Narratives of the voyages of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa to the straits of Magellan / edited by Clements R. Markham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sarmiento de Gamboa, Pedro., author.

Contributor:

Markham, Clements R.

Hakluyt Society.

Series:

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 91.

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 91

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800.

Voyages and travels.

Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina)--Early works to 1800.

Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina).

Physical Description:

1 v. (various pagings).

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The volume covers the voyages of 1579-1589, translated and edited, with notes and an introduction. The supplementary material includes the 1894 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1895.

Contents:

chapter 1 Causes for sending the Expedition—Appointment of Pedro Sarmiento—Fitting out of the Ships—Instructions of the Viceroy—Orders of Sarmiento—List of Officers

chapter 2 The Voyage from Callao to the Gulf of Trinidad

chapter 3 Arrival in the Gulf of Trinidad

chapter 4 Narrative of the first Expedition of Discovery made by the General, with the Pilots Anton Pablos and Hernando Lamero, in the boat Nuestra Setlara de Gma, up the Gulf of the Most Holy Trinity,

chapter 5 Second Voyage of Discovery, in the boat Santiago

chapter 6 Third Voyage of Discovery, in the boat Nutstra Senora de Guia

chapter 7 Voyage to the Strait of Magellan—Desertion of the Almtranta.

chapter 8. In the Strait of Magellan

chapter 9 The Voyage to Spain

chapter 10 Letter from the Viceroy of Peru, Don Francisco de Toledo, to the Governor of Rio de la Plata

chapter II RELATION OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ROYAL FLEET FOR THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN. Written at Rio de Janeiro on June ist? 1583, by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

chapter III REPORT TOUCHING THE CAPTAINS AND SHIPS, MASTERS AND PILOTS, that his Majesty appointed for the Fleet sent for the enterprise of the Strait of the Mother of God, previously called of Magellan, and a List of the Settlers in the Strait

chapter 1 Fitting Out—Conduct of Diego Flores—Opening Disaster—Voyage to Rio de Janeiro—Wintering— Disgraceful conduct of Diego Flores and the captains

chapter 2 Incapacity and Villainy of Diego Flores.—Two abortive Voyages

chapter 3 Desertion of Diego Flores

chapter 4 The Settlement in the Straits

chapter 5 Captivity of Sarmiento

chapter V DECLARATION which, by Order of the Viceroy of Peru, Don Francisco de Borja, Prince of Esquilache, Tome Hernandez, made before a Notary respecting what happened in the Settlements founded in the Strait of Magellan by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa.

Notes:

First published by Ashgate Pub.

Reprint. Originally published: London, 1895.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-09031-4

1-315-59734-9

1-4094-1597-X

9781315597348

OCLC:

929147302