Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- INTRODUCTION
- CHRONOLOGY OF PYRARD'S VOYAGE
- ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA
- TITLE PAGE OF THE THIRD FRENCH EDITION
- DEDICATORY EPISTLE
- HEADINGS OF CHAPTERS
- THE VOYAGE OF FRANçOIS PYRARD
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI
- CHAPTER XVII
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XIX
- CHAPTER XX
- CHAPTER XXI
- CHAPTER XXII
- CHAPTER XXIII
- CHAPTER XXIV
- CHAPTER XXV
- CHAPTER XXVI
- CHAPTER XXVII
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- CHAPTER XXIX
- Map
CHAPTER I
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- INTRODUCTION
- CHRONOLOGY OF PYRARD'S VOYAGE
- ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA
- TITLE PAGE OF THE THIRD FRENCH EDITION
- DEDICATORY EPISTLE
- HEADINGS OF CHAPTERS
- THE VOYAGE OF FRANçOIS PYRARD
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI
- CHAPTER XVII
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XIX
- CHAPTER XX
- CHAPTER XXI
- CHAPTER XXII
- CHAPTER XXIII
- CHAPTER XXIV
- CHAPTER XXV
- CHAPTER XXVI
- CHAPTER XXVII
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- CHAPTER XXIX
- Map
Summary
We left St. Malo with a north-east wind to begin our voyage on the 18th of May 1601. When we were but nine or ten leagues to sea the foremast of our ship split and broke in half, and this was a beginning of misfortune. We fired a cannon-shot to give notice to our commander on board the Croissant, and to know from him if we should put back to get another mast; but he being resolved to continue his course without delay, sent us the carpenters of his ship, who with ours mended the mast as best they could. The truth was, he was afraid of losing the voyage, for most of the mariners had taken this mishap, trifling though it was, for an evil omen, and said aloud that if we put into any port of France they would be off and give up the business. As for me, I never had a good opinion of our voyage since the embarking, not on account of this chance breaking of the mast, but of the bad order and discipline in the ships; for there was no piety or devotion, but plenty of oaths and blasphemy, disobedience to officers, mutiny and carelessness, and every day quarrelling, assaults, thefts, and the like vices.
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- The Voyage of François Pyrard of Laval to the East Indies, the Maldives, the Moluccas and Brazil , pp. 5 - 19Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1887