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6th of September, 1522

[Victoria enters the harbour of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and anchors off a quay at Seville on 8 September. Only eighteen Christians and three Indonesians survive.]

16- Sanlúcar de Barrameda – Seville
Departure on September 6, 1522- Arrival on September 8, 1522. 2-day journey.

Gracias a la Providencia, el sábado 6 de septiembre entramos en la bahía de San Lúcar y de los sesenta hombres que formaban la tripulación cuando partimos de las islas Molucas, no éramos más que dieciocho, y éstos en su mayor parte estaban enfermos. Otros desertaron en la isla de Timor; otros fueron condenados a muerte por delitos, y otros, en fin, perecieron de hambre.

Desde que habíamos partido de la bahía de San Lúcar hasta que regresamos a ella recorrimos, según nuestra cuenta, más de catorce mil cuatrocientas sesenta leguas, y dimos la vuelta al mundo entero, yendo siempre de este a oeste.

[205] On Saturday, 6 September 1522, we entered the bay of Sanlùcar with only eighteen men, and the majority of them sick. All the rest, of the sixty men who left Molucca, had died of hunger, had deserted at the island of Timor, or had been put to death for crimes.

From the time we left that bay [of Sanlùcar] until the present day [of our return], we had sailed 14,460 leagues, and furthermore had completed the circumnavigation of the world from east to west.

Noong araw ng Sabado, ikaanim ng Setyembre 1522, pumasok kami sa look ng San Lucar nang mayroon lámang labingwalong tauhan at maysakit ang karamihan, at iyong lahat ang natirá. Sa animnapung ibá pang umalis sa Maluco, namatay ang ilan sa gútom; ang ibá ay iniwan kami sa isla ng Timor; at ang ilan ay binitay dahil sa mga krimen. Mula sa araw ng aming pag-alis sa look [ng San Lucar] hanggang sa kasalukuyang araw [ng aming pagbalik], nakapaglayag kami ng labing-apat na libo at apat na daan at animnapung liga, at naisakatuparan din ang sirkumnabegasyon ng daigdig mula silangan patúngong kanluran.