114 DAHLGREN, THE DISCOVERY OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



1710. The galleon "Nuestra Sehora del Rosario", General Don Miguel de 

 Elerreaga, Piloto Mayor Francisco de Salasar: from Bagatao, 30 July; Embocadero, 

 15 August; Volcan Grande, 13 September (20° 25' N. lat.); the senas, 17 November (36° 

 9' N. lat.; 96° 36' long.); Cape San Lucas, 4 December; arrival at Acapulco, 13 December. 

 — Departure from there, 25 March 1711; Embocadero, 22 June; arrival at Cavite, 9 July. 



1711. The galleon "Nuestra Seriora de Begoha", General Don Juan Ignacio 

 Vertiz, Piloto Mayor Joseph Martinez, sailed from the island of Ticao on 19 August 

 and cleared the Embocadero the same day; the senas, 7 December (36° N. lat.; 94° 44' 

 long.); in sight of Punta de la Concepcion on the coast of California, 17 December, and 

 of Cape San Lucas, 3 January 1712; arrive at Acapulco, 19 January. — Sails from there 

 31 March 1712; Mariannes (Rota), 9 June; Embocadero, 9 July. The diary ends on 14 

 July with the statement that they put in at Sobongcobong (possibly Subaang on the north 

 coast of the island of Mindoro). 



1714. The galleon "Santo Cristo", General Don Francisco de Olavlde, Piloto 

 Mayor Don Pedro Vinales, who died on the voyage, Piloto Accompanado Alberto 

 de Arrieta. From Cavite on 23 July; Embocadero, 3 September. On 28 September, 

 in 25° 37' N. lat. and 18° 30' long., they saw the island that is called La Desconocida and 

 which lies on this side of the chain of the Marianne Island ("que esta antes de la cordillera 

 de Marianas"). On 30 September another island was seen, extending from north to south; 

 and on 2 October yet another larger island was seen, standing high out of the sea and 

 covered with vegetation in its north-eastern part, which was supposed to be the island 

 of Malabrigo. On the same day the position observed was 27° 30' N. lat. It cannot be 

 determined with certainty whether these islands belong to the Volcano or to the Bonin 

 Archipelago. On the following day, 3 October, it is said that they crossed the meridian 

 of the Mariannes in 28° 19' N. lat. and 19° 40' long. On 30 November the senas were seen, 

 in 34° 9' N. lat. and 95° 45' long. On 14 December Cape San Lucas was passed, and on 

 3 January 1715 they reached Acapulco. — They sailed from there on 1 April 1715; the 

 Mariannes, 13 June; Embocadero, 1 July; arrival at Cavite, 13 August. 



1716. On "the Anson chart" there can be seen east of Japan, in about 35° 30' N., 

 some islands marked with the inscription Islas Nueva [sic] del Ano de 1716; and on the 

 "Stockholm chart", which is to be described below, there are, off the coast of California, 

 Farellones descubiertos el ano de 1716, rocks which, even on the Anson chart, are marked 

 with their still preserved name Farallon de Alijos. I have found no information about 

 any voyage made in 1716 during which these discoveries could have been made. 



1717. The galleon "Nuestra Sehora de Begoha", General Don Francisco de 

 Echeveste, Piloto Mayor Henrique Herman. From Cavite, 1 July; Embocadero, 6 

 September. On 10 October they saw Isla de San Alessandro (25° 51' N. lat.; 14° 3' long.), 

 and on 12 October Los Arzobispoles (25° 58' N. lat.; 14° 30' long.); the latter would seem 

 to be identical with some of the Bonin Islands. On 26 October the meridian of the 

 Mariannes was crossed in 32° 51' N. lat. and 20° 52' long. The senas on 19 December, in 



