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Bartolome Ruiz was a ship captain of Pizarro, this was in Ecuador's north coast:
They captured a ship with up to twenty men, of whom eleven jumped into the water; the others were taken by the pilot, except three who were left on shore so they could go; these three were taken many leagues away, treated very well, and brought with him. This ship, I say, seemed to have the capacity of thirty tons; it was made with a flat bottom and keel from canes as thick as posts, tied with ropes of a plant called henequen, like hemp, and the upper parts of other thinner ropes, also tied with the same ropes where the people came from, and the merchandise in henequen, because the lower part was wet. It carried masts and yards of very fine wood, and cotton sails of the same style as our ships, and a very good rigging of said henequen, which I say is like hemp, and some wide oars shaped like a barber’s grinding wheel.
They carried many pieces of silver and gold for adorning their persons, to barter with those they were going to trade with, wearing crowns and diadems, belts, bracelets and armor, such as leg and chest plates, gorgets and rattles, strings and frames of beads and rosaries, mirrors and decorated silver items, goblets and other drinking vessels. They carried many wool and cotton blankets, shirts and tunics, cloaks and capes, and other fine clothes, most of them richly worked, of colors such as crimson and carmine and yellow and brown, and other colors, of various embroidery styles, with bird and animal figures, fish and trees. They also carried small gold weights shaped like Roman coins, and many other items.
Some necklaces had small emerald stones, other green stones, crystal pieces and amber. All this they carried to barter for fish shells, such as the ones they make into red or white beads, almost filling the ship with them.