He pursued this direction, though with some twisting, until we crossed a mountain chain, where they knew about New Spain, more than 300 leagues distant.
They make a great quantity of preserves from the tuna; they preserve it in a large amount of its sap without other honey.
There was a large and powerful river, I mean village, which was called Braba, 20 leagues farther up the river, which our men called Valladolid.
Pinzon even thought that he saw land that night about fifteen leagues distant to the northwards, which appeared very black and covered with clouds.
In this emergency, my father being an excellent swimmer, and having the good fortune to lay hold of an oar, made for the land, which was little more than two leagues distant.
Myrrh from the province of Fastica[8], 700 leagues distant.
We how determined to throw ourselves on the mercy of the Portuguese, and hoisting sail shaped our course for the castle of St George del Mina; which was not above 20 leagues distant.
The city of Granada is situated in a valley bordering on the Lake of Nicaragua, and is about 16 leagues distant from Leon.
Paaschen or Easter Island according to modern charts and observations, is nearly 690 leagues distant from Copiapo, which is in the same parallel on the Continent of America.
S, about 200 leagues distant to the East of the coast of South America, which we named Belgia Austral.
Dampier reckoned it 10 leagues distant, in a direction N 20 deg.
Even if there was, how much better was it to take such measures as would make safety certain, than to make the voyage to Manilla doubtful, it being still 300 leagues distant.
At 5 in the afternoon, an island was sighted 10 leagues distant, being N.
They went to Manilla, which was 15 leagues distant, by a certain strait in the island, to report our approach.
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