The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century — John Shaqi
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth centuryPigafetta, Antonio
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century
Pigafetta, Antonio
Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources
Poi andando a cinquanta dui gradi aL medeſimo polo trouaſſemo neL
giorno delle vndici millia vergine vno ſtreto eL capo deL qalle
chiamão capo dele vndici millia vergine ꝓ grandiſsimo miracolo
Queſto ſtreto e longo cento et diece legue q̃ ſonno 440 millia et
largo piu et mancho de meza legua q̃ va a referire in vno alto mare
chiamato mar pacificho circundato da mõtagnie altiſſime caricate de
neue nõ li poteuamo tro uare fondo ſinon con lo proiſe in tera in 25
et 30 braza et ſe non era eL capitanio gennerale nõ trouauamo Queſto
ſtrecto perch̃ tuti penſauamo et diceuamo como era ſerato tuto
intorno. ma iL capitano gñale q̃ ſapeua de douer fare la ſua
nauigatiõe ꝓ vno ſtreto molto aſcoſo como vite nela theſoraria
deL re de portugaL in vna carta fata ꝓ qella exelentiſſimo huomo
martin de boemia Mando due naui Sto. anthonio et la conceptiõe q̃
coſſi le quiamauano auedere q̃ era neL capo de la baia noi cõ le
altre due naue la capitania Se chiamaua trinitade Laltra la victoria
ſteſſemo ad aſpectarle dento ne la baya La nocte ne souravenne
vna grande fortuna q̃ duro fino al alto mezo Jorno ꝓ il que ne fu
forza leuare lanchore et laſsiare andare de qua et dela per la baia
a le altre due naui li era trauerſia et nõ poteuão caualcare
vno capo q̃ faceua la baya quaſi in fine ꝓ voler venir̃ a noi ſi
que li era forſa adare in ſeco pur acoſtandoſe aL fine de La baya
penſando de eſſere perſi viteno vna boca picola q̃ no [paſaua:
crossed out in original MS.] pariua boca ma vno Cantone et como
abandonadi ſe cazaronno dentro ſi que perforza diſco perſeno el
ſtreto et vedendo q̃ nõ era cantone ma vno ſtreto de tera andarono
piu inanzi et trouoro no vna baya. poi andando piu oltra trouorono vno
alto ſtretto et vnalta baya piu grande q̃ le due pime molto
alegri subito voltor̃o Jndrieto ꝓ dirlo aL capitanio gñale noi
penſauamo foſſeno perſe prima ꝓ La fortuna grande. Lalta perche
eranno paſſati dui giorni et nõ aparauão et ancho per certi fumi
q̃ faceuano duy deli ſui mandati in tera ꝓ auiſarne et coſi
ſtando ſuſpeſi vedemo venire due naui cõ le velle pienne et cõ le
bã dere ſpiegate verſo de noi. eſſendo coſi vicine subito
ſcaricorono molte bom barde et gridi poy tuti inſieme
rengratiando ydio et la vergine maria anda ſemo acercare piu inanzi.
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