from San Lucar September 20, 1519, and, after passing through the
strait as here described by Fiske, proceeded to the Philippines,
where, in an attack on unfriendly natives, he, with several of his
men, was killed. One of his ships afterward completed the voyage
by way of the Cape of Good Hope, and thus made the first
circumnavigation of the globe.

[2] A reference to Sir Francis Drake, the first Englishman who
circumnavigated the globe.




THE DISCOVERY OF NEW YORK HARBOR BY VERAZZANO

(1524)

VERAZZANO'S OWN ACCOUNT[1]


Having remained in this place[2] three days, anchored off the coast,
we decided on account of the scarcity of ports to depart, always
skirting the shore, which we baptized Arcadia on account of the beauty
of the trees.

In Arcadia we found a man who came to the shore to see what people we
were: who stood hesitating and ready to fight. Watching us, he did not
permit himself to be approached. He was handsome, nude, with hair
fastened back in a knot, of olive color.