Ch. i. south AMERICA. "7 



from perfons who might not hv fuillrirntly ncquainied 

 with the nature of their dchgn. Accordingly the 

 commanders and directors of Ihc acadcmy'of the roynl 

 Guardas Marinas received orders to recommend two 

 perfons, whofcdifpoiitions not only promifed a perfect 

 harmony and corrcfpondence with tlie French acade- 

 micians, but who were capable of raak-ng, equally 

 with them, the experiments and operations that might 

 be neceffary in the courfe of the enterprife. 



Don George Juan, commander of Aliaga, of 

 the order of Malta, fub-brifiadicr in the Guardas 

 Marinas, equally dillinguifhcd by his application to 

 the mathematics and his faithful iervices to the crown, 

 was, with myfelf, prqpoied to his majeÜy, as quali- 

 fied to contribute to the fuccefs of fuch an enterprife. 

 \Vc had commiiTions given us as lieutenants of men of 

 war, and, with all nccelTary inftrui^ions, were or- 

 dered to embark on board two fliips fitting out at 

 Cadiz, for carrying to Carthagena,' and thence to 

 Porto Bello, the marquis de Villa-garcia, appointed 

 viceroy of Peru. About the fame time the French 

 academicians were to fail in a fhip of their nation, 

 and, byway of St. Domingo, to join us at Carthagena, 

 in order to proceed from thence in company. 



The two men of war on board of which we had 

 been ordered, were the Conquiilador of 64 guns, and 

 the Incendio of 50 ; the former commanded by Don 

 Francifco de Liano, of the order of Malta, commo- 

 dore, and the latter by Don Auguftin de Iturriaga, by 

 whom it was agreed that Don George Juan ihould 

 go in the Conquiilador, and myfelf in the Incendio. 

 We failed iVom Cadiz bay, May 26, 1735; but, the 

 wind fhifting, were obliged to put back and come to 

 an anchor about half a league without Las Puercas. 



On the 28th, the wind coming about to the N. E. 

 we again fet fail, and continued our courfe in the 

 manner related in tbe two following Journals. 



\ B 4 Journal 



