November 12, 1521

It has been a long time since this journal has been written in. I discovered it stashed in the desk of Magellan, and I will be continuing it for the rest of this voyage. I am Sebastian del Cano, and I have taken over the expedition after Magellan’s death. I was one of the many people to mutiny earlier in the voyage, but I was spared for want of ship pilots. We did not have enough men to man the ships we had after the battle, and were forced to burn down the Concepcion to continue.

Since then we have continued on our original voyage, and after a stop at Borneo from July 9th to September 27th, we finally arrived at the Moluccas. Here, the natives are very used to trading, and we have very quickly exchanged our goods for spices. It seems ironic, that so much life would be wasted just for food seasonings. Nevertheless, we set off again, only to be stopped when the Trinidad suffered from leakage, and from being weighed down by the cargo. We are currently waiting for it to be prepared, and our men are bracing themselves for anther difficult journey: crossing the Cape of Good Hope.