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we derive our fpices; and that Fernandez Magellan, a Portuguefe gentleman, andcommander of the order of St. Jago de la Spata, who had already more than oncetraverfed the ocean with great reputation, was nominated captain-general of the expe-dition. I therefore immediately repaired to Barcelona, to requeft permiflion of HisMajefty to be one on this voyage, which permiflion was granted. -Thence, pro-vided with letters of recommendation, I went by fea to Malaga, and from that cityover-land to Sevilla, where I waited three months before the expedition was in readi-nefs to fail.
On my return to Italy , His Holinefs the Sovereign Pontiff Clement VII.*, of whomI had the honour of an audience at Monteroli, and to whom I related the adventuresof my voyage, received me with' great kindnefs, and told me I fliould much oblige himin affording a copy of the journal of my voyage; I confequently made it a point ofduty to fatisfy, in the bell manner I was able, the willies of the Holy Father, notwith-standing the little leifure my avocations allowed.
I have defcribed every thing in this book; and to you is it, my Lord, that I prefentit, befeeching your Lordlhip to perufe the fame when the cares of the ifland of Rhodes fwill admit of your giving it attention. This, my Lord, is the only reward to which Ia fpire, in devoting myfelf, entirely to the fervice of your Lordlhip.
VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, BY THE CAVALLERO ANTONIO PIGAFETTJ.
BOOK I.
Departure from Sevilla, and thence to leaving the Strait of Magellan .
T^HE captain-general Fernandez Magellan | had refolved on undertaking a long**■ voyage over the ocean, where the winds blow with violence, and ftorms are veryfrequent. He had alfo determined on taking a courfe as yet unexplored by any navi-gator; but this bold attempt he was cautious of difclofing, left any one Should ftriveJdifluade him from it by magnifying the rilk he would have to encounter, and thusjdhearten his crew. To the perils naturally incident on a fimilar voyage was joined, . unfavourable circumftance of the four other veffels he commanded befides his owneing under the direction of captains who were inimical to him, merely on account of,s L being a Portuguefe, they themfelves being Spaniards.
... .fore his departure he made fome regulations, as well refpecting fignals as thec jplme of the fquadron. That the Ships might conftantly be kept together, hea blilhed the following rules for the pilots and mailers : his veflfel was conftantly to
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he was elefted Pontiff in 1523, and died in 1534.l 1,6 Turks had juft rendered themfelves mailers of the ifland of Rhodes, and means were then inSt. T I?” ^° r ' ts re -conqueft, or, otherwife, to form another e!tabliihment for the order of knights ofanc j ° of Jerufalem. For this latter purpofe, the Emperor Charles V. ceded Malta to them in 1530;
• ^ the interim, the Order had eilabliihed its feat at Viterbo.
3 Vfayt-]| l ^ a ^ el;ta writes Magaglianes, the Portuguefe Magalhaens, the Spaniards Magallanes, the French name ’Amoretti. Each of thefe nations have altered the orthography to preferve the found of his°ft£p^ En 9 lilh * on the contrary, have neither preferred the found nor the original mode of fpelling°ther ° rtu gnefe name, but have adopted the orthography of the French : following the pradlice of theya wnp natl ? ns ’ f° un d were preferred, the name fhould be written in Engliih Maghelyong, or Maghel-
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