contract by Magalhaes and
Falero to deliver to the House of Commerce of Seville one-eighth of
all gains accruing to them from their future discoveries; a petition
from the same men to Carlos I regarding the expedition which they
are about to undertake; remonstrances against the undertaking, by the
Portuguese ambassador in Spain, Magalhaes's request for more money;
various appointments in the fleet; restriction of the number of seamen;
instructions to Magalhaes; a royal order that Ruy Falero shall not
accompany the expedition; Magalhaes's last will; the expense account of
the fleet; an attempted mutiny on one of the ships; Francisco Albo'*
journal of Magalhaes's voyage; description of the cargo brought
back to Spain by the "Victoria;" investigation of Magalhaes's death;
treaties with the natives of the Moluccas; advice given to the emperor
by Diego de Barbosa; Brito's account of Magalhaes's voyage; and the
confiscation of two of his ships by the Portuguese.

This resume is followed by various supplementary documents. A
royal mandate (March 22, 1518) authorizes Falero and Magalhaes to
undertake their expedition of discovery. A letter from Carlos to King
Manuel of Portugal (February 28, 1519) assures him that nothing in
this enterprise is intended to infringe upon Portuguese rights. A
document written (April 6, 1519) to Juan de Cartagena, appointed
inspector-general of Magalhaes's fleet, gives detailed instructions as
to his duties in that office, especially in regard to the equipment
of the fleet, its trading operations in the Orient, the royal share
of profits to be derived therefrom, and the current accounts of the
enterprise; he is also charged with the necessary arrangements for the
colonization of lands to be discovered, and commanded to furnish to the
King information as to the treatment of the natives by their Spanish
conquerors, and the general conduct of the officers of the expedition,
etc. The fleet is ordered (April 19, 1510) to proceed directly to the
Spice Islands, and all persons belonging to it are exhorted to obey
Magalhaes. A letter (1522) to the King of Spain gives information about
Magalhaes's death, obtained from some Spanish ship-boys who had found
their way to the Portuguese posts in India. The earliest published
account of this noted expedition is the letter written (October 24,
1522) to Matthaeus Lang, archbishop of Salzburg, by a natural son of
his named Maximilian Transylvanus (then a student at