124 DAHLGREN, THE DISCOVERY OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



1737. The galleon "Nuestra Sehora de Guia", General Don Pedro Domlnuo 

 Goncalez del Rivero, Piloto Mayor Don Antonio de Echave, sailed from Cavite on 

 25 July and passed the Embocadero on 26 August. On 25 (September the pilot states tliat, 

 despite the fact that lie had reduced his day's reckoning by 10 per cent ever since the 

 Embocadero, they had not yet sighted the land for which they had laid their course, 

 namely Uracas and the Farallon; and on 17 September, in noting down the figures 20° 6' 

 N. lat., and 21° long., lie says that, according to the reckoning, they ought to have passed 

 the Mariannes, but that they must have seen them if the course had been correct. This 

 galleon seems to have steered a somewhat more southerly course than the usual one: on 

 30 October, in 30° 13' N. lat., 39° 9' long., it is said that they placed alookoutintheforetop, 

 because owing to an adverse wind they were compelled to sail in unknown waters (por 

 paraje no practicado); and the note that they continued to have a lookout is repeated 

 almost daily until 13 November. Meanwhile they had reached as far north as 34° 49' N. 

 lat., and had sailed about 10 degrees in an easterly direction; but they saw nothing except 

 birds of different kinds, whales, tunnies, and once a small turtle. On 6 January 1738 

 they saw the senas (37° 5' N. lat., 91° 34' long.), on 13 January Guadalupe (29° 43' N. 

 lat. ), and on 21 January Cape San Lucas. Here it is remarked that the reckoning indicated 

 that the distance from San Bernardino was 111° 12', which falls short of the reality by 

 about 15 degrees. Arrival at Acapulco on 9 February, and departure thence on 5 April. 

 Off Agaha (Guam), 17 June; Embocadero, 15 July; arrival at Cavite, 30 July 1738. 



1738. The capitana "Nuestra Sehora del Pilar", General Don Francisco Antonio 

 Sendin, Piloto Mayor Don Geronimo Montero. Probably this year there was an almi- 

 ranta, concerning which, however, we have no information. From Cavite, 3 August; 

 Embocadero, 15 September; in sight of Volcan Grande and Uracas, 12 October (20° 6' 

 N. lat., 19° 40' long.); senas, 23 January (34° 35' N. lat.); Cape San Lucas, 10 February; 

 Acapulco, 23 February 1739. — The return-journey was begun on 12 April; in sight of 

 "isla del Governador" (Guam), 18 June. On 3 August 1739 they came to anchor in "la 

 boca de Cahagayan" (puerto de Palapag). 



1739. The galleon "Nuestra Sehora de Guia", General Don Bernardo Jorge de 

 Yllumve, Piloto Mayor Don Manuel Rodriguez. For this voyage there is no log-book, 

 as for the others; but the transactions in a series of Juntas, which are reported f ully in 

 our manuscript, give us the means of ascertaining the main course of the expedition. 



The first junta was held on 27 January 1740, af ter they had seen the senas, and 

 consequently assumed that they were not far from the coast of Calif ornia. At this meeting 

 it was resolved, upon the motion of the pilots, that they should for the present postpone 

 the hoisting of the guns from the hold. The subsequent junta, on 11 March, probably 

 shortly af ter the arrival at Acapulco, asserted that the galleon was in great need of thorough 

 repair, which would require such a long time that the departure could not be made until 

 after the time when favourable winds could be expected. All the officers declared, 

 therefore, that they ought to winter in Acapulco, and that permission to do this ought 

 to be obtained from the Viceroy of Mexico. The Viceroy, however, commanded that 



