Monday, 22 January 1565
Around ten in the morning, land was discovered which seemed to be at the turn northwest around ten leagues. Its coast seemed northeast southwest and… Read More »Monday, 22 January 1565
Rodrigo de Espinosa
20 January 1565
I found that going northwest at the latitude and route we had followed since Wednesday until midday, today, Saturday, we had run 86 leagues. At… Read More »20 January 1565
Wednesday, 17 January 1565
I measured the sun at ten degrees less 1/5. And today, the maestre de campo and the rest of the captains and pilots were called… Read More »Wednesday, 17 January 1565
Tuesday, 9 January 1565
At around dawn, the flagship fired a shot, a sign that they had seen land. We saw, a small, low island and it seemed to… Read More »Tuesday, 9 January 1565
8 January 1565
Till 8 in the morning we had run 14 leagues and at that time we approached the almiranta and they fired a shot because, at… Read More »8 January 1565
31 December 1564
… End of December. The day’s run was 35 leagues; we were 1160 leagues from Navidad.
23 December 1564
…that night I found that we were 895 leagues from the port of Navidad.
15 December 1564
….I measured the sun at 10 degrees and we were ordered sail west by southwest until we were at 9 1/3 degrees latitude. And from… Read More »15 December 1564
Friday, 8 December 1564
After these 13 days had passed on Friday, 8 December, I measured the sun at 10 1/2 degrees; I also measured the star that night… Read More »Friday, 8 December 1564