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Cost of Magellan’s Fleet
From Navarrete, Document No. XVII.
The
Conception
was of
ninety tons.
Victoria
eighty-five tons.
S. Antonio
a hundred and twenty tons.
Trinity
a hundred and ten tons.
Santiago
seventy-five tons.
Summary:
Maravedis.
Five ships, with rigging, artillery, and arms, cost
3,912,241
Five ships, of 445 tons, five more or less, which makes each ton come to a cost of 8,7911⁄2 maravedis.
Various necessaries
415,060
Provisions, biscuit, wine, oil, fish, meat, cheese, vegetables, and barrels
1,585,551
Four months pay for 237 persons
1,154,504
Merchandise
1,679,769
Total
8,751,125
THE END.