The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation. [vols. 1-3] made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600. yeres: deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. The first volume containeth the worthy discoueries, &c. of the English ... The second volume comprehendeth the principall nauigations ... to the south and south-east parts of the world ... By Richard Hakluyt preacher, and sometime student of Christ-Church in Oxford.

* 1.1Markes of Cabo Franco.

Cabo Franco is a low Cape euen with the sea, and hath these markes *

And from thence stir away West, and you shall see an high mountaine, and on the top thereof a cloudie homock like the top of a hat; and at the soote of this hill is the hauen or harbour called El puerto de plata.* 1.2 And if you will goe into this port, you must leaue the Island on the West side, and then take heede of that which you see, and borrow on the castles side. And from thence to goe with the olde chanell, you must stirre away Northwest, vntill you come out of sight of lande, and then stir away West and by North, and so shall you goe with the lande of Baracoa,* 1.3 and here are hilles very high, which make the teats which looke like 3. crownes. And you shall passe betweene the Isle of Tortugas or Hinagua,* 1.4 and the Island of Iaico;* 1.5 and from thence run alongst the coast Northeast and Southwest; and hauing doubled the outmost high hill or mountaine, you shall see in the midst thereof a round hill, and vpon the Southwest side by the sea you shall see a lowe euen lande foure or fiue leagues long, and a lowe point, and this point of the hill is called Las sier∣de Cabanca;* 1.6 and then beginneth the bay of Cayo Romano:* 1.7 and ahead the sierras you shall see a rounde loafe which is in the midst of the same bay, and ahead of that you shall see a hill flat on the top like a table sixe or seuen leagues, which hill is not very high, and from these hilles to Cayo Romano you haue fiue and thirtie leagues,* 1.8 and you must stirre the one halfe of the course North∣west, and the other halfe Northwest and by West, and so shall you make or see the sayd Cayo Ro∣mano vpon the larboord side of you. Note, that from Cayo Romano to Cabo de Cruz you haue three leagues,* 1.9 an•• they lie North and South one from another.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Cabo Franco.
• * 1.2

  El Puerto de Plata.
• * 1.3

  Baracoa.
• * 1.4

  Isla de Tortugas otherwise cal∣led Hinagua.
• * 1.5

  The Isle of Iaico.
• * 1.6

  Las sierras de Cabanca.
• * 1.7

  Cayo Romano.
• * 1.8

  This word Cayo in the ••••••caian tongue signi∣fieth a flat or a sh••ld.
• * 1.9

  Cabo de Cruz.