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…
Ésteban Rodriguez de Figueroa
Chief pilot of the ship Capitana in the Legaspi armada of 1565.
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