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Junipero Serra

"The people got daily worse from the cold and the bad water, and they must all have perished if they had not discovered the port about the time they did."

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"The people got daily worse from the cold and the bad water, and they must all have perished if they had not discovered the port about the time they did."

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"Here I found those who had set out before me, both by sea and land, except those who have died."
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"As, however, the port in reality lies in thirty-two degrees thirty-four minutes, according to the observations that have been made, they went much beyond it, thus making the voyage much longer than was necessary."
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