Identifier: firstvoyageround00piga (find matches)
Title: The First voyage round the world, by Magellan
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Pigafetta, Antonio, ca. 1480/91-ca. 1534. Primo viaggio intorno al globo terraqueo. English Stanley, Henry Edward John Stanley, Baron, 1827-1903
Subjects: Magalhães, Fernão de, d. 1521 Voyages around the world
Publisher: London : Printed for the Hakluyt Society
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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os. 27. Juan Martin. 28. Martin de Magallanes. 29. Francisco Alvaro (probably Albo, the pilot). 30. Roldan de Argote (from whom must be named the mountain,which in the Strait of Ma-gellan, is now called theCampana de Roldan). 31. Juan Sebastian del Cano. This number, 31, will agree with Pigafettas 13, who re-mained at Cape Verde, and 18 who landed from the Victoria. Sebastian del Cano was very well received by the em-peror, and Herrera mentions the safe arrival of some of theMolucca Indians : One of whom/ he says, was so sharp, 176 STATEMENT OF HEERERA. that tlie first thing he did was to inquire how many reals aducat was worthy and a real how many maravedises, andhow much pepper was given for a maravedi; and he wentfrom shop to shop to get information of the value of spices^and with this he gave cause that he did not return to hiscountry, although the others returned. This probablymeans that he was not allowed to return, lest he shouldraise the price of spices in the Molucca Islands.
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ORDER OF THE DAY OF MAGELLAN, Given in the Straits, vjJiich fell into the hands of the Fortu- guese, along with the Papers of the Astrologer Andees de San Martin^ at the Moluccas : taJcen from Baeeos, Decade in, Liv. Y, Co^iJ. 19. I Feefan de Magalhabs^ Kniglit of the Order of St.James, and captain-general of this fleet, which his majestysent for the discovery of the spices, etc. I make known toyou, Duarte Barbosa, captain of the ship Victoria, and to thepilots, masters, and quarter-masters of that ship, as I haveunderstood that it seems to you all a serious matter, that Iam determined to go forward, because it seems to you thatthe weather is little fitted for this voyage on which we aregoing j and inasmuch as I am a man who never rejected theopinion or counsel of any one, but rather all my affairs arediscussed and communicated generally to all, without anyperson being affronted by me; and since, because of thatwhich happened in the port of S. Julian with respect tothe death of Luis d

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