A.D. 

 1572-87. 



A new rich 

 trade for gold, 

 cloves, ginger, 

 and sinamon. 



Why these 

 Isles zuere 

 called The 

 Isles of 

 Salomon, 



[III. 803.] 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



other commodities. For the Spaniards in their discovery 

 of these Islands not seeking nor being desirous of gold, 

 brought home notwithstanding 40000 pezos with them, 

 besides great store of cloves and ginger, and some sina- 

 mon also which is not so good as in other places. The 

 discoverer of these Islands named them the Isles of 

 Salomon, to the ende that the Spaniards supposing them 

 to bee those Isles from whence Salomon fetched gold to 

 adorne the temple at Jerusalem, might bee the more 

 desirous to goe and inhabite the same. Now the same 

 time when they thought to have sent colonies unto 

 these Islands, Captaine Drake entered the South sea : 

 whereupon commandement was given, that they should 

 not be inhabited, to the ende that such Englishmen, and 

 of other nations as passed the Streights of Magellan 

 to goe to the Malucos might have no succour there, 

 but such as they got of the Indian people. 



The admirable and prosperous voyage of the 

 Worshipful! Master Thomas Candish of Trim- 

 ley in the Countie of SufFolke Esquire, into 

 the South sea, and from thence round about 

 the circumference of the v^hole earth, begun 

 in the yeere of our Lord 1586, and finished 

 1588. Written by Master Francis Pretty 

 lately of Ey in SufFolke, a Gentleman em- 

 ployed in the same action. 



Ee departed out of Plimmouth on Thurs- 

 day the 21. of July 1586. with 3. sayles, 

 to wit. The Desire a ship of 120. tunnes, 

 The Content of 60 tuns, and the Hugh 

 gallant a barke of 40. tunnes : in which 

 small Fleete were 123. persons of all 

 sortes with all kinde of furniture and 



victuals sufficient for the space of two yeeres, at the charges 

 of the worshipful! Master Thomas Candish of Trimley 

 in the Countie of SufFolke Esquire, beeing our General!. 



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