. The principal navigations voyages traffiques & discoveries of the English nation : made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeeres. l one of the consorts of M. JohnChidley esquire and M. Paul Wheele, madeunto the Straight of Magellan: with diversaccidents that happened unto the company,during their 6. weekes abode there: Begunin the yeere 1589. Written by W. Magoths. He fift of August 1589. the worshipfuUM. John Chidley of Chidley in thecountie of Devon esquire, with M. PaulWheele and Captaine Andrew Meric
. The principal navigations voyages traffiques & discoveries of the English nation : made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeeres. l one of the consorts of M. JohnChidley esquire and M. Paul Wheele, madeunto the Straight of Magellan: with diversaccidents that happened unto the company,during their 6. weekes abode there: Begunin the yeere 1589. Written by W. Magoths. He fift of August 1589. the worshipfuUM. John Chidley of Chidley in thecountie of Devon esquire, with M. PaulWheele and Captaine Andrew Merickeset forth from Plimmouth with threetall ships, the one called The wilde manof three hundred tunnes, wherein wentfor General the aforesaid M. John Chidley and BenjaminWood as Master, the other called The white Lion,whereof M. Paul Wheele was captaine and John ElHsMaster, of the burthen of 340. tunnes: the third TheDelight of Bristol, wherein went M. Andrew Merickas Captaine, and Robert Burnet Master, with twopinnesses of 14. or 15. tunnes a piece. The Generallin his ship had 180. persons: M. Paul Wheele had 140,in our owne ship we were 91. men and boyes. Ourvoyage was intended by the Streight of Magellan for 381. AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 1589. M. Chidleys The South Sea, and chiefly for the famous province of voyage in- Arauco on the coast of Chili. We kept company together for Jrauco ^in ^° ^^ 7^^^ °^ ^^ Canaries and so forward to Cape Blanco Chili. Standing neere the Northerly latitude of 20. degrees on Cabo Blanco, the coast of Barbarie, where some of our people went on shoare finding nothing to their content. Within 12. The Delight dayes after our departure from this place The Delight, looseththecom- wherein I William Magoths was, lost the company of pany of the ^^^ Other two great ships, and the two small pinnesses. Fleet Howbeit we constantly kept our course according to our directions along the coast of Brasil, and by the River of Plate, without touching any where on la
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