1500s explorations

First day of the exploration.

Aug 19, 1505

August, 19th,Today we left for our first exploration, we are heading town to East Africa and going to stop in Tanzania. I am the captioan of The Santiago ship. The journey will be four days to get to Tanzania. I am very excited for the journey ahead. August 20, There was a very bad thunderstorm last nigh but thankfully the waves werent too high so we will still arrive the same day we planned on. The storm only lasted 2 hours which was a very good thing.

Continued...

Aug 19, 1505

August 21-22, The past two days have been very smooth. We did loose two crew members due to the flu. I was very upset when that happened, but I couldn't let that hold me back from the trip.

First Port of the Exploration

Aug 23, 1505

Today the ship landed in Tanzania, which is in East Africa. It's a very beautiful place. Its a very crowded place. The reason we went here was because we wanted to trade our silk in return for their gold. It was a really easy trade because they loved the silk and thought it was a worth gold.

The journey continues

Aug 24, 1505

Today we left to go to Huasco in South America. This is going to be a three week trip and I am ready for it. I am just nervous and hope my crewmembers and passengers are ready for it.
August 31- The first week has been great. Hoping it goes smooth the next two weeks.
September 6th- This week has been a little rocky because I have been feeling ill and couldn't captain the boat for a day but my co-captian did a great job of taking over.
September 13- Another smooth week we will be in Huasco the 15

Port Huasco

Sep 15, 1505

We stopped in Huasco today. Its a very beautiful place. We went there to trade some of our Wine for some wood. It wasnt an easy trade because they wanted to give us sugar for our wine. We ended up getting our trade because we told them we had enough sugar and that we ate it everyday and our teeth are rotting out. The then felt bad and gave us some wood for our wine.

Journal 3

Sep 17, 1505

We had to stay a day extra in Huasco because there was a big storm that came throgh and it was not safe to sail through. We are heading to the East Indies, I'm not sure where exactly but I do know that it will take three Months to get there.
October 17th- The first month has benn chaotic because the weather is just terrible. It is very cold and some passengers and crewmembers have died along the way but we keep going untill we get to the East indies.

journal 3 continued

Sep 17, 1505

November 18th- The weather isnt any better but no one had died in the last month. The longer the trips the more I miss my family. I will see families on the ship and it makes me upset because my family isn't there with me. But I made this choice and I'm going to finish it.
December 18- A very smooth month. Still very cold outside but it is December after all. We will be in the East Indies in three weeks now. We had to stop last week for the whole week because of a big storm that came our way.

Port #3

Jan 3, 1506

We landed in the East Indies today. The head captain finally told us what port we are at. We are at Batavia its's not a very busy place. We tried to trade our skins for some armor but they didn't think it was a fair trade. We ended up trading our skins and getting wheat in return. We didn't really need more wheat but it's better than all the sugar we have.

Journal #4

Jan 4, 1506

We left Batavia today and we are now heading to East London port in South Africa. This trip will only take a month, which is good because then we will be one month less untill we go home.
January 11th- The week has been great not much happened except the weather is nicer.
January 18- We had a storm the other night but it was nothing to what we have had before.
January 25- Another great week. The weather is great this time of year.
Feb 1- We are going to be in East London port tomorrow.

Port #4

Feb 5, 1506

We landed in East London port today in South africa today. The people her are so nice I wish I could stay here forever with my family someday. We traded some of our skins and sugar for some coconuts and some spices.This was by far the easiest trade yet.

Journal #5

Feb 6, 1506

Today we left East London port and now we are heading to Sevilla in Spain. This trip is going to take two months.I hope it goes by fast so I can see my family soon.
February 13th- Rough start of this trip our co captian died in his sleep last night we arent for sure what from though.
February 20th- This has been a smooth week. I am still very upset by the passing of my co captain because he was the closest thing to family that I had with me on this trip.
February 27th- The weather was beautiful

journal #5 continued

Feb 6, 1506

February 27th- The weather was beautiful this week. One of the best weeks so far with our expedition so far.
March 6- We are right on time and we are going to be in Sevilla tomorrow.

Port #5

Mar 7, 1506

Today we landed in Sevilla. It is a very busy place, beatuiful, but busy. We had another easy trade today. We traded some of our wine and skins for some armor and wine. I'm a little sad that this was our last port but Im glad I will get to see my family in three weeks! I had a great time on the voyage.