Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- VOYAGE TO THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN BY THE CAPTAIN PEDRO SARMIENTO DE GAMBÓA, IN THE YEARS 1579 AND 1580, AND ACCOUNTS OF THE EXPEDITION
- I NARRATIVE AND ROUTE OF THE VOYAGE AND DISCOVERY OF THE STRAIT OF THE MOTHER OF GOD, FORMERLY CALLED “OF MAGELLAN”
- 1 Causes for sending the Expedition
- 2 The Voyage from Callao to the Gulf of Trinidad
- 3 Arrival in the Gulf of Trinidad
- 4 Narrative of the first Expedition of Discovery made by the General, with the Pilots Anton Pablos and Hernando Lamero, in the boat Nuestra Señora de Guia, up the Gulf of the Most Holy Trinity.
- 5 Second Voyage of Discovery in the boat Santiago
- 6 Third Voyage of Discovery, in the boat Nuestra Señora de Guia
- 7 Voyage to the Strait of Magellan—Desertion of the Almiranta
- 8 In the Strait of Magellan
- 9 The Voyage to Spain
- 10 Letter from the Viceroy of Peru, Don Francisco de Toledo, to the Governor of Rio de la Plata
- II RELATION OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ROYAL FLEET FOR THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN
- III REPORT TOUCHING THE CAPTAINS AND SHIPS, MASTERS AND PILOTS
- IV CONCISE NARRATIVE BY PEDRO SARMIENTO DE GAMBÓA
- Index
- Index
- Plate section
3 - Arrival in the Gulf of Trinidad
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- VOYAGE TO THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN BY THE CAPTAIN PEDRO SARMIENTO DE GAMBÓA, IN THE YEARS 1579 AND 1580, AND ACCOUNTS OF THE EXPEDITION
- I NARRATIVE AND ROUTE OF THE VOYAGE AND DISCOVERY OF THE STRAIT OF THE MOTHER OF GOD, FORMERLY CALLED “OF MAGELLAN”
- 1 Causes for sending the Expedition
- 2 The Voyage from Callao to the Gulf of Trinidad
- 3 Arrival in the Gulf of Trinidad
- 4 Narrative of the first Expedition of Discovery made by the General, with the Pilots Anton Pablos and Hernando Lamero, in the boat Nuestra Señora de Guia, up the Gulf of the Most Holy Trinity.
- 5 Second Voyage of Discovery in the boat Santiago
- 6 Third Voyage of Discovery, in the boat Nuestra Señora de Guia
- 7 Voyage to the Strait of Magellan—Desertion of the Almiranta
- 8 In the Strait of Magellan
- 9 The Voyage to Spain
- 10 Letter from the Viceroy of Peru, Don Francisco de Toledo, to the Governor of Rio de la Plata
- II RELATION OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ROYAL FLEET FOR THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN
- III REPORT TOUCHING THE CAPTAINS AND SHIPS, MASTERS AND PILOTS
- IV CONCISE NARRATIVE BY PEDRO SARMIENTO DE GAMBÓA
- Index
- Index
- Plate section
Summary
At dawn of Tuesday, the 17th of November 1579, in the name of the most Holy Trinity, we came in sight of high land at a distance of ten leagues to the S.E. We made directly for it, to examine it and fix its position, and at noon, being near the land, we took the altitude in 49° 30′, the result of Hernando Alonso's observation being 49° 9′. In coming near the land we discovered a great bay or opening which went far into the land towards the snowy mountains. On the southern side there was high land, ending in a mountain with three peaks. Pedro Sarmiento named this opening “the Gulf of the Most Holy Trinity”, and the high land with the mountain of three peaks was named the “Cabo de Tres Puntos”. This land is bare, and the land near the sea shore is much broken, with many rocks above water, and the high land has many white, grey, and black patches. To the north of this “Cabo de Tres Puntos”, at a distance of six leagues, is the land on the other side of the entrance to the gulf, consisting of a highrounded bluff, the land falling away to a plain inland to the north, with many islets off the shore. This land looks like an island from outside. It was named “Cabo Primero”. It has this appearance approaching from the N.E.
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