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A sixteenth-century account of navigation through the Straits of Magellan, and the unsuccessful Spanish settlement there.
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Excerpt from Narratives of the Voyages of Pedro Sarmiento De Gamboa: To the Straits of Magellan The sentence was that he should hear mass in the cathedral at Lima, stripped naked, with a candle in his hand, and that he should be perpetually banished from the Indies. Until his departure he was to be kept in the Monastery Of San Domingo at Lima, without any books, fasting on Wednesdays and Fridays, and reciting seven penitential psalms. Sarmiento appealed to the Pope, and Obtained a commutation Of the banishment, with license to reside at Cuzco and other parts Of Peru until 1567. It was years before he was free from annoyance and persecution, and it was due to the great value of his services t...
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