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Zante he was then dead, or very likely to die of great sickness. Whereupon I returned myself into England, where I arrived at Christmas An. 1602, safely I thank God after my absence from thence ten years.' Objections to the Account concerning De Fuca. Against the validity of the foregoing Relation, it is objected that no Spanish author of that time has spoken of De Fuca, or of his discoveries: neither has any such name or any circumstance of such a discovery been found in the Archivo General de

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insisted upon making sail again, saying, that 'God was with all, and that, at such a time, every one should look to himself.' Island discovered in 6 N. The course was held on to the NNW, and the breeze began to blow steady, from the East and ENE. Saturday, the 23d, they discovered land of moderate height, of which Quiros gives the following account: 'Being in latitude full 6 N, we saw an Island, which appeared to be 25 leagues in circuit, well covered with trees, and very populous, the inhabitants

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fore part, and took water in so fast, that in a short time she went down. The Dutch account here first mentions that their ship had taken fire, which, having time now to attend to, they succeeded in extinguishing, our Lord God, says Van Noort s journal, most mercifully saving us from these imminent perils of the enemy and fire. The greater part of the crew of the Spanish Admiral were saved by country boats, which they * Sucesos de las I. Filipinas, fol. 80. [page] 23

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probably be a much more perilous undertaking, than to be the champion of their beauty. The Journalists have gone beyond their knowledge in saying that these Islanders lived without labour, that they neither sowed ner reaped, and that they were without religion. The Merveilleux Voyage indeed speaks concerning the latter article with some caution, we did not observe that these people had any God or Divine Service. Both the Journals however assert, in an unqualified manner, that they did not cultivate

A925.3    Beagle Library:     Burney, James. 1803-17. Chronological history of the voyages and discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean. 5 vols. London: printed by Luke Hansard, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, and sold by G. and W. Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty, Pall-Mall, G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, J. Robson, New Bond-Street, T. Payne, Mew's-Gate, and Cadell and Davies, in the Strand. Volume 3 (1813)   Text

1628 any alteration in matters of Religion, Candidius says, 'God bas blessed my labour in Formosa, so that in sixteen months residence to the present time, now fifteen days before Christmas of this year 1628, part of which time was occupied in studying the language, I have instructed 120 of the natives in the Christian Religion, who know their prayers, and can answer to the principal Articles of our Faith. And as the work is begun, the place should never be destitute of teachers; for a year

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1643. January. Amamocka. We continued at anchor taking on board fresh water, and making exchanges for provisions: and God be thanked, we were here well refreshed, and provided with water: but the eyes of an Argus are scarcely sufficient to guard against the thieving of the inhabitants. 31st. On the 31st, at noon, I went on shore with the chief pilot, the Skipper of our ship, and Mr. Gillemans, the merchant of the Zeehaan, to take our leave, and to make some more exchanges. When we landed, a

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terminated in a fresh lake of about 30 mile in circumference, in the 80th degree of North latitude; and that there was prodigious mountains North of it, besides the North West from that lake, the ice was so fix'd, that from the shore to 100 fathom water, for aught he knew from the Creation; for mankind knew little of the wonderful works of God, especially near the North and South Poles; he writ further, that he had sailed from Basset Island North East, and East North East, and North East and by

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1653. upon he laughed heartily, and said we deceived ourselves, for that he was a Korean. After some more conversation with the Governor, this man, who till then had remained silent, demanded of us in the Dutch language, what people we were, and of what country? We answered him, we were Hollanders in the service of the Company; that in going to Japan our vessel had been driven by a storm on the Island where we then were, and that we prayed for nothing more ardently of God than that we might

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1666. September. 5th. channel. A breeze of wind sprung up in our favour, for which we gave thanks to God with all our hearts, and we put up our sail. In the morning, being almost out of the channel, we passed by a fisherman, who called to us, but we made him no answer. At sunrise the wind fell, and we took to our oars and rowed right from the land. In the afternoon the wind freshened again, and we directed our course as near as we could guess to the South East. The wind increased in the night

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immediately believe them to be serious; but they persisted in their objection. 'If, as you tell us, said they, 'your Religion elevates a man to a participation of the Divine nature, it would be profaning so precious a gift to communicate it to vile and base people.' It was with great difficulty they could be made to comprehend, or be persuaded to assent to the equalising doctrine held by the Missionaries, that God would hereafter make no other distinction among men than according to their performance of

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thirty-one, twelve of whom were Spaniards, and nineteen natives of the Philippines; [In this statement the Fathers and their spiritual assistants seem not included] 'but their strength was not in their numbers or their arms: it was in the trust they put in God.' Here, through the veil of most audacious hypocrisy, the truth becomes manifest. No one of the order has more contributed than Pere le Gobien to the designation of equivocation and misrepresentation by the term Jesuitical. The military array

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take my departure. October 17th, I made Madeira. Saturday the 23d, I crossed the Tropic of Cancer; all my men in good health, I praise God for it. Many of my men who had been with me in the Indies formerly, were let blood, which I take in these hot climates to be a great preserver of health, diverting calentures. In two voyages before to St. Helena and one to the coast of Guinea, several of my men under that distemper were preserved by bleeding. In all these voyages I was never sick, for whenever

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the best advantage, and at all places where you endeavour to get provisions, wood or water, to be careful that your men be well guarded, for there have been many cut off by their own neglect. You are to be careful to have your ship kept sweet and clean for the preservation of your men S healths. And God prosper us. Given under my hand on board His Majesty S ship Sweepstakes, at the Island of St. Jago, in Port Praya Road. November 5th, 1669. [page] 32

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. GENTLEMEN, you are by me desired to take notice, that this day I take possession of this Harbour, and River of Port Desire, and of all the land in this country on both shores, for the use of his Majesty King Charles the lld, of Great Britain, and his heirs. GOD SAVE OUR KING; and I fired three ordnance. Port Desire in America lies in latitude 47 48 S. The variation of the compass here is 17 30 N Easterly. [Mr. Wood says, 'it confirms that the variation alters much, for in the year [page] 33

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we worshipped God? I said by prayer every morning and even. They asked, did the Dutch do the like? I told them I believed they did: with all which they seemed satisfied; and having asked these questions several times over, they wrote them down together with my answers, and gave them me to sign, which I did, although I understood not their character; all the interpreters firmed the same, and put their seals to it. Then wishing us not to throw any thing overboard by night, to keep our men sober

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arrived home safe to England through the infinite mercy of God. Coast of Peru. Davis attempts Guayaquil. To return to Edward Davis: At Lobos de la Mar, the Mosquito Indians struck as much turtle as served all the crews. Shortly after, Davis made an attempt to surprise Guayaquil, which miscarried through the cowardice of one of his men, and the coldness of Swan to the enterprise. In the Bay of Guayaquil they captured four vessels; one of them laden with woollen cloth of Quito manufacture; the other

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search for this Island and others which are thought to be near it, but God reserved for the present time the discovery, and, we hope, the entire conversion of these people'. Of these 32 Islands, they say three are inhabited by birds only; but that the rest are very full of people. The names of the Islands are Paiz, Lamululutup, Saraon, Yaropie, Valayyay, Satavan, Cutac, Yfaluc, Piraulop, Ytai, Pic, Piga, Lamurrec, Puc, Falait, Caruvaruvon, Ylatu, Lamuliur, Tavas, Saypen, Tacaulap, Rapiyang, Tavon

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Phillippine Islands. The Chiefs of Bohol contract alliance with Miguel Legaspie. I. 265. Boisloret, M. Commander of a French Ship on the coast of Chili. IV. 489. Bolamboam, a Raja in Java, reported to be nearly 150 years old. II. 90. Bolanos, Francisco de, Pilot of the San Augustin, and with Vizcaino in his second voyage. II. 237. Bolean, Islands so named. V. 160. Bolondinata, which name signifies the Bird of God. A bird of extraordinary beauty at the Moluccas. I. 105. Boon, Jan, makes three voyages to

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Britain is the God of Otaheite and the whole earth, and that it is from this Being that they receive their hogs, bread fruit, and cocoa nut. This the Otaheitans flatly deny; alleging, that they possessed all these articles long before they had heard of the God of Britain. The ignorance of these people in this respect is indeed lamentable. [page] 2

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originated from the wisdom and power of God; that the earth, the heavens, and all created beings, obeyed the creative mandate, Let there be light, and there was light; that man was a free agent created with a certain degree of natural excellence, and capable of more; that he abused his free agency, and became unworthy of his creator; that the mystery of the redemption again raised him to his former level, and satisfied the justice of his God: these are mysteries beneath which an Otaheitan

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of Attahooroo were considered to be in a peculiar manner pre-eminent, and afforded a safe retreat to criminals of all descriptions. In one of these was preserved the grand image of their god Oro, a divinity of the first rank. In this morai the great assemblies of state were held, human sacrifices occasionally offered, and other religious and solemn rites performed. [page] 16

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, thanking us with much natural politeness for their reception, and wishing us a good voyage, saying in their country language, Yoor Anna Te, Eatooa, May God preserve you. On the following day, we were treated by the natives with a grand dance. The performers and their attendants came off in procession, in a large double [page] 18

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sort of marla, as an offering to the god of the natives There also we saw a few miserable huts made of a kind of cocoa-nut matting but saw none of the inhabitants, who had probably retired to a distance on seeing us land. In some places the ground was burrowed by certain animals, and part seemed to have been done that movning. The natives, as far as could be judged from our short intercourse with them, appear to be of the same race with those of the islands lying more to the eastward (wild and

A831.03    Beagle Library:     Turnbull, John. 1805. A voyage round the world in the years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804, in which the author visited the principal islands in the Pacific Ocean, and the English settlements of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island. 3 vols. London: Richard Phillips. Volume 3.   Text

he could never do enough for his God. He was ever endeavouring to extort from me and my companions presents for his divinity. By his artifice he contrived to hold the minds of his people in leading-strings upon the subject of religion, and many of them were firmly persuaded that he had such an interest with Oro, that his anger was [page]

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arrival. They pretend moreover that they had the same presentiment of being visited by a canoe of unusual magnitude, some nights before the arrival of the first ship that ever visited their island. Pomarrie, in the same manner, anticipated the arrival of the bible, or speaking-book of the Etooa (God), amongst them; they informed me that [page] 3