
dealings with the Moors of Borneo, and because the country and people
were greedy, they made them neither eat pigs nor bring them up in the
country. This country is called Dyguasam,[81] and is in nine degrees.
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