Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 22, 2025
They were extremely fond of trading with their new visitants, and in six days, the Spaniards obtained ornaments of gold, and of curious workmanship, to the amount of fifteen thousand pesoes, an immense sum, in exchange for European toys of small price. They learned from the natives that they were the subjects of a great monarch, whose dominions extended over that and many other provinces.
Sailing along the coast, he came to a harbour which he named St Vincent, where he landed with 100 Spaniards, some of whom had horses, and penetrated 200 leagues inland, whence he brought back to the value of 200 pesoes in gold. On his return to the harbour of St Vincent, he found his pilot, Andrew Nigno, who had been to Tecoantepec, in lat. 16° N. and had sailed 300 leagues.
In this division, eight thousand pesoes, at that time equal in value to £10,000 sterling, of the present day, fell to the share of each soldier: Pizarro and his officers received shares in proportion to the dignity of their rank. The Spaniards having divided the treasure among them, the Inca insisted that they should fulfil their promise of setting him at liberty.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking