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 Island there stands a rocke of stone very high hauing the signe of the foote of a man vpon the top of it, which they say to be the footstep of Adam, when he went vp into the heauens, and the Indians haue it in great reuerence.

In the yeere 1506. after the death of the Queene of Spaine, king Philip and Queene Ioan his wife came into Spaine to take possession thereof, and king Don Fernando went into Arragon being his owne patrimonie.

In this same yeere the said king Philip died, and then Fernando came againe to gouerne Spaine, and he gaue licence vnto all Spanyards to goe vnto the New land, and to the Antiles, but not to the Portugals.

In this yeere and in the moneth of May Christopher Columbus died, and his sonne Don Diego Columbus succeeded in his roome.

In the yeere 1506. and entring into the moneth of March Tristan de Acunna and Alfonso de Albuquerque went into India with 14. ships in their companie, and sailed till they came to an anker at the towne of Bezequiche, where they refreshed themselues:

and before they came to the Cape of Bona Sperança in 37. degrees they found certaine Islands which now are named the Isles of Tristan de Acunna, where they had such a tempest that therewithall the fleete was dispersed.

Tristan de Acunna and Alfonso de Albuquerque went vnto Mosambique, and Aluaro Telez ran so far that he came to the Island of Samatra, and so backe againe vnto the Cape of Guardafu; hauing discouered many Islands, sea, and land neuer seene before that time of any Portugall.

Emmanuel Telez de Meneses was also driuen without the great Island of S. Laurence, and he ran along the coast thereof, and arriued at last at Mosambique, and there met with Tristan de Acunna, who was the first captaine that wintred there; and by them it was told, that in this Island was much Ginger, Cloues and siluer: whereupon he went and discouered much of it within the land; but finding nothing he came backe againe vnto Mosambique; from whence he sailed vnto Melinde, and ran along that coast and entred into Braua,