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N° 4. This strait of All Saints was discovered by Hernando de Magallanes, cap- 

 tain of an expedition which his Sacred Cœsarean ("atholic Majesty, ^ the emperor and 

 king Don Carlos, our lord, ordered to be made to discover the Maluco islands. There 

 are in this strait men of such great stature that they seem giants ; it is a very desolate 

 laud,- and they dress themselves in the skins of animals." 



N° 5. These islands of Maluco* were discovered by Fernando de Magallancs, 

 commander of ^ an expedition which his" Majesty ordered to be made to discover 

 the" said islands, and l)y Juan Sebastian del Canno ;^ that is to say, the said Fer- 

 nando de Magallanes discoved the strait of All Saints, wliich* is in 52h degrees 

 towards the Antarctic pole; and*" after having passed (he said strait, [and not] 

 witliout very great labor and danger, he continued his journey towards the said 

 islands ; after many days he arrived at certain islands of which the southern one is 

 situated in 12 degrees,^' and because the people were so turbulent, and because they 

 stole from him the boat of one of his sliips, they gave it the name of tlie isle of thieves 

 (de los Ladrones) ; and thence continuing his journey, as has been said, they disco- 

 vered an island, which they called la Aguada, because they took in water there ; and 

 from thence on they discovered another, which is called Bunham, and Aceilani, and 

 another, whicli is called Cubu, in which island died the said Captain Hernando de 

 Magallanes, in a skirmish which took place with the natives thereof, and the survivors 

 of the said expedition chose Juan Sebastian del Canno as commander of it, who after- 

 wards discovered the island of Bendanao, in which there is viuch virgin gold, and very 

 fine cinnamon ; and in the same way he discovered the island of Poloan, and that of 

 Brunay, and that of Gilolo, and the island of Tridore, and that of Terenati, and Motil, 

 and niany others in which there is much gold, and cloves, and nutmeg, and other 

 kinds of spices and drugs. The said Sebastian del Canno loaded two ships which ^^ 

 remained to him out of ti\ e which they took with them, with cloves in the said island 

 of Tidori, for in it, and in the said island of Terenati, the said cloves are said to grow, 

 and not in any other, and in the same way he took much cinnamon and nutmeg ;i" and 

 coming on through the Indian Ocean, ^* in the direction of the Cape of Good Hope, one 

 ship was forced to put back and return to the said island of Tidori, from which it had 

 set oat, on account of the great amount of water which it was making, and the said 

 Captain Juan Sebastian del Canno with his ship, called St. Mary of Victory (Sancta 

 Maria de la Victoria), came to these kingdoms of Castile, to the city of Seville, in the 

 year 1522, by the Cape of Good Hope ; so that it clearly appears that the said Juan 

 Sebastian del Canno sailed round the whole universe,^" because he proceeded only 

 towards the West, although not on one parallel, through the East to the place in the 

 West whence he set out. 



X° 6. These provinces were discovered^* by the honored and valiant gentleman, *" 

 Francisco Pizarro, who^* was governor of them during his life ; in \\ hich there is 

 infinite gold and virgin silver and mines of very fine emeralds. The bread which they 

 have they make of* maize, and the wine likewise ; they have much wheat and other 

 grain. It is a warlike race ; they use in their wars bows and slings and lances ; their 

 arms are of gold and silver. There are in the said provinces certain sheep of the form 

 of small camels ; they have very fine wool. They are an idolatrous people, and of 

 very subtle mind ; -" and on all the sea-coast, and for more than twenty miles inland 

 it never rains. It is a very healthy land. The Christians have made many settlements 

 in it, and continually keep increasing them. 



N" 7. The Indians call this great river the river Hnruai, in Spanish the river of 

 silver (Rio de la Plata). They take this name from the river Huruai, wliich is a very 



1 fifth of the name. 



2 and with few inhabitants. 



3 only. 



4 long closed to us. 



5 his royal Spanish fleet. 



6 His Sacrod Cœsarean Catholic Majesty the Emperor Charles, fifth of the name. 



7 these very rich islands of the Indies. 



8 which said expedition set sail from the port of Seville, a famed city of the province of 

 Andalusia. 



9 measuring frmu the Equator to the Antarctic. 



10 seeking the aforesaid islands. 



11 north latitude. 



12 which he had saved from shipwreck. 



13 much cinnamon and nutmeg is collected in Bendanao, of which likewise, he took thence 

 great quantities. 



14 to Spain. and hastening to double tiie Cape. 



15 in a circle. 



16 and conquered. 



17 knights Francisco Pizarro and Almngro. 



18 that is, Francisco Pizarro. 



19 very large corn, which, in the languHge of the Indians, is called maize. 



I'O [In the Latin version the statement that " They are an idolatrous people, and of very subtle 

 mind," follows immediately after " It is a warlike race."] 



