Manuel Briones, a well-known criminal imprisoned with a number of his gang members on the small island of Floreana, was plotting to intercept the expedition.

Manuel Briones forced the American crew of the George Howland to set sail down the Ecuadorian coast, but before going to Guayaquil, it was decided to first gather supplies from the island of San Cristóbal.

[1] General Mena (a woman), would be raped by several of the bandits but was eventually allowed to leave, this is in sharp contrast to her male counterpart who were all killed and thrown overboard with the governor.

[6] The frigate Eugenie would anchor at Guayaquil some time into the future, when Flores would finally conduct his expedition, the local Ecuadorians tried to ask for the Swedes to come to their aid.

[4] However, the crew had been instructed to be strictly neutral in any foreign affairs while out on their expedition so Captain Adolf Virgin chose to instead leave Guyaquil when the wind returned.