(…) and we raised anchor and left 9 of said month, to West-Southwest, and in the morning we dropped anchor and found 15 fathoms, and continued until midday, saw land and there I measured the Sun at 76o, with a declination of 20o 31’, and at night we measured 12 fathoms after dropping anchor.
Francisco Albo
Botswain and navigator from the island of Rhodes. Originally botswain of the Trinidad in Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, he then became pilot of the Victoria under the command of Sebastian de Elcano.
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