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.