pilot-major

It is now about three centuries since Richard Chancellor, pilot-major of the fleet which, under the command of Sir Hugh Willoughby, and by the advice of Sebastian Cabot, set out to discover a north-east passage to

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Various

In 1522, although once more in the employ of Spain and holding the rank of pilot-major, he secretly offered his services to Venice, undertaking to find the north-west passage to China.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Brazil in 1508, he succeeded Amerigo Vespucci as pilot-major, upon the latter's death in 1512.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

After a year he was pardoned and went to Seville; he remained pilot-major of Spain until 1547, when without losing either the title or the pension, he left Spain and returned to

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Sebastian Cabot, later pilot-major of Spain, he did not say so.

Days of the Discoverers L. Lamprey 1910

Labrador and entered Hudson Strait; he then returned to Spain, and was appointed (February 5, 1518) royal pilot-major, an office of great importance and authority.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century James Alexander Robertson 1906

In the original paper he uses the Latin form, Vespucius; but in a letter written in 1508, when he was pilot-major of Spain, he signs himself "Amerigo Vespucci."

Amerigo Vespucci Frederick Albion Ober 1881

This shall remain in the possession of our said officers, and of you, our said pilot-major; and no pilot shall use any other chart, without incurring a penalty of fifty doubloons, to be paid to the board of trade in the city of Seville ....

Amerigo Vespucci Frederick Albion Ober 1881

Another consultation was held with the king, whose favorable opinion of Vespucci was so strengthened that the year following he created for him the office of pilot-major, as the most eminent navigator in his kingdom.

Amerigo Vespucci Frederick Albion Ober 1881

Ferdinand, King of Spain, and Fonseca, 76; parts with Vespucci, 168, 169; diplomacy of, 216; prefers Vespucci to Columbus, 227; calls Vespucci to court, 228; appoints him pilot-major, 229.

Amerigo Vespucci Frederick Albion Ober 1881