ABSTRACT
Pedro Hernandez Hevero, of Palos, sailed from Puerto de Plata, in Espanola, for Spain; after they had gone 300 leagues, the vessel was so leaky, that the crew, consisting of twenty-five persons, had only time to jump into their boat, as the ship was sinking. They had neither provisions nor water, nor chart nor compass. A boy took with him his hands full of biscuit: they made sails with shirts. Discovering the biscuit which the boy had, they divided it; it did not amount to two ounces per man. For want of water, they wetted their hands and face with sea water, and drank their own urine. They recommended themselves to the protection of Our Lady the Ancient of Seville, and at the end of eleven days found themselves three leagues from the port they had sailed from-where they landed with pious thankfulness. This vessel was one of Pedrarias' fleet, who was sent to see if the Indians where the Portugueze landed were Caribs.
