Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World
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PREPARER'S NOTE
This text was prepared from a 1910 edition, published by P F
Collier & Son Company, New York.
The FAMOUS VOYAGE of Sir FRANCIS DRAKE into the South Sea, and
therehence about the whole Globe of the Earth, begun in the year
of our Lord 1577.
The 15th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1577, Master Francis
Drake, with a fleet of five ships and barks, and to the number of 164
men, gentlemen and sailors, departed from Plymouth, giving out his
pretended voyage for Alexandria. But the wind falling contrary, he was
forced the next morning to put into Falmouth Haven, in Cornwall, where
such and so terrible a tempest took us, as few men have seen the like,
and was indeed so vehement that all our ships were like to have gone
to wrack. But it pleased God to preserve us from that extremity and to
afflict us only for that present with these two particulars: the mast of
our Admiral, which was the Pelican, was cut overboard for the safeguard
of the ship, and the Marigold was driven ashore, and somewhat bruised.
For the repairing of which damages we returned again to Plymouth; and
having recovered those harms, and brought the ships again to good state,
we set forth the second time from Plymouth, and set sail the 13th day of
December following.
The 25th day of the same month we fell with the Cape Cantin, upon the
coast of Barbary; and coasting along, the 27th day we found an island
called Mogador, lying one mile distant from the main. Between which
island and the main we found a very good and safe harbour for our ships
to ride in, as also very good entrance, and void of any danger. On this
island our General erected a pinnace, whereof he brought out of England
with him four already framed.
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