Strait of Magellan

Queen of the Angels, that he who sees it may praise her for the mercies shown to the creatures of his most precious son, the true God our Lord. Finally, we secured the ship more in shore, at the cost of much labour on the part of the sailors and soldiers, who on all occasions worked together admirably, as was desirable. 

2 Coarse linen cloth made in Anjou, and called angeo. Coarse linen or hempen cloth for linings. 

On the same day, in the afternoon, Pedro Sarmiento landed, and formally took possession of the land, of which the following testimony was taken — 

This day it was fair weather, and in the night it blew hard. On Friday, the 5 th of February, the dawn came with fair weather, and with wind from the W. and S.W.—a 

In this port Pedro Sarmiento was more disturbed in spirit than in all his former work, because he saw all his 

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This family is almost cosmopolitan, found chiefly in the dry regions of western North America south to the Straits of Magellan with some representation elsewhere, except Australia. 

One of the first references in English to the disease of scurvy was in Hakluyt s Principall Navigations , which was first published in 1589, where he records that in a 1582 expedition returning from the Straits of Magellan two men died of skurvie when nearly home. 

The bark of Drimys Winteri yields between 5 and 1 per cent, of this oil. This plant was originally discovered by Captain Winter in the Straits of Magellan, and is now found in various countries from Mexico to Cape Horn. The oil, which has been examined by Avata and Can-.zoneri, has a specific gravity of about 945. It consists of a mixture of... 

None died, however, as appears from a comparison of the list of men made in the Strait of Magellan, with the list made at the end of the voyage, allowing for eight men forming the crew of the Concepcion. 

No expeditions appear to have sailed from England for the Straits of Magellan between the return of Drake in 1580, and the departure of Cavendish in 1586. Fenton was on the Brazilian coast in 1583, but the above particulars do not apply to any occurrence during his expedition, besides an earlier date is referred to. It is, therefore difficult to conjecture what this English expedition can have been, which is mentioned in the text. 

Garcia de Hurtado, the Governor of Chile, sent Juan de Ladrilleros in 1557 from Valdivia, to examine the southern coast as far as the Strait of Magellan. He reached the eastern end of the Strait, and returned to Chile, all the crew having died of starvation and cold, except two men and himself. 

Pedro Sarmiento de Gamb6a, Governor and Captain-General of the Strait of the Mother of God, formerly called the Strait of Magellan, and of the settlements made and which may be made for his Majesty. 

Don Bernardino de Mendoza was a son of Don Alonso de Mendoza, Conde de Coruna, by a niece of the great Cardinal Cisneros. He came to Bngland as Ambassador in 1578, with very conciliatory instructions. When Drake returned in 1580, Mendoza demanded a restoration of his plunder. Elizabeth was determined not to give it up and other differences arose. In 1585 Mendoza was ordered to leave England, and in the same year became ambassador at Paris. He either misunderstood his informants about Drake s track in the Straits of Magellan, or was deceived by them. 

Garcia Jofre de Loaisa and Sebastian del Cano, with six ships and a pinnace, sailed from Spain in 1525, and passed through the Strait of Magellan, but did not touch at Port San Julian, according to Herrera (f>ec. Ill, Lib. vii, cap. v and vi), nor, according to the report of Andres de Urdaneta, who was on board (.Munoz. MSS.). 

By order of the Viceroy of Peru, Don Francisco dk Borja, Prince of Esquilache, ToMit Hernani>EZ made before a Notary respecting what happened in the settlements founded in the Strait of Magellan, by... 

Toledo, Francisco de. Viceroy of Peru, 19, 183, 205 he ordered the equipment of ai> expedition to explore the Strait of Magellan, and gave the command to Sarmiento, soon after Sir Francis Drake appeared in the Pacific, 3 his plan was to form a settlement, and to fortify a narrow part of the Strait, to prevent further predatory incursions into the Pacific, xxvi, 209 his instructions to Sarmiento are full and precise, 7 7. 206-8 he personally attended to the equipment of the expedition, 5, 6 Sarmiento named the numerous islands up the Gulf of Trinidad after the Viceroy, The Archipelago of Don... 

The volumes for 1895 will probably be The Voyage OF Pedro Sarmiento to the Strait of Magellan, 1579-80, translated and edited by the President and Azurara s Chronicle of the Conquest of Guinea, translated and edited by Mr. C. R. Beazley and Mr. E. Prestage. These two volumes will, it is hoped, be followed by Dr. Robert Brown s edition of Leo Africanus, which is in a very forward state. 

Narratives GF the Voyages of Pedro Sarmiento DE Gamboa TO THE Straits OF Magellan... 

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