The Discovery Of The Solomon Islands By Alvaro De Mendana In 1568 Vol 2

Download or read book The Discovery of the Solomon Islands by Alvaro De Mendaña in 1568, Vol. 2 written by Alvaro de Mendaña and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Discovery of the Solomon Islands by Alvaro De Mendana in 1568, Vol. 2: Translated From the Original Spanish Manuscripts When we were about 500 leagues from the coast of Peru we saw a great quantity of birds, but after three days we saw them no more. Here we took the sun, and found that we were 8 degrees south of the equator; and we believed ourselves to be 900 leagues from the coast of Peru. We again saw quantities of birds, and navigating in the latitude of 7 degrees full, we sighted land, which was a small island. As we approached it, seven canoes of Indians came out, but they would not come near enough for us to find out whether they were negroes or Indians, and the canoes having gone further ofl', returned to shore, where they displayed many flags, and lighted fires during the night. The next morning we had a storm of wind and rain, which, with the numerous currents, obliged us to go forward without touching at the island, to which we gave the name of the Island of Jesus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.