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
10 - Letter from the Viceroy of Peru, Don Francisco de Toledo, to the Governor of Rio de la Plata
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
A ship of English pirates passed by the Strait of Magellan into the South Sea, and arrived in the port of Santiago, of the Province of Chile, on the 4th of December of the past year 1578, robbed a ship of a quantity of gold that was in that port, and did other harm in other ports of this coast. On the 13th of February she arrived at the port of this city, being quite off its guard respecting any such strange occurrence. For having been so long in giving me notice from those provinces of Chile, nothing was done. The Governor was engaged in the war in Aranco, and neither the officers nor the municipality cared to buy a vessel and bring me the news; whereby many losses and expenses might have been avoided which have fallen on his Majesty and on private persons, especially as regards a ship from which a large quantity of silver was stolen, going from this city to Tierra Firme. Much diligence was used to take this pirate, and two ships were sent in search of him. But as the sea is so wide, and he had run with all speed, it was not possible to catch him.
The thing that is most felt is that he will bring back intelligence of everything here, and that there is now facility for them to enter any day, by that door of the Strait, which has now been examined and made known to them.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1895