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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels.Vol. 1.by Robert Kerr.PREFACE.In this enlightened age, when every department of science and literature is making rapid progress, and knowledge of every kind excites uncommon interest, and is widely d
- 101 On their arrival at San Miguel, Almagro sent the Captain Diego de Mora to Puerto Viejo, to take the charge of the vessels belonging to Alvarado, who likewise sent Garcias de Holguin on his part, that this measure might be executed amicably according to ag
- 102 In the march of Almagro into Chili, his army suffered excessive hards.h.i.+ps from hunger and thirst. Besides their other fatigues, they had often to encounter Indians of great stature, clothed in the skins of sea-wolves and seals, who used the bow and ar
- 103 [4] Zarate is extremely remiss in regard to dates, and not a little confused in the arrangement of his narrative. We learn from Robertson, II. 325, that Ferdinand Pizarro returned to Peru in 1536.--E.[5] According to Robertson, II. 326, the place where th
- 104 [8] The river Napo joins the Maranon in lat. 3 20' S. and long. 70 W.But we are uncertain whether this were the place where Orellana deserted, as there are many junctions of large rivers in the course of the vast Maranon. The two greatest of its trib
- 105 But learning that Don Diego had more than 800 men under arms, he did not consider himself powerful enough to wait for him in Cuzco, deeming it more prudent to march from thence by way of the mountain road, on purpose to join forces with Alonso de Alvarado
- 106 [13] At this place, a naked list of a great number of names of those who signalized themselves in the battle, are enumerated by Zarate, but omitted here as altogether uninteresting.--E.[14] This appears to countenance the account of Garcila.s.so in a form
- 107 [6] Garcila.s.so de la Vega differs somewhat in the names of one or two of these leading men who deserted from Gonzalo, and enumerates a considerable number more, among whom he names one Pedro Pizarro, saying they were in all about forty, with many of who
- 108 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels.Vol. 5.by Robert Kerr.PART II. BOOK II. CONTINUED.CHAPTER VII _Continued_. CONTINUATION OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF PERU, AFTER THE DEATH OF FRANCISCO PIZARRO, TO THE DEFEAT OF GONZALO PIZARRO, AND THE R
- 109 On the return of Mendoza, Centeno found himself at the head of two hundred and fifty men well equipped for war, to whom he explained his sentiments and views, and gave an account of the criminal usurpation of Gonzalo Pizarro, in the following terms. "
- 110 At this time, Gonzalo Pizarro was very anxious to devise some stratagem for inveigling the viceroy into his hands, as he considered his usurpation unsafe so long as that officer remained alive and at the head of a military force. With this view, that the
- 111 [Footnote 27: It has however become very much exhausted, and has been in a great measure abandoned. The mines of Lauricocha, in a different part of Peru, are now in greater estimation. But those of Guanaxuato and Zacatecas in Mexico, notwithstanding the p
- 112 As president considered that any farther delay might be prejudicial to the royal cause, he resolved to dispatch Aldana with the command of about three hundred men in three or four vessels, with orders to proceed to the port of Lima, to a.s.semble at that
- 113 Having appointed Juan Fernandez to the command of the s.h.i.+ps, he took charge of the vacant government of Lima, where he made every possible preparation for carrying on the war, collecting arms ammunition and all other necessaries.Some time after the de
- 114 [Footnote 39: L.157,000, if French livres are to be understood, and worth near a million sterling at the present value of money compared with that period,--E.]The president remained for some time at Guzco, occupied in punis.h.i.+ng the insurgents accordin
- 115 SECTION I._Incidents in the History of Peru, from the departure of Gasca, to the appointment of Don Antonio de Mendoza as Viceroy._ Among those who were dissatisfied with the distribution of the repartimientos in Peru by the president, was Francisco Herna
- 116 Notwithstanding this unforseen misfortune, Giron continued his march to the valley of Pachacamac, only four leagues from Lima, where it was resolved in a council of war to endeavour to surprise the camp of the royalists near the capital. Intelligence of t
- 117 SECTION I._Geographical View of the Kingdom of Chili._ The kingdom of Chili in South America, is situated on the coast of the Pacific Ocean or Great South Sea, between 24 and 45 of south lat.i.tude, and between 68 40' and 74 20' of west longitud
- 118 The Araucanians derive their name from the province of Arauco, the smallest in their territory, but which has given name to the whole nation, as having been the first to propose the union which has so long subsisted among the tribes, or from having at som
- 119 2d Future, 1. _Eluayean_, I shall have given, &c.1st Mixed, 1. _Eluabun_, I had to give, &c.2d Mixed, 1. _Eluugabun_, I ought to have had to give; &c.IMPERATIVE MOOD.Singular, Dual. Plural.1 _Eluche_, let me give _Eluyu_, let us two give _Eluign_, let us
- 120 _Quignelque_, several._Epulgen_, about two._Culalque_, about three.It has not been deemed necessary to repeat a great number of minute observations given by Molina on this singular language, nor to report the shades of difference in its dialects. But it h
- 121 The milky-way is named _Rupuepen_, the fabulous road. The planets are called _gau_, a word derived from _gaun_ to wash, as they suppose them to dip into the sea when they set; and some conceive them to be other earths inhabited like our own. The sky is ca
- 122 Although he had fixed upon St Jago for the capital of the kingdom of Chili, he determined upon establis.h.i.+ng his own family at Conception; for which purpose he selected a pleasant situation for his own dwelling, reserving for himself the fertile penins
- 123 The native inhabitants of that part of the country which formed the territory of Conception, were indignant at being again subjected to the intolerable yoke of the Spaniards, and had recourse to the Araucanians for protection. Caupolican, who seems at thi
- 124 Immediately after this signal victory, Antiguenu marched against the fortress of Canete, rightly judging that it would not be in a condition to resist him in the present circ.u.mstances. Villagran was likewise convinced of the impossibility of defending t
- 125 Although the Arancanian general had not succeeded in this daring enterprise according to his expectations, he was so little discouraged by its failure that he immediately undertook the siege of Puren, which appeared more easy to be taken as it was situate
- 126 Much about the same time with Ramon, the toqui Huenecura likewise died, either from disease or in consequence of wounds received in the late battle. He was succeeded in the toquiate by Aillavilu the second, who is represented by Don Basilio Rosas, a conte
- 127 SECTION XII._State of Chili towards the end of the Eighteenth Century_[102].[Footnote 102: The information of Molina appears to have closed about 1787; but in some notes by the translator, interwoven here into the text, a few short notices to the year 179
- 128 Owing to their habitude of frequently going from one island to another, where the sea is far from being pacific, the Chilotans are all excellent sailors, and being active, docile, and industrious, they are very much employed in navigating the s.h.i.+pping
- 129 Peter Martyr of Angleria.--Diego de la Tobilla.--Motolinea.--_Don Hernando Colon_.--Olonsa de Ojeda.--Alonso de Mata.--Enciso.--Gonzalo Hernandez de Oviedo.--Francisco Lopez de Gomara.--Andres de San Martino.--Pedro de Zieza.--Alvar Nunnez Cabeza de Vaca.
- 130 [Footnote 135: So called by the translator of Herrera, but perhaps these were a kind of priests or conjurers.--E.][Footnote 136: In some modern maps _Tegesta_ is considered as the southern extremity of the province of East Florida.--E.]Cabeza de Vaca and
- 131 Soto and his men came soon afterwards to another mora.s.s, which had two large trees and some branches laid across its narrowest part to serve as a bridge. Soto sent two of his soldiers who were good swimmers to repair the bridge, but they were set upon b
- 132 The other Indians who accompanied Anasco said that in their opinion he had killed himself because he was carrying a message which he believed was disagreeable to the old lady. A short time after this, as Anasco was still proceeding, one of the Spaniards o
- 133 Departing from this province of Colima, which the Spaniards named _De Sal_, or the Salt Country, they marched four days through an uninhabited wilderness, after which they came to a province called _Tula_[178]. On approaching the first town, the whole pop
- 134 [Footnote 191: Five hundred Spanish leagues at 17-1/2 to a degree, or about four English miles, would amount to about 2000 miles of voyage down the Missisippi; but we have no sufficient warrant in the text to ascertain the league used by Herrera, neither
- 135 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels.Volume VI.by Robert Kerr.PART II. BOOK II. CONTINUED.CHAPTER XI. EARLY ENGLISH VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY TO AMERICA.INTRODUCTION.Although we have already, in the Introduction to the _Second_ Chapter of th
- 136 The Chevalier de Mouy lord of Meylleraye and vice-admiral of France, having administered the oaths of fidelity to the king, and of obedience to M. Cartier, to the captains, masters, and mariners of the s.h.i.+ps employed in this expedition, we left the po
- 137 We left this island with a fair wind on the eighth of July, and came to the harbour of White Sands, or Blanc Sablon, in the Grand Bay or Baye des Chateaux, where the rendezvous of the squadron had been appointed.We remained here till the 26th of July, whe
- 138 On the north side, at about seven leagues distance from the Seven Islands, there are two considerable rivers which come from the hills of Saguenay, and occasion several very dangerous shoals. At the entrance of these rivers we saw vast numbers of whales a
- 139 _Canada_, a town._Agogasy_, the sea._Coda_, the waves._Cohena_, an island._Agacha_, a hill. _Hounesca_, ice._Camsa_, snow._Athau_, cold._Odazani_, hot._Azista_, fire._Quea_, smoke._Canoca_, a house._Addathy_, my father._Adauahoe_, my mother._Addagrim_, my
- 140 [Footnote 70: More properly Bahrayn, which signifies _the two seas_, being the Arabic dual of Bahr, the sea.--Astl. I. 59. e.]SECTION II._Voyage of Don Francisco de Almeyda from Lisbon to India, in quality of Viceroy, with an account of some of his transa
- 141 According to his orders, and by permission of the sheikh or king of Sofala, Annaya erected a strong wooden fort at that place. The king soon afterwards repented of his concession, and was for some time in hopes that the Portuguese would be soon obliged to
- 142 [Footnote 101: A Xerephine being worth about half a crown, this tribute amounted to about L. 1875 sterling.--Astl. I. 66. a.--According to Purchas a Xerephine is worth 3s. 9d; so that the yearly tribute in the text is equal to L. 2812 20s. sterling.--E.]T
- 143 At length they got on board and sailed on their return to Cochin, having lost 80[114] men in this ill conducted enterprise, among whom were Coutinno and many persons of note. On recovering his senses while at sea, Albuquerque gave orders for the dispatch
- 144 Albuquerque continued his voyage after this disaster in the s.h.i.+p commanded by Alpoem; and on his way back took two Moorish s.h.i.+ps, which, though rich did not make amends for the loss he had sustained in the wreck of his own. Immediately on his arri
- 145 Finding the port dangerous, Soarez came to anchor about a league from the city of Jiddah, yet so excellent were some of the cannon of the place, that three or four pieces were able to carry that prodigious distance. Soliman sent a message to the Christian
- 146 At this time George Albuquerque was sent to Sumatra, on purpose to restore a king of Pisang who had been expelled and had fled to the Portuguese for protection and aid. On his arrival, having secured the co-operation and a.s.sistance of the neighbouring k
- 147 [Footnote 172: At first sight this appears to have been the fort of Pisang, but from the sequel it would rather seem to have been another fort at or in the neighbourhood of Pedier.--E.][Footnote 173: It is hardly possible that the lord of a petty state on
- 148 It is true that the value of money was then much greater than now, and these sums for comparison with our present money of account may perhaps be fairly rated at L.837,500, L.112,500 and L.75,000 respectively, or _ten_ times their numerical amount in 1529
- 149 Badur invaded the kingdom of _Mandou_[198], and killed the king by treachery. He then imprisoned all the kings sons, and distributed the wives and daughters of the deceased king among his officers._Salahedin_, one of the princ.i.p.al officers of that king
- 150 Sylveira went continually from place to place, encouraging all to do their duty manfully and supplying reinforcements where most needed. The enemy had much the better in the second a.s.sault on the bulwark commanded by Gouvea, on which several gentlemen r
- 151 _Arrival at Aden, where the Sheikh and four others are hanged. Sequel of the Voyage to Diu_.On the 2d of August, leaving the shoal of Alontrakin, we sailed 10 miles E. by S. and got through the straits; whence proceeding till sunrise next morning we went
- 152 The 3d, 40 miles by day and 50 in the night. The 4th, 70 in the day and 30 in the night. The 5th, we went 60 miles farther, and by nine o'clock in the night cast anchor off the town of _Adem_ or _Aden_.[Footnote 233: About the distance rather vaguely
- 153 CHAPTER III.THE VOYAGE OF DON STEFANO DE GAMA FROM GOA TO SUEZ, IN 1540, WITH THE INTENTION OF BURNING THE TURKISH GALLIES AT THAT PORT. WRITTEN BY DON JUAN DE CASTRO, THEN A CAPTAIN IN THE FLEET; AFTERWARDS GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF PORTUGUESE INDIA[252].INTRO
- 154 [Footnote 267: By verdigris is probably meant the Socotorine aloes.--Purch.]Leaving Socotora, we were very near Aden in the morning of the 27th of January 1541, which was to the north-west, distant from us about 6 leagues. The wind being from the east and
- 155 [Footnote 285: The particular enumeration comes only to 46 vessels, so that the number of 64 in the text seems an oversight or transposition.--E.]At sunrise on the 23d of February, we set sail from the island and port of _Marate_, finding seven fathom wat
- 156 The 12th of April we set sail along sh.o.r.e, the wind being fresher, and more large, at E.S.E. About noon it blew very hard with such impetuous gusts that it drove the sands of the coast very high, raising them up to the heavens in vast whirls like great
- 157 SECTION IX._Return Voyage from Suez to Ma.s.sua._ In the morning of the 28th of April 1541 we departed from before Suez on our return to Ma.s.sua[325]. At sunset we were one league short of a sharp red peak on the coast, 20 leagues from Suez. At night we
- 158 _Aylah_ is situated on the inmost part of the promontory which extends into the sea. Between _al Tur_ and the coast of _Mesr_ (Egypt), that arm of the sea or gulf extends on which _al Kolzum_ stands. In like manner that arm of the sea on which _Aylah_ is
- 159 The governor Don Stefano de Gama happened at this time to be in _Chual_, visiting the northern forts; and considering that the maintenance of Sangaza and Carnala cost more than they produced, and besides that Nizamoxa was in alliance with the Portuguese,
- 160 In this treaty, Adel Khan had agreed that De Sousa was to be put into possession of the vast treasures which had been left by the rebel Aceda Khan, said to amount to ten millions of ducats, and which at his death had fallen into the hands of Khojah Zemaz-
- 161 While endeavouring to devise means for the relief of the soldiers, who were in great want, Gracia de Sa died suddenly in July 1549, at 70 years of age, being much regretted for his prudence, affability, and integrity. On the patents of succession being op
- 162 Having carefully examined the dispositions of the enemy, and naturally considering the means he possessed for defence, now somewhat increased by the arrival of reinforcements from different quarters, the viceroy made a new distribution of his force to var
- 163 Hardly was the army of the queen of j.a.para gone from Malacca when the king of Acheen arrived before it with 40 gallies, and several s.h.i.+ps and smaller vessels, to the number of 100 in all, with a great train of artillery. Tristan Vaz gave orders to J
- 164 On his death, which appears to have happened in March 1580, he was succeeded as governor by Ferdinand Tellez de Menezes, pursuant to a patent of succession sent out by the regency in the year before. On this occasion the new governor was installed with as
- 165 [Footnote 418: This unusual name seems from the context to be here given to the Nizam-al-mulk or sovereign of the Decan.--E.]SECTION XI._Continuation of the Portuguese Transactions in India, from 1597 to 1612_.In May 1597, Don Francisco de Gama, count of
- 166 [Footnote 431: Owing to the want of interest in the transactions of these times, as related in the Portuguese Asia, and the confused arrangement of De Faria, we have in this place thrown together the princ.i.p.al incidents in the extraordinary rise of the
- 167 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels.Volume VII.by Robert Kerr.PART II. BOOK III. CONTINUED.CONTINUATION OF THE DISCOVERIES AND CONQUESTS OF THE PORTUGUESE IN THE EAST; TOGETHER WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY VOYAGES Of OTHER EUROPEAN N
- 168 On his return to his court of _Odiaa_ or _Odiaz_, he was poisoned by his queen, then big with child by one of her servants; but before he died he caused his eldest son, then young, to be declared king. He left 30,000 ducats to the Portuguese then in his s
- 169 There haue been many before me, who, to know the miracles of the worlde, haue with diligent studie read dyuers authours which haue written of such thynges. But other giuing more credit to the lyuely voyce, haue been more desirous to know the same, by rela
- 170 [Footnote 42: This must necessarily be the kingdom or province of Bengal.--E.][Footnote 43: Fine cottons or muslins are here evidently meant.--E.][Footnote 44: This is inexplicable, as Ethiopia possesses no spices, unless we may suppose the author to mean
- 171 [Footnote 54: In the text of Hakluyt this place is called _Goa_, a.s.suredly by mistake, as it immediately afterwards appears to have been in the neighbourhood of Maskat, and in the direct voyage between Aden and Ormus, by creeping along the coast from po
- 172 SECTION VIII._Account of the famous City and Kingdom of Calicut._ The city of Calicut is situated on the continent or main land of India, close upon the sea, having no port; but about a mile to the south there is a river which runs into the ocean by a nar
- 173 [Footnote 89: The capital of Cathay or northern China is Cambalu or Pekin, but it is difficult to make any thing of these Christian natives of _Sarnau_, or of their many Christian princes in Tartary; unless we may suppose Verthema to have mistaken the fol
- 174 The viceroy received me very favourably, and then I gave him an account of all the warlike preparations at Calicut. After this I humbly implored pardon for the two Italians, Peter Anthony and John Maria, who had made artillery for the infidel princes, dec
- 175 In adapting the present chapter to the purposes of our Collection, the only liberty we have taken with the ancient translation exhibited by Hakluyt, has been to employ the modern orthography in the names of places, persons, and things, and to modernise th
- 176 [Footnote 126: The velvets and scarlet cloths from Mecca were probably Italian manufactures, brought through Egypt and the Red Sea.--E.].[Footnote 127: These great nuts must necessarily be the cocoa nuts, and the palmer tree, on which they grow, the cocoa
- 177 [Footnote 146: These geographical notices are inexplicable, unless by _Chialon_ is meant the low or maritime parts of Ceylon, which Cesar Frederick afterwards calls Zeilan.--E.]SECTION X._Of the Pearl Fishery in the Gulf of Manaar_.The men along the coast
- 178 _Of the City of Siam_.Siam was the imperial seat of the kingdom of that name and a great city, till the year 1567, when it was taken by the king of Pegu, who came by land with a prodigious army of 1,400,000 men, marching for four months, and besieged Siam
- 179 According to the custom of the city, when the merchant has bargained for a quant.i.ty of jewels, whatever may be the amount of their value, he is allowed to carry them home to his house, where he may consider them for two or three days; and if he have not
- 180 "Although the Portuguese were the first who set on foot discoveries by sea, and carried them on for many years before any other European nation attempted to follow their example; yet, as soon as these voyages appeared to be attended with commercial g
- 181 On the east side of Africa, to the west of the Red Sea, are the dominions of the great and mighty Christian king or emperor Prester John, well known to the Portuguese in their voyages to Calicut. His dominions reach very far on every side, and he has many
- 182 till the first of May, when we were in lat. 18 20' N. Thence we had the wind at E. and E.N.E. sometimes E.S.E. when we reckoned the Cape Verd islands E.S.E. from us, and by estimation 48 leagues distant. In 20 and 21 N. we had the wind more to the ea
- 183 [Footnote 230: Eastwards from Rio del Oro is directly into the land; so that they must either have been N.N.E. or S.S.W. probably the former.--E.]In the afternoon of the 13th we spied a sail coming towards us, which we judged to be that we had seen the da
- 184 Da.s.see! Da.s.see! I thank you.Sheke, Gold.Cowrte, Cut.Cracca, Knives.Ba.s.sina, Basins. Foco, foco, Cloth.Molta, Much, or great plenty[248][Footnote 247: This abrupt account of a town, &c. seems to refer back to that of St John, which they had just left
- 185 [Footnote 265: Bore down upon them.--E.][Footnote 266: Meaning apparently that she lay too much over to leeward.--E.]When the French admiral was clear of them, he lay as near the wind as possible and ran to seaward after the rest, while we followed the en
- 186 Some wedges of iron.Margarites, and other low priced beads.Some blue coral.Some horse nails.Linen cloth, princ.i.p.ally. Basins of Flanders.Some low priced red cloth, and kersies.Dutch kettles with bra.s.s handles.Some large engraved bra.s.s basins, like
- 187 _Voyage to Guinea in 1563 by Robert Baker_[286]This relation, like the former, is written in verse, and only contains a description of two adventures that happened in the voyage, one of which proved extremely calamitous to those concerned in it, among who
- 188 The persons seized in this treacherous manner by the negroes were Nicholas Day, William Bats, and John Thomson, who were led away to a town about a mile from the sh.o.r.e. The 20th we sent a boat on sh.o.r.e with eight persons, among whom was the before-m
- 189 _Narrative._ Upon an incorporation granted to the company of Barbary merchants resident in London, I Henry Roberts, one of her majesties sworn esquires of her person, was appointed messenger and agent from her highness unto Mulley Hamet Sheriffe, emperor
- 190 In the employment of the same merchants, John Bird and John Newton, and with the same s.h.i.+p as in the former voyage, the Richard of Arundel, accompanied by a small pinnace, we set sail from Ratclif on the 3d September 1590, and came to Plymouth Sound o
- 191 The present chapter is rather of an anomalous nature, and chiefly consists of naval expeditions against the Spaniards and Portuguese, scarcely belonging in any respect to our plan of arrangement: yet, as contained mostly in the ancient English collection
- 192 We also spoiled and destroyed all the fis.h.i.+ng boats and nets thereabouts, to their great annoyance, and as we suppose to the entire overthrow of their rich Tunny fis.h.i.+ng for that year. We came at length to Cape Sagres, where we landed; and the bet
- 193 [Footnote 353: A mess formerly much used in Scotland among the commons, being a kind of soup maigre, composed of _kail_, a species of greens or coleworts, boiled in water, and thickened with oat-meal, grits, or sh.e.l.led barley.--E.]The names of the comm
- 194 We took this last prize in lat. 39 N. about 46 leagues west from the Rock of Lisbon. She was one of the 16 s.h.i.+ps we saw going into the harbour of Angra in the island of Tercera on the 8th October. Some of the prisoners taken from this s.h.i.+p told us
- 195 And after that, Sir John Norris marched from Peniche in Portugal with a handful of soldiers to the gates of Lisbon, being above 40 English miles: Where the earl of Ess.e.x himself, and other valiant gentlemen, braved the city of Lisbon, encamping at the v
- 196 Following up my chase, we made her strike and yield about noon, when she turned out to be a Portuguese, laden with hides, sarsa-parilla, and _anile_ [Indigo.] At this instant we espied another, and taking our prize with us, followed and captured her befor
- 197 The Englishmen who remained alive in the Revenge, as the captain of the soldiers, the master, and others, were distributed among the different s.h.i.+ps by which she was taken. On taking possession of her, a fight had almost taken place between the Biscai
- 198 In the latter end of the year 1593, the right honourable the earl of c.u.mberland, at his own charges and those of his friends, fitted out three s.h.i.+ps of equal size and rates, having each the same quant.i.ty of provisions and the same number of men. T
- 199 THOMAS STEVENS.SECTION II._Journey to India over-land, by Ralph Fitch, Merchant of London, and others, in 1583_[402].INTRODUCTION We learn from the following journal, that the present expedition was undertaken at the instigation, and chiefly at the expenc
- 200 [Footnote 409: In our modern maps Tanda and the country or district of Gouren are not to be found; but the ruins of _Gour_, which may have some reference to Gouren, are laid down in lat. 24 52' N. long. 88 5' E.about seven miles from the main st