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
These people became very familiar and friendly with us, and explained
many things to us in their language, and told us the names of some
islands which we saw with our eyes before us. *The island where they
dwelt is called Zuluam, and it is not large.*[276] As they were
sufficiently agreeable and conversible we had great pleasure with
them. The captain seeing that they were of this good condition, to do
them greater honour conducted them to the ship, and showed them all
his goods, that is to say, cloves, cinnamon, pepper, ginger, nutmeg,
mace,[277] gold, and all that was in the ship. He also had some shots
fired with his artillery, at which they were so much afraid that they
wished to jump from the ship into the sea. They made signs that the
things which the captain had shown them grew there where we were going.
When they wished to leave us they took leave of the captain and of us
with very good manners and gracefulness, promising us to come back to
see us. The island we were at was named Humunu; nevertheless because we
found there two springs of very fresh water we named it the Watering
Place of good signs,[278] and because we found here the first signs of
gold. There is much white coral to be found here, and large trees which
bear fruit smaller than an almond, and which are like pines. There were
also many palm trees both good and bad. In this place there were many
circumjacent islands, on which account we named them the archipelago
of St. Lazarus, because we stayed there on the day and feast of St.
Lazarus. This region and archipelago is in ten degrees north latitude,
and a hundred and sixty-one degrees longitude from the line of
demarcation.
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