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Excerpt from Man Upon the Sea: Or, a History of Maritime Adventure, Exploration and Discovery, From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time; Comprising a Detailed Account of Remarkable Voyages, Ancient as Well as Modern
Chapter XXIII. - Remarkable Foresight of the Court of Rome - A Papal Bull - Ferdinand Magellan - He offers his Services to Spain - His Plans - His Fleet - Pigafetta the Historian - An Inauspicious Start - Tenerifi'e and its Legends - St. Elmo's Fire - The Crew make Famous Bargains with the Can nihals - Heavy Price paid for the King Of Spades - Patagonian Giants - Figa fetta's 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-a Patagonian Paul - The Needle be comes Lethargic Discovery of the Ladrones - The First Cocoanut - A Catholic Ceremony upon a Pagan Island..
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