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That there was such a passage no one doubted, and that America was a continent by itself, independent of the rest of the world. For forty-five days the Desire glided on with a fair wind out of sight of land, until on the 3rd of January, 1588, she made the island of Guham, one of the Ladrones.
Parentage of Cavendish Sails with Sir Richard Grenville to the West Indies Introduced to the Queen Fits out expedition for the South Sea Sails from Plymouth Lands at Sierra Leone Attacks a negro town Passage across the Atlantic Anchors off coast of Brazil Puts into Port Desire Large size of natives Attacked by them Enters the Straits of Magellan A deserted Spanish colony One man rescued San Felipe visited Port Famine Enters the Pacific The squadron puts into Mocha Obtains provisions by a mistake of the natives An expedition on shore at Quintero Twelve of the crew cut off Anchors off Moron Moreno Degraded natives Proceedings at Areca Prisoners taken and tortured Payta plundered The island of Paria and its wealthy cacique The English surprised by Spaniards Several killed Cavendish burns the place Several vessels captured Cocoa found on board a prize Some persons made prisoners on shore held captive till provisions are brought In search of the Manilla galleon She is attacked and captured The prisoners well treated The Santa Anna set on fire The Desire and Content set sail Ersola, a pilot, carried off The Content lost sight of No tidings ever received of her The ship touches at Guham and proceeds on to the Philippines Treachery of Ersola discovered He is hung A Spanish frigate put to flight Death of Captain Havers Java reached Reception by the Rajah The Indian Ocean crossed A tempest Passes the Cape of Good Hope Touches at Saint Helena Hears of the defeat of the Spanish Armada Enters Plymouth with silken sails Knighted by Queen Elizabeth Sails on a second voyage Numerous disasters Dies of a broken heart.
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