Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time ... . FATE OF DE SOLIS AND HIS COMPANIONS. the natives. Solis and five of his companions were taken,killed, roasted, and devoured by the horrible cannibals who in-habited the country. The Spaniards who remained on boardthe ships witnessed the shocking catastrophe, which so appalledand horrified them that they fled in dismay and hastily back to Spain. 14. FERDINAND MAGELLAN CHAPTER XXIII. REMARKABLE FORESIGHT OP THE COURT OF ROME—A PAPAL BULL—FERDINANDMAGELLAN—H
Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time ... . FATE OF DE SOLIS AND HIS COMPANIONS. the natives. Solis and five of his companions were taken,killed, roasted, and devoured by the horrible cannibals who in-habited the country. The Spaniards who remained on boardthe ships witnessed the shocking catastrophe, which so appalledand horrified them that they fled in dismay and hastily back to Spain. 14. FERDINAND MAGELLAN CHAPTER XXIII. REMARKABLE FORESIGHT OP THE COURT OF ROME—A PAPAL BULL—FERDINANDMAGELLAN—HE OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO SPAIN—HIS PLANS—HIS FLEET—PIGAFETTA THE HISTORIAN—AN INAUSPICIOUS START—TENERIFFE AND ITSLEGENDS—ST. ELMOS FIRE—THE CREW MAKE FAMOUS BARGAINS WITH THECANNIBALS—HEAVY PRICE PAID FOR THE KING OF SPADES—PATAGONIANGIANTS—PIGAFETTAS EXAGGERATIONS—THE HEALING ART IN PATAGONIA— THE TRAGEDY OF PORT JULIAN—DISCOVERY OF A STRAIT THE OPEN SEA— CAPE DESEADO—THE OCEAN NAMED PACIFIC—RAVAGES OF THE SCURVY—APATAGONIAN PAUL—THE NEEDLE BECOMES LETHARGIC—DISCOVERY OF THELADRONES—THE FIRST COCOANUT—A CATHOLIC CEREMONY UPON A PAGANISLAND. The Pope of Rome, whose authority was at this periodsupreme among the princes who were in communion with theChurch, now thought proper to anticipate a possible collision 210 MAN UPON THE SEA. 211 between Spain and Portugal, the two monopolists of commerceand discovery. He declared by a bull, o
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