A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume 2 - By Robert Kerr


















































































































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taking some Indians along with him as guides, he marched directly across - Page 94
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Leaving Darien On The First Of September, And Taking Some Indians Along With Him As Guides, He Marched Directly Across The Isthmus, Sometimes Without Opposition, And Having At Other Times To Fight His Way.

In a certain place called Careca, he found some negroes with curled hair, who were captives among the Indians.

At length, on the 25th of the same month of September, being the festival of St Michael, he came in sight of the South Sea: He there embarked in a canoe, much against the will of _Chiapes_, the cacique of that part of the coast, who endeavoured to persuade him that the navigation was very dangerous; but he persisted in his design, that he might be the first who had navigated this new discovered sea, and came back in safety. He returned thence to Darien, bringing with him a good store of gold, silver, and pearls, which he had taken during the march; and for this good service, he was much honoured and favoured by King Ferdinand.

In February 1513, Alphonsus de Albuquerque went from Goa towards the Straits of Mecca with twenty ships, and arriving at the city of Aden, battered it with his cannon, and passing the Straits entered the Red Sea, and wintered at the island of Camaran. This was the _first_ Portuguese captain who gave an account of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, which are of great importance in regard to trade.

In May 1514, Pedro Arias de Avila was sent out from St Lucar, as governor of Castilia del Oro, or the Golden Castile, for so the Spaniards named the countries of Darien, Carthagena, and Uraba.

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