[23] Contra maestro (boatswain) corresponding to the French contremaître and the Spanish contramaestre, was formerly the third officer of a ship’s crew. Nochiero (French nocher) was the officer next to contramaestre, although the name, according to Littré was applied to the master or seacaptain of certain small craft. The maestro (French maître) was a sub-officer in charge of all the crew. The pilot was next to the captain in importance. The translator or adapter who made MS. 5,650 confuses the above officers (see following note).
[24] The instructions pertaining to the different watches are as follows in MS. 5,650: “In addition to the said rules for carrying on the art of navigation as is fitting, and in order to avoid the dangers that may come upon those who do not have watches set, the said captain, who was skilled in the things required and in navigation, ordered three watches to be set. The first was at the beginning of the night; the second at midnight; and the third toward daybreak, which is commonly called the ‘diane’ [i.e., ‘morn’] or otherwise ‘the star of dawn.’ The abovenamed watches were changed nightly: that is to say, that he who had stood first watch stood second the day following, while he who had stood second, stood third; and thus did they continue to change nightly. The said captain ordered that his rules, both those of signals and of watches, be thoroughly observed, so that their voyage might be made with the greatest of safety. The men of the said fleet were divided into three divisions: the first was that of the captain; the second that of the pilot or boatswain’s mate; and the third that of the master. The above rules having been instituted, the captain-general determined to depart, as follows.”
[25] See Guillemard’s Magellan, pp. 329–336, and Navarrete, Col. de viages, iv, pp. 3–11, 162–188, for the stores and equipments of the fleet and their cost. The stores carried consisted of wine, olive oil, vinegar, fish, pork, peas and beans, flour, garlic, cheese, honey, almonds, anchovies, raisins, prunes, figs, sugar, quince preserves, capers, mustard, beef, and rice. The apothecary supplies were carried in the “Trinidad,” and the ecclesiastical ornaments in that ship and the “San Antonio.”
[26] The exact number of men who accompanied Magalhães is a matter of doubt. A royal decree, dated Barcelona, May 5, 1519, conserved in the papers of the India House of Trade in Archivo general de Indias at Sevilla, with pressmark est. 41, caj. 6, leg. 2–25, orders that only two hundred and thirty-five persons sail in the fleet. The same archives contain various registers of the fleet (sec Llorens Ascensio’s Primera vuelta al mundo, Madrid, 1903), one of which is published by Medina in his Colección (i, p. 113). Guillemard (Magellan, p. 326) says that at least two hundred and sixty-eight men went as is shown by the official lists and “the casual occurrence of names in the numerous and lengthy autos fiscales connected with the expedition.” Guillemard conjectures that the total number must have been between two hundred and seventy and two hundred and eighty. Mosto (p. 53, note 2) says: “Castanheda and Barros say that the crews amounted to 250 men, while Herrera says 234. Navarrete’s lists show a total of 265 men. At least 37 were Portuguese, and in addition to them and the Spaniards, the crews contained Genoese and Italians (thirty or more), French (nineteen), Flemings, Germans, Sicilians, English, Corfiotes, Malays, Negroes, Moors, Madeirans, and natives of the Azores and Canary Islands. But seventeen are recorded from Seville, while there are many Biscayans. (See Guillemard, ut supra, pp. 326–329.) The registers of men as given by Navarrete (Col. de viages, iv, pp. 12–26) are as follows.
Trinidad
(Flagship of 110 tons)
| Capacity | Name | Nationality |
| Chief captain of the fleet | Hernando de Magallanes | Portuguese, citizen of Oporto |
| Pilot of his Highness | Esteban Gomez | Portuguese |
| Notary | Leon de Espeleta | |
| Master | Juan Bautista de Punzorol[1] | Cestre, on the Genoese shore |
| Alguacil[2] | Gonzalo Gomez de Espinosa | Espinosa |
| Contramaestre | Francisco Albo[3] | Axio, citizen of Rodas |
| Surgeon | Juan de Morales[4] | Sevilla |
| Barber | Marcos de Bayas | San Lucar de Alpechin |
| Carpenter | Master Antonio | Genoese |
| Steward | Cristóbal Ros or Rodriguez | Lepe |
| Calker | Felipe[5] | Genoese, native of Reco |
| Cooper | Francisco Martin | Sevilla |
| Sailor | Francisco de Espinosa | De le Brizuela |
| Sailor | Ginés de Mafra | Jerez |
| Sailor | Leon Pancaldo[6] | Saona, in Génova |
| Sailor | Juan Ginovés[7] | San Remó |
| Sailor | Francisco Piora | Saona |
| Sailor | Martin Ginovés | Cestre |
| Sailor | Anton Hernandez Colmenero | Huelva |
| Sailor | Anton Ros, or Rodriguez | Huelva |
| Sailor | Bartolomé Sanchez | Huelva |
| Sailor | Tomas de Natia | Cestre |
| Sailor | Diego Martin | Huelva |
| Sailor | Domingo de Urrutia[8] | Lequeitio |
| Sailor | Francisco Martin | Huelva |
| Sailor | Juan Rodriguez | Sevilla |
| Gunner | Master Andres, chief gunner | Bristol, in England |
| Gunner | Juan Bautista | Mompeller |
| Gunner | Guillermo Tañegui | Lila de Groya |
| Common seaman | Antonio de Goa | Loró |
| Common seaman | Anton de Noya[9] | Noya in Galicia |
| Common seaman | Francisco de Ayamonte | Ayamonte |
| Common seaman | Juan de Santandres[10] | Cueto |
| Common seaman | Blas de Toledo[11] | Almunia in Aragon |
| Common seaman | Anton[12] | Black |
| Common seaman | Basco Gomez Gallego | Portuguese |
| Common seaman | Juan Gallego | Pontevedra |
| Common seaman | Luis de Beas[13] | Beas in Galicia |
| Common seaman | Juan de Grijol | Grijol in Portugal |
| Boy | Gutierrez | Asturian from Villasevil |
| Boy | Juan Genovés[14] | A port on the Genoese shore |
| Boy | Andres de la Cruz[15] | Sevilla |
Servants of the captain and sobresalientes[16]
| Servant | Cristóbal Rabelo | Portuguese, native of Oporto |
| Sobresaliente | Joan Miñez or Martinez | Sevilla |
| Servant | Fernando Portogues[17] | Portuguese, native of |
| Oporto | ||
| Sobresaliente | Antonio Lombardo[18] | Lombardía |
| Peti-Joan | French, native of Angeo [i.e., Anjou] | |
| Gonzalo Rodriguez | Portuguese | |
| Diego Sanchez Barrasa | Sevilla | |
| Luis Alonso, de Gois[19] | Portuguese, citizen of Ayamonte | |
| Duarte Barbosa | Portuguese | |
| Albaro de la Mezquita | Portuguese | |
| Servant | Nuño | Portuguese, native of Montemayor Nuevo |
| Servant | Diego | San Lucar |
| Captain’s boy | Francisco[20] | Portuguese, native of Estremiz |
| Idem | Jorge Morisco | Lombardía |
| Chaplain | Pedro de Balderrama | Ecija |
| Merino | Alberto[21] Merino | Cordova |
| Servant of the alguacil | Pero Gomez | Hornilla la Prieta |
| Armorer | Pero Sanchez[22] | Sevilla |
| Interpreter, a servant | Henrique de Malaca[23] | Malaca |
| Lázaro de Torres | Aracena |