Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- CHRONOLOGY OF THE FIRST VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD
- THE GENOESE PILOT'S ACCOUNT OF MAGELLAN'S VOYAGE
- NARRATIVE OF THE ANONYMOUS PORTUGUESE
- PIGAFETTA'S ACCOUNT OF MAGELLAN'S VOYAGE
- PIGAFETTA'S TREATISE OF NAVIGATION
- NAMES OF THE FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATORS
- MAGELLAN'S ORDER OF THE DAY IN THE STRAITS
- LETTER OF MAXIMILIAN, THE TRANSYLVAN
- LOG-BOOK OF FRANCISCO ALVO OR ALVARO
- ACCOUNT OF THE “TRINITY” AND HER CREW
- ACCOUNT OF THE MUTINY IN PORT ST. JULIAN, AND GASPAR CORREA'S ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGE
- COST OF MAGELLAN'S FLEET
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- Plate section
LOG-BOOK OF FRANCISCO ALVO OR ALVARO
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- CHRONOLOGY OF THE FIRST VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD
- THE GENOESE PILOT'S ACCOUNT OF MAGELLAN'S VOYAGE
- NARRATIVE OF THE ANONYMOUS PORTUGUESE
- PIGAFETTA'S ACCOUNT OF MAGELLAN'S VOYAGE
- PIGAFETTA'S TREATISE OF NAVIGATION
- NAMES OF THE FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATORS
- MAGELLAN'S ORDER OF THE DAY IN THE STRAITS
- LETTER OF MAXIMILIAN, THE TRANSYLVAN
- LOG-BOOK OF FRANCISCO ALVO OR ALVARO
- ACCOUNT OF THE “TRINITY” AND HER CREW
- ACCOUNT OF THE MUTINY IN PORT ST. JULIAN, AND GASPAR CORREA'S ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGE
- COST OF MAGELLAN'S FLEET
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- Plate section
Summary
Tuesday, 29th day of November, I began to take the altitude of the sun whilst following the said voyage; and whilst in the vicinity of Cape St. Augustine, and in 7° altitude on the S. side, and at a distance from the said cape a matter of 27 leagues to S.W. Wednesday, 30th of said month, I took the sun in 76°, and its declination was 22° 59′, and its polar altitude was 8° 59′, and the course was S.S.W.
On the 1st December, Thursday, the sun had 78° meridian altitude, and 23° 4′ declination, and our distance (from the equator) 11° 4′, and the course was S.S.W
Friday, the 2nd of the said month, I took the sun in barely 80°, and its declination was 23° 3′, the altitude was just 13°, and the course S.S.W.
Saturday, the 3rd of the said month, I took the sun in 82° 15′, which had 23° 13′ declination, and our distance was 14° 58′, and the course was S.S.W.
Sunday, the 4th of the said month, the sun had 83° altitude, and 23° 17′ declination; and our distance came to be 16° 17′, and the course was S.S.W.
Monday, 5th of the said month, I took the sun in barely 84°, and it had 23° 21′ declination; and our distance to the South came to be 17° 13′, and the course was S.S.W. ¼ W.
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- First Voyage Round the World by MagellanTranslated from the Accounts of Pigafetta and Other Contemporary Writers, pp. 211 - 236Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1874
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