AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1589- 



M. Ch'idleys The South Sea, and chiefly for the famous province of 



voyage in- Arauco on the coast of Chili. We kept company together 



for ^Arauco 'in ^° ^^^ 7^^^ ^^ ^^ Canaries and so forward to Cape Blanco 



Chili. standing neere the Northerly latitude of 20. degrees on 



Cabo Blanco, the coast of Barbarie, where some of our people went on 



shoare finding nothing to their content. Within 12. 



The Delight dayes after our departure from this place The Delight, 



looseth the corn- wherein I William Magoths was, lost the company of 



pany of the ^j^^ other two great ships, and the two small pinnesses. 



pi^J Howbeit we constantly kept our course according to our 



directions along the coast of Brasil, and by the River 



of Plate, without touching any where on land untill we 



Port desire. came to Port desire in the latitude of 48 degrees to the 



Southward of the Equinoctial. Before we arrived at 



this place there died of our company by Gods visitation 



of sundry diseases 16. persons. Wee stayed in this 



harborough 17. dayes to grave our ship & refresh our 



wearied people, hoping here to have met with our 



consorts : which fell out contrary to our expectations. 



Two springs of During our abode in this place we found two little 



fresh water springs of fresh water, which were upon the North- 



pun^^ at 01 -westerly part of the land, & lighted upon good store 



of scales both old and yong. From hence we sailed 



They enter toward the Streight of Magelan, and entred the same 



into the about the first of January. And comming to Penguin 



trcigtof yland within the Streight we tooke and salted certaine 



magelan. { y ^ r -r\ -i-i 1 -i j 



hogsheads or Penguins, which must be eaten with speed : 



for wee found them to be of no long continuance; we 



also furnished our selves with fresh water. And here 



at the last sending off our boat to the yland for the rest 



The^ loose \^. of our provision, wee lost her and 15. men in her by 



of their men force of foule weather ; but what became of them we 



by tempest. could not tel. Here also in this storme we lost two 



anckers. From hence we passed farther into the Streight, 



A Spaniard and by Port famine we spake with a Spaniard, who told 



taken at Port- us that he had lived in those parts 6. yeeres, and that he 



famine. ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ic 400. men that were sent thither by the 



king of Spain in the yere 1582. to fortifie and inhabit 



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