“but on terms which he could not accept.”  Villalobos was given command of the fleet in his stead, and Urdaneta later (1552) became a friar, entering the Augustinian order, in which he made his profession on March 20, 1553, in the City of Mexico.  There he remained until the fleet of Legazpi departed (November 21, 1564) from La Navidad, Mexico, for the Philippine Islands; Urdaneta accompanied this expedition, with four other friars of his order.  He was appointed prelate of those new lands, with the title of “protector of the Indians;” he also acted as pilot of the fleet.  In the following year he was despatched to Spain, to give an account to the government of what Legazpi had accomplished.  This mission fulfilled, he desired to return to the Philippines, but was dissuaded from this step by his friends; he came back to Mexico, where he died (June 3, 1568), aged seventy years.  Urdaneta was endowed with a keen intellect, and held to his opinions and convictions with great tenacity.  To his abilities and sagacity are ascribed much of Legazpi’s success in the conquest of the Philippines.  For sketches of his life, see Retana’s edition of Martinez de Zuniga’s Estadismo de las Islas Filipinas (Madrid, 1893), ii, appendix, pp. 621, 622; and Dic.-Encic.  Hisp.-Amer.

[7] The “zebra” was the guanaco or South American camel (Auchenia).  The feathers were those of the South American ostrich (Rhea rhea), also called “nandu” and “avestruz” by the natives, or possibly of the smaller species R. darwinii; both are found as far south as the Strait of Magellan.

[8] It was the custom of many of the writers of these early documents to give in dates only the last two or three figures of the year.

[9] His name was Alvaro de Loaisa.

[10] This was the flagship of Magalhaes, which remained at Tidore after the departure of the “Victoria.”  The “Trinidad” set out for Panama on April 6, 1522, but was compelled by sickness and unfavorable winds to return to the islands.  She was then captured by the Portuguese; the ship was wrecked in a heavy storm at Ternate, and her crew detained as prisoners by the Portuguese.  Hardships, disease, and shipwreck carried away all of them except four, who did not reach Spain until 1526.

[11] Sebastian Cabot (Caboto) was born about 1473—­probably at Venice, although some claim Bristol, England, as his birthplace; he was the son of the noted explorer John Cabot, whom he accompanied on the famous voyage (1494) in which they discovered and explored the eastern coasts of Canada.  A second voyage thither (1498), in which Sebastian was commander, proved a failure; and no more is heard of him until 1512, when he entered the service of Fernando V of Spain, who paid him a liberal salary.  In 1515 he was a member of a commission charged with revising and correcting all the maps and charts used in Spanish navigation.  About this time, he was preparing to make a voyage of discovery;