The Moluccas, or Spice Islands, part of Indonesia, were the richest of all.

摩鹿加群岛或香料群岛是印度尼西亚的一部分， 是最富有的。

The trouble was that few people believed ships could sail west to the Moluccas.

问题是很少有人相信船只可以向西航行到摩鹿加群岛。

The Moluccas, he told the king, lay in Spanish territory.

他告诉国王， 摩鹿加群岛位于西班牙领土内。

All through December, Ferdinand expected to spy the Moluccas.

整个 12 月， 费迪南德都希望监视摩鹿加群岛。

Whoever did would claim the Moluccas for Spain, along with a trade route that other Spanish ships could follow.

无论谁做了， 都会声称西班牙拥有摩鹿加群岛，以及其他西班牙船只可以遵循的贸易路线。

Across its waters lay the Moluccas.

摩鹿加群岛横跨其水域。

Ferdinand believed he knew a new way to get to the jewel of Asia—the Moluccas.

费迪南德相信他知道一种到达亚洲明珠——摩鹿加群岛的新方法。

Once again, the ships set out to sea, hoping the Moluccas were close.

船只再次出海， 希望摩鹿加群岛就在附近。

King Charles of Spain eventually sold the rights to the Moluccas to Portugal.

西班牙国王查理最终将摩鹿加群岛的权利卖给了葡萄牙。

On November 8, 1521, more than two years after leaving Spain, the Trinidadand the Victoriafinally reached the Moluccas.

1521 年 11 月 8 日， 离开西班牙两年多后，特立尼达号和维多利亚号终于到达了摩鹿加群岛。

Surely, Ferdinand thought, the expedition wasn't more than three or four days away from the Moluccas.

当然，费迪南德想， 探险队离摩鹿加群岛不超过三四天了。

Best to sail east now, the old way to the Moluccas.

现在最好向东航行， 去摩鹿加群岛的老路。

If the expedition could make its way through the strait, then it could keep heading west, west to the Moluccas.

如果探险队能够穿过海峡，那么它就可以继续向西， 向西到达摩鹿加群岛。

Based on maps and charts he'd seen, plus stories he'd been told, Ferdinand believed the Moluccas lay near the spot where el pasopoured out into the sea.

根据他看过的地图和图表，再加上他听过的故事， 费迪南德相信摩鹿加群岛就在 el pasopour 倾泻入海的地方附近。

The consumption of the porcelain of China, of the spiceries of the Moluccas, of the piece goods of Bengal, and of innumerable other articles, has increased very nearly in a like proportion.

中国的瓷器、摩鹿加群岛的香料、孟加拉的布料以及无数其他物品的消费量几乎以同样的比例增长。

The Trinidadleft the Moluccas in April, 1522. But, after three months at sea, with the crew dying from scurvy, the ship returned to the islands. It was not until 1525 that the Trinidad—with only four survivors—finally reached Spain.

特立尼达号于 1522 年 4 月离开了摩鹿加群岛。但是，在海上航行三个月后，船员们死于坏血病，这艘船返回了这些岛屿。直到 1525 年，只有四名幸存者的特立尼达号才最终抵达西班牙。