Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- VOYAGE TO THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN BY THE CAPTAIN PEDRO SARMIENTO DE GAMBÓA, IN THE YEARS 1579 AND 1580, AND ACCOUNTS OF THE EXPEDITION
- I NARRATIVE AND ROUTE OF THE VOYAGE AND DISCOVERY OF THE STRAIT OF THE MOTHER OF GOD, FORMERLY CALLED “OF MAGELLAN”
- 1 Causes for sending the Expedition
- 2 The Voyage from Callao to the Gulf of Trinidad
- 3 Arrival in the Gulf of Trinidad
- 4 Narrative of the first Expedition of Discovery made by the General, with the Pilots Anton Pablos and Hernando Lamero, in the boat Nuestra Señora de Guia, up the Gulf of the Most Holy Trinity.
- 5 Second Voyage of Discovery in the boat Santiago
- 6 Third Voyage of Discovery, in the boat Nuestra Señora de Guia
- 7 Voyage to the Strait of Magellan—Desertion of the Almiranta
- 8 In the Strait of Magellan
- 9 The Voyage to Spain
- 10 Letter from the Viceroy of Peru, Don Francisco de Toledo, to the Governor of Rio de la Plata
- II RELATION OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ROYAL FLEET FOR THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN
- III REPORT TOUCHING THE CAPTAINS AND SHIPS, MASTERS AND PILOTS
- IV CONCISE NARRATIVE BY PEDRO SARMIENTO DE GAMBÓA
- Index
- Index
- Plate section
2 - The Voyage from Callao to the Gulf of Trinidad
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- VOYAGE TO THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN BY THE CAPTAIN PEDRO SARMIENTO DE GAMBÓA, IN THE YEARS 1579 AND 1580, AND ACCOUNTS OF THE EXPEDITION
- I NARRATIVE AND ROUTE OF THE VOYAGE AND DISCOVERY OF THE STRAIT OF THE MOTHER OF GOD, FORMERLY CALLED “OF MAGELLAN”
- 1 Causes for sending the Expedition
- 2 The Voyage from Callao to the Gulf of Trinidad
- 3 Arrival in the Gulf of Trinidad
- 4 Narrative of the first Expedition of Discovery made by the General, with the Pilots Anton Pablos and Hernando Lamero, in the boat Nuestra Señora de Guia, up the Gulf of the Most Holy Trinity.
- 5 Second Voyage of Discovery in the boat Santiago
- 6 Third Voyage of Discovery, in the boat Nuestra Señora de Guia
- 7 Voyage to the Strait of Magellan—Desertion of the Almiranta
- 8 In the Strait of Magellan
- 9 The Voyage to Spain
- 10 Letter from the Viceroy of Peru, Don Francisco de Toledo, to the Governor of Rio de la Plata
- II RELATION OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ROYAL FLEET FOR THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN
- III REPORT TOUCHING THE CAPTAINS AND SHIPS, MASTERS AND PILOTS
- IV CONCISE NARRATIVE BY PEDRO SARMIENTO DE GAMBÓA
- Index
- Index
- Plate section
Summary
These provisions and arrangements having been made we set sail and departed from the port of Callao, which is in 12°25′, on the 11th of October 1579, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, in the name of the most holy Trinity, three persons and one only God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. That same night we came to off the island of the port, which is two leagues to the west of Callao. We anchored there because it was necessary to make the Capitana secure, and to finish putting her in order. For there had been neglect in stowing her ballast, and she could not carry her sails. That night the crews had no sleep, because all were at work, some bringing ballast from the island, others finishing the setting up of shrouds and reeving of running rigging, which there was no time to complete in port. On Monday, being the morning of the 12th, with a fair northerly breeze, we left the island, and shaped a southerly course, passing between the island and the point of the port, which has very seldom been done. Beginning by standing out to sea, we then tacked and stood in towards the land. On this tack we sailed under a Morro called Solar, in the valley of Surco, two leagues from the island, and three from Callao.
On Tuesday the thirteenth of October, when we began to stand out to sea, we presently found that the bows of the Capilana were opening in many parts, owing to several seams not having been caulked. The haste in despatching the expedition did not give time for the overseers to see to everything.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1895