ABSTRACT
As stated in the previous chapter the corvette Atrevida had already sailed for San Blas in accordance with her instructions, leaving in Acapulco the sealed letters from their Excellencies the Ministro de Marina and the Viceroy of Mexico 2 and also a summary of the tasks she had carried out subsequent to our separation off Costa Rica. Don José Bustamante had, with industry and unusual good fortune, sighted and fixed the latitude and longitude of Isla del Coco, 3 then after a few days of calm, interspersed with stormy squalls within sight of the island, he had encountered the trade winds and, steering a direct course, managed to anchor in this port on 30 January.
