The Life of Ferdinand Magellan And the First Circumnavigation of the Globe 148
The Life of Ferdinand Magellan And the First Circumnavigation of the Globe 148
Guillemard, F. H. H. (Francis Henry Hill), 1852-1933
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The ultimate result of the two disasters which had befallen Magellan was greatly to strengthen his hand. In Heu of three disaffected and traitorous captains — Quesada, Cartagena, and Mendoza — the commands were held by Portuguese, in whom he could place complete and absolute reliance. Serrao, as we have seen, took the Concepcion, while the S. Antonio and Victoria were captained by Alvaro de Mesquita and Duarte Barbosa, the former of whom was Magellan's first cousin, the latter his brother-in-la...w. ^ The winter was now fairly established, and the cold became more severe. Nor was the weather they experi- enced such as to tempt to a renewal of their explorations along the coast. But the Captain- general, anxious to learn something of the interior of the country, thought it advisable to despatch a small expedition with that object. Four men only were sent. They were well armed, and were furnished with instructions to pene- trate, if possible, to a distance of thirty leagues, to plant a cross, and to put themselves upon a footing of friend- 1 Log-book of the "Genoese Pilot.
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