CHAPTER XXIII. 



REMARKABLE FORESIGHT OF THE COURT OF ROME A PAPAL BULL FERDINAND 



MAGELLAN — HE OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO SPAIN HIS PLANS — HIS FLEET 



PIGAFETTA THE HISTORIAN — AN INAUSPICIOUS START TENERIFFE AND ITS 



LEGENDS — ST. ELMO'S FIRE THE CREW MAKE FAMOUS BARGAINS WITH THE 



CANNIBALS — HEAVY PRICE PAID FOR THE KING OF SPADES — PATAGONIAN 



GIANTS PIGAFETTA'S EXAGGERATIONS — THE HEALING ART IN PATAGONIA 



THE TRAGEDY OF PORT JULIAN DISCOVERY OF A STRAIT THE OPEN SEA 



CAPE DESEADO THE OCEAN NAMED PACIFIC RAVAGES OF THE SCURVY A 



PATAGONIAN PAUL THE NEEDLE BECOMES LETHARGIC DISCOVERY OF THE 



LADRONES — THE FIRST COCOANUT — A CATHOLIC CEREMONY UPON A PAGAN 

 I3LAND. 



The Pope of Rome, whose authority was at this period 

 supreme among the princes who were in communion with the 

 Church, now thought proper to anticipate a possible collision 



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