] 16 DAHLGREN, THE DISCOVERY OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



ashore; but after vain attempts to save the vessel and the cargo, they resolved to burn 

 the ship and what it contained. 1 



It was probably this mishap which lead to the resolution to dispatch the patache 

 "Nuestra Sehora de los Dolores" sliortly after its return from Acapulco. The General 

 was Don Antonio Gonqalez de Quijano, and Piloto Mayor Captain Manuel Perez 

 Montoia. It was not until 2 September 1726 that they could sail from Cavite; they 

 cleared the Embocadero on 21 September; and on 30 October they saw the Volcano that 

 is situated in 23° 50' N. lat. — i. e., Volcan de San Agustin. After encountering the senas 

 on 28 December, they saw the coast of California, in 37° 20' N. lat., on 1 January 1727; 

 Cape San Lucas was passed on 27 January; and on 7 February they reached Acapulco. 

 — Departure from there, 5 April 1727; off the island of Guam, 11 June; Embocadero, 

 3 July; arrival at Cavite, 17 July. 



1727. The galleon "Sacra Familia", General Don Pedro Gonqalez del Rivero 

 y Quijano, Piloto Mayor Don Henrique Herman. From Cavite, 7 July; Embocadero, 

 19 July; Volcan Grande (20° 19' N. lat.), 3 September; the senas, 17 November (35° 58' 

 N. lat.; 113° 28' long.). On 28 November they saw, in 24° 36' N. lat., "the small islands 

 which are like sails", or Alijos Rocks, which, seen from some distance, show an illusive 

 resemblance to ships under sail: their right position is 24° 50' N. lat. 2 After that Cape 

 San Lucas was passed on 2 December; and the arrival at Acapulco took place on 24 

 December. — From Acapulco, 30 March 1728; the Mariannes (Guam), 13 June; Emboca- 

 dero, 14 July; arrival at Cavite, 16 August. 



1728. The galleon "Nuestra Senora de Guia", General Don Antonio Fernandez 

 de Röjas, Piloto Mayor Don Antonio Gil. From Cavite, 10 July; Embocadero, 23 August; 

 Volcan Grande, 29 September (19° 23' N. lat., 18° 49' long.); senas, 16 December (32° 50' 

 N. lat., 100° 49' long.); Cape San Lucas, 8 January 1729; Acapulco, 28 January. — 

 Departure from there, 31 March 1729; Mariannes, 13 June; Embocadero, 10 July. The 

 diary ends on 23 July, when they were in sight of the island of Marinduque. 



1729. The galleon "Sacra Familia", General Don Juan Antonio Cortez de 

 Arredondo, Piloto Mayor Don Geronimo Montero. From Cavite, 11 July; Embocadero, 

 3 August. On 15 September they saw the island that is called la Desconocida (San 

 Alessandro), and on the following day Volcan Grande (Volcan de San Agustin) and Isla 

 de Patos (Sulphur), from which last smoke was seen ascending. On 19 September they 

 passed between the two islands last named, at a distance of 8 leagues from the former. 

 For these three islands, which all belong to the Volcano group, the following positions 

 are given: 



1 Bl. & Rob. XLI, p. 219; XLVI, p. 38. Montero. I, p. 437. 



2 Captain Abel Du Petit-Thouars tells us that the lookout on his vessel mistook the rocks for sailing 

 ships (22 November 1837). He also says: "Cet écueil, découvert en 1791, n'avait point été revu, et son 

 existence méme était devenue si douteuse, que quelques géographes s'étaient déterniinés ä le supprimer tout-ä- 

 fait sur les cartes nouvelles." Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus, T. II, Paris 1841, p. 148. 



