A Recital of the Events of his Administration Left by El Caballero Don Teodoro De Croix, Viceroy of Peru, for the Information and Guidance of His Successor 1 .

Whenever there has been the slightest suspicion that a settlement of foreigners in any of the islands was in contemplation, expeditions have been despatched afresh—if a certainty—to thwart them; and, where such certainty was not clear, to reassert His [Majesty’s] possession over his lawful dominions. Thus, in 1770, while the Most Exc^t Señor Don Manuel de Amat was ruling these Realms, he despatched the ship of war San Lorenzo and the frigate Santa Rosalía, which were in the roads at the time, on 782merely hearing that foreign vessels had been seen at the Island of David ¹ , situated in lat. 27° 15′ South, and longitude 236° 36′ from the meridian of Tenerife. The first was commanded by Don Felipe González of the rank of Captain, the second by Don Antonio Domonte, of the same rank; and they were to conduct the voyage in accordance with instructions he gave them. This commission was successfully carried out. No foreign settlement was met with. The Islanders proclaimed our Sovereign as their own, three crosses were erected on a lofty hill, and the roadstead was called after San Carlos in honour of the august name of its Monarch and rightful lord ² .