A Patagonian Timeline

When? Who? What? Where? 5th century — legend of St. Ursula pages 7-8 13th century — legend of St. Julián 263-264 1448 Walsperger “Here be Giants” on his map 163 1516 — Primaleon of Greece published 145 1519 Aug 10 Magellan departs Spain 5 1520 Mar 31 arrives Puerto San Julián 5 Apr 5 executes mutineers 267 Aug 24 departs Puerto San Julián 5 Sep14-Oct 18 at Río Santa Cruz 285 Oct 21 arrives Cape of 11,000 Virgins 8 Nov 28 enters Pacifi c Ocean 13 1521 Apr 27 killed in Philippines — 1523 Waldseemüller cannibals on his New World map 168 ca. 1530 anonymous Strait of Magellan on globe gore 16 1544 Agnes Terra a los humos on his map 17 1548 Gastaldi on his map 17 ca. 1550 Münster giants on his South America map 164 1562 Gutiérrez giants on his South America map 162 1570 Ortelius San Julián, Río S. Cruz on his map 286 1577 Nov 15 Drake departs Plymouth, England 24 1578 Jun 20 arrives Puerto San Julián 28, 269 Jul 2 executes Thomas Doughty 273 Aug 17 departs Puerto San Julián 275 Aug 20 arrives Cape of 11,000 Virgins 28 Sep 6 enters Pacifi c Ocean 31 1579 Mar 1 captures Cacafuego 36 Oct 11 Sarmiento departs Callao, Peru 45 1580 Jan 22 enters Strait of Magellan 45 Feb 24 enters Atlantic Ocean 50 Aug 18 arrives Spain 50 1581 Dec 9 departs Spain 51 1582 Mar 24 arrives Rio de Janeiro 51 xii Timeline

When? Who? What? Where? 1583 Jan Sarmiento at strait, turns back to Brazil 52 1584 Feb 1 returns to Strait of Magellan 53 Feb 6 founds Nombre de Jesús 53 Mar 25 founds Ciudad de Rey Felipe 56 May arrives Rio de Janeiro 56 1586 Jul 21 Cavendish departs Plymouth, England 61 Aug Sarmiento captured, brought to England 57 Oct 30 leaves England for Spain 57 Dec 9 captured in France 58 Dec 17-28 Cavendish at Port Desire 62 1587 Jan 6 arrives Strait of Magellan 63 Jan 9-14 at Ciudad de Rey Felipe 63 Feb 24 enters Pacifi c Ocean 64 1589 Sarmiento arrives Spain 58 1591 Aug 26 Cavendish departs Plymouth, England 65 1592 Mar 18 arrives Port Desire 65 Apr 8 arrives Strait of Magellan 66 May returns to Atlantic Ocean 74 Oct or Nov dies at sea 75 1599 Nov Van Noort kills, kidnaps some Fuegians 192 1616 Dec 8 le Maire arrives Port Desire 83 Dec 19 Hoorn destroyed by fi re 83 1617 Jan 10 le Maire departs Port Desire 83 1624 Feb l’Hermite Fuegians murder crewmen 192 1623 Shakespeare The Tempest published 150 1628 Fletcher World Encompassed published — 1669 May 15 Narborough departs Deptford, England 77 1670 late Mar arrives Puerto San Julián 83 Sep 16 departs Puerto San Julián 84 mid Sep arrives Port Desire 84 Oct 13 departs Port Desire 86 Oct 22 passes Cape of 11,000 Virgins 86 Oct-Nov 3 at Port Famine 86 Nov 19 enters Pacifi c Ocean 87 mid/late Dec at Valdivia 87 1671 Jan 6 arrives Strait of Magellan 91 Jan 8-Feb 4 at Port Famine 92 Feb 14 enters Atlantic Ocean 93 mid Jun arrives England 93 1741 Feb 19-27 Byron (midshp) at Puerto San Julián 151 May 15 Wager wrecked 174 1764 Dec 21 Byron (captain) near Cape of 11,000 Virgins 177 1765 Feb Bougainville at Tierra del Fuego & Patagonia 180 Timeline xiii

When? Who? What? Where? 1788 Mar-Apr Bligh (Bounty) fails to round — 1823 Weddell in Patagonia 182 1826 May 22 King, Stokes depart Plymouth, England 95 mid-Dec near Cape of 11,000 Virgins 96 return to Montevideo & Rio 103 1827 Jan 10 pass Cape of 11,000 Virgins 103 arrive Port Famine 103 1828 Jan 20 Sholl dies near San Julián 280 Aug 1 Stokes shoots himself 104, 106 Aug 12 dies 107 Oct FitzRoy appointed captain of HMS Beagle 112 1829 Apr 1 passes Cape of 11,000 Virgins 112 Apr 14 at Port Famine 112 Jul 8 arrives Chiloé 113 Nov 27 returns to Strait of Magellan 114 1830 Mar-May captures four Fuegians 115-117 Oct 14 arrives Portsmouth, England — Nov 11 Boat Memory dies of smallpox 126 1831 summer Fuegians presented at St. James Court 203 Dec 27 FitzRoy,Darwin depart Plymouth, England — 1832 Feb 17 HMS Beagle crosses equator 124 Sep 23 Darwin uncovers Mylodon darwinii 125 Dec 16 FitzRoy,Darwin arrive Tierra del Fuego 126 1833 Jan 19 arrive Wulaia 127 Jan 29 Darwin helps rescue whaleboat 128 Jan 30 FitzRoy names Darwin Sound 130 1834 Jan 26-Mar 6 FitzRoy,Darwin second visit to Tierra del Fuego 126 Mar 4 FitzRoy names 132 Apr 18-May 8 FitzRoy,Darwin explore Río Santa Cruz 288-293 May third visit to Tierra del Fuego 126 Jun 10 HMS Beagle enters Pacifi c Ocean 137 1844 July 4 Gardiner founds Patagonian Mission. Soc. 219 1845 Feb fi rst missionary att empt in strait 184 1849 Apr-Aug Bourne held captive by Patagonians 185-188 1850 Dec 5 Gardiner,others arrive Picton Island 222 1851 Aug-Sep Gardiner,others die of scurvy, starvation 224-225 1859 Nov 6 Missionaries massacre at Wulaia 234 Nov 24 Darwin Origin of Species published 234 1864 Jemmy Butt on dies 239 1865 Apr 30 FitzRoy slits his throat, dies 296 1871 Sep 27 Bridges family arrives in Tierra del Fuego 236 Stirling brings four Fuegians to England 241 xiv Timeline

When? Who? What? Where? 1871 Uroopa, Threeboys die on return from England 241-242 1878-79 Dixie visits Patagonia 208, 301 1881 Apr 26 HMS Doterel explodes, sinks at Punta Arenas 235 1898 Jan 1 Belgica in 250 1899 summer Cook acquires Yahgan dictionary 250 1910 May 21 accused of theft of dictionary 255 1912 Mission at Dawson Island closes 242 1914 Bridges his dictionary lost … 257 1929 … & found 257 WWII … & lost a second time 257 1946 placed in British Museum 257

2009 John Woram Here Be Giants published 1-405