nombre-de-jesus - Word in Context

Updated: June 1, 2025

However, no land being sighted after many days, Mendana became alarmed and requested Sarmiento to resume charge of the navigation. He did so, and ordered the course to be shaped W.S.W., announcing at the same time that land would be sighted on the next day, and this proved correct. An island was discovered which received the name of Nombre-de-Jesus.
George Collingridge - The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea : Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions of their Old Charts.