The Filipinos are quite nice to us, so we want to be nice to them.  They are going to have a war, and I’m going to help them fight.  This is harder then it sounds.  The enemy out numbers us by a lot.  It’s not a pretty sight.

I’m so excited.  I’m the first European captain to sail this far.  Many of my crew are getting a disease called scurvy, but I have pills that have lots of vitamin C.  We have lost our food  supplies so we have been chowing down on anything we can find, even saw dust.

Today I found a path that I think will lead us around South America.  It’s been a hard journey.  We have been sailing for a year and two months!  I think the whole crew is sea sick.  No one wants to go on deck because it’s so cold, windy, and wet. 

I have  been studying a new way of getting to the Spice Isleads by going west.  I decided to go to Spain.  I went to king Charles of Spain to ask if he could sponsor  the trip.  The king said ”yes,” and I started getting prepared.

Today I went to ask the king and queen to ask if I could have money to find a new route to the Spice Islands.  I believe the earth is round.  I want to sail west from Portugal, instead of going around Africa.  I feel upset because they said “No.”