The same day, having sailed 8 leagues at about sunset we saw another island at the west by southwest. This is its shape. (figure) This island is at east to west; small and low, it has a perimeter of two and a half leagues. There was no place deep enough to anchor, we passed the island at sundown. It was named Isla de los Pajaros…
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Ésteban Rodriguez de Figueroa
Chief pilot of the ship Capitana in the Legaspi armada of 1565.
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