The 21 of said month, I measured the Sun at 55o, with a declination of 7o 4’, at the elevation of 42o 4’ [Valdés Peninsula site], and the course was Southwest and a quarter league to the West, we dropped anchor and measured 55 fathoms.

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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21 February 1520
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