 On 26 December 1541 he agreed to be elected chief of the new expedition and to conquer new lands in name of the king.Orellana (with the Dominican Gaspar de Carvajal who chronicled the expedition) and 50 men set off downstream to find food.Unable to return against the current, Orellana waited for Pizarro, finally sending back three men with a message, and started construction of a second brigantine, the "Victoria".