Rough translation from Spanish to English by Google of the first several paragraphs of "Diario de un viage a la costa de la mar Magallanica" by P. Pedro Lozano - used within the Lorem Ipsum Text Widget Generator at http://websitetips.com/copy/loremgenerator/ Translated by Google Tools from the Spanish text at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18289/18289-8.txt =========================================================== Embarcaronse finally a December 5, 1745, and Monday 6 a ten hours of the day, having shot the piece cam, a were sailing in the name of God, with fresh wind, and exited a be franquia in mooring, which is located three miles from Buenos Aires. The meeting had Tuesday, the a half past nine, and distar Montevideo alone fifty miles from Buenos Aires, could not take its port until Monday 13, a eleven and a half of the day gave depth in the middle of its inlet . There, among the people of that prison, were selected twenty-five soldiers, who were boarding habian, a by alferez D. Salvador Martin Olmo: because although the Lord wanted Governor of Buenos Aires, which was the largest number of soldiers, and many others who had been offered voluntarily a this expedition, it was not possible to increase the number, not to allow the ship of navichuelo. The commander of Montevideo, D. Saints Sunday Uriarte, vizcaino, egecuto everything possible within its power to the thing of the people and missionaries, with the possible alacrity. With that day on December 16th was the ship as soon a leave, but to calm the nord-nord-este and blowing sud-este, could not be done a sailing until Friday 17 a four and a half of the tomorrow, nord-nord-este and north. The dense fog hardly allowed them to discover the earth, and not adelgazo till half past six p.m., passing without seeing the island of Flores. Sunday 19 gave a-depth view of the island of Lobos, which were left to nor-nord-este, a three miles away. This island has long three-fourths of league, and runs este-sud-este, oeste-nord-este: the este-sud-este out a reef with some stones that should be avoided. This Sunday, making a talk the father Matias Strobl, was given by our principle a the ninth missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, escogiendole of apparently common, patron of viage. Asistian all the holy sacrifice of the Mass, which it said was an every day when the weather allowed, and the two holidays. We prayed community of Our Lady of the Rosary, and the ninth was added spiritual lesson every day and talks to arrange a people who confesasen and comulgasen, as they did at the end of it all with great compassion. To banish the habit of swearing, often prevail between soldiers and sailors, was imposed penalty, a that forced everyone, whoever was missing, then had to kiss the ground, telling those present: Viva Jesus kiss the ground. Thus, in accordance Christian devotion and is continued sailing, and being on Tuesday 21, at 35 degrees, 11 minutes south latitude, changed the compass north 17 degrees. On Sunday, 26, at a height of 38 degrees and 34 minutes, suffered a turbonada water slight, and este-sud-este that blew, lifting some swell: Monday and the next 27, in height from 38 degrees and 36 minutes, felt special cold. Tuesday 28, 39 degrees, 9 minutes latitude, and believes in 323 and 57 minutes in length, found after noon, 52 fathoms of depth and sand menuda Brown: saw some whales, and sunsets seen a that variation of the compass had to nord-este 17 degrees and 30 minutes. On Wednesday, in clear and calm day, boom, which saw more cold at this station does in Europe, being found at 40 degrees, 56 minutes latitude, and 322 and 17 minutes in length. Wednesday a January 5 this year, 1746, a ten of the day discovered the land of Cape Blanco, the sur-sud-este, and the coast from north of the band, which is a big beach a mode cove, where can give fund the ships safe from land, which is high and rasa, as the Cape of St. Vincent, and the tip is a farillon or mogote, that looks like the hull of a ship. There are a la punta a drop in the sea that washes. In distance of five miles of Cape Blanco said it marked the parent Ayala to sud-este, fourth in the south, and noted 46 degrees and 48 minutes latitude, and therefore the time comes a be out in 47 degrees - which should note, not equivocarlo with another tip that is nord-este, and also is high ground, rasa, and that way hacia sea a ravine filled with white barriers. The length of Cape Blanco, according to the account of the defeat, were 313 degrees and 30 minutes. Observose in everything that sailed to this coast, the escandal washes, and not rolled signal substance, but is much weight. At the tip of Cape Blanco is grasped a penon party, and further south this penon there is a tip of land low, and then runs the coast nord-sur the world, and makes a very large creek, which runs until entrance Puerto Deseado. Thursday January 6, amanecieron south of Cape Blanco, a four miles from the coast, with the bow that the big island before entering the Puerto Deseado, a which some called Isla de los Reyes, and it confirmed our sailors this name, for having discovered this day of the Epiphany. The land, which is in the inlet, between Cape Blanco and Puerto Deseado, is bastantemente high, with some ravines, and they scrub of small trees, as espinos and junipers. A entered the port by the band from the north of this island, a approaching the mouth of the port, which is well known, on the one island that is out and laundered as snow. A band from the south, near the entrance, there is a mogote high, with a rock on top, which seems felled tree trunks, and horqueta ago. On both sides of the mouth must cut high rocks, of which he is in the northern part, look for a league or two, offshore, looks like a castle. This afternoon jumped on land, at sunset, Father Joseph Cardiel, and the two pilots, with some people from the crew, and saw that the tide was beginning a a top seven in the evening. On the shore they found some lagunajos small, whose surface was sour salt, as a bulk of real silver, and there was not more salt in the following days. On Friday 7, the tide began a a climb the 7 and 15 minutes in the morning. At nine top again a a earth Father Cardiel with the alferez D. Salvador Martinez and 16 soldiers escort, a see if they found Indians inland. At the same time entered the navy boat captain of the ship D. Joaquin de Olivares, the two pilots, Father Matias higher Strobl, Father Quiroga, out of squad and some soldiers, a register by the end of water port, and see if they were also Indians. Navegaron west, coasting to the south island of Pinguinas and sondando channel to the island of the Birds. They went by between the island and mainland, and recorded a small brook that seems very sheltered river. Saltaron ground, and rose a top of the hills a recognize any land that is dry and broken, full of hills and penasquerias stone lime, without any trees: there are only in the valleys of wood for burning thorns, and Sabine other small trees, and this is jaez entire coast north of this band or port. From the island of the Birds, which makes coat a a ensenadilla very safe for wintering any vessels, spent more a another inlet to the west, opposite the island of Kings, in the same northern coast: water searched there, and only they found a hole in a valley of old brackish water, which, it is understood, was the only one who found this in the Dutch port. From here became the ship.