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Wednesday, 10 January 1565

At 7 in the morning we saw an island divided into islets. At 12 we headed there, it extends from north to south 10 leagues; eastwest by southwest, northwest; 3 leagues; and northeast southwest 5. The islets are made up of corals. They were not inhabited. Nowhere could we anchor, though we got ashore with the baveras. The Governor ordered that these be called Islas of San Pedro and San Pablo… Having gone past these island, we headed west by southwest. At 6 in the afternoon we found an islet which the Governor ordered named Isla de los Pajaros because it had many birds. It has a reef extending 2 leagues long at the northeast. The Isla de San Pedro y San Pablo is 9 leagues away from the Isla de Los Pajaros.