Iohn Huighen van Linschoten. his discours of voyages into ye Easte & West Indies Deuided into foure bookes.

The 55. Chapter. The Description of a Voyage made by a Pilot called Nuno da Silua for the Vice∣roy of new Spaine, the 20. of May in the yeere of our Lorde 1579. to the towne of Mexico, from whence it was sent to the Viceroy of the Portingall Indies, wherein is set downe the course and actions passed in the Voyage of Sir Francis Drake that tooke the afore∣said Nuno da Silua by the Islands of Ca∣bo Verde, and carried him along with him thorough the Straightes of Ma∣gellanes, to the Hauen of Guatulco in newe Spaine, where he let him goe a∣gaine.

NVno da Silua borne in Porto, a Citizen and inhabitant of Guaia, saith, that hée departed out of his house in the beginning of Nouem∣ber in the yéere of our Lorde 1577. taking his course to Cabo Verde, or the gréene point, where hée an∣kered with his shippe close by the Hauen of the Island of Saint Iames, one of the Islands of Cabo Verde aforesaid, béeing the nintéenth of Ianuarie in the yéere of our Lorde 1578. and lying there, there came sixe shippes, which seemed to be En∣glish men, whereof the Admirall boorded his shippe, and by force with his men hée tooke him out of his shippe, bringing him in the boat aboord the Admirals shippe, leauing some of his best men aboord his shippe: and although the fortresse of the Island shot foure or fiue times at them, yet they hurt not the English men: who hauing done, se•• saile from thence to the Island of Braua, that is, the wild Island, taking with them the shippe of the saide Nuno da Silua: béeing there, they filled certaine vessels with fresh water, from thence holding their course inwarde to Sea, hauing first with a boat set the men of Nuno da Siluas shippe on lande, onley kéeping Nuno da Silua in his shippe, as also his shippe with the wines that were therein, and Nuno da Silua saith, the cause why they kept him on boorde was, because they knewe him to be a Pilot for the coast of Brasilia, that hée might bring them to such places in those countries as had fresh water.

Béeing put off from the Island of Bra∣ua, they helde their course to the lande of Brasilia, which they descried vpon the first of Aprill, vnder the height of 30. degrées:

and without landing or taking in fresh water, they held on their course to the ri∣uer Rio de la Plata, that is, the riuer of Siluer, lying vnder fiue and thirtie de∣grées, little more or lesse, where they went on lande, and prouided themselues of fresh water. From thence they helde on their course till they came vnder nine and thirtie degrées, where they ankered: and béeing there, they left two of their sixe shippes behinde them, and sailed but foure in companie (that of Nuno da Sil∣ua béeing one) till they came to the Baye called Baya de las Islas, that is, the Baye of the Islands, lying vnder nine and for∣tie degrées, where it is said, that Magel∣lanes lay and wintered there with his Shippe when hée first discouered the Straight, which now holdeth his name. In this Bay being the twentie of Iune, they entred, and there ankered so close to the land, that they might send to it with a Harquebush shot, and there they saw the land to be inhabited with Indians, that were apparelled with skinnes, with their legges from the knées downwarde, and their armes from the elbows downward couered, all the rest of their bodies béeing naked, with bowes and arrowes in their handes, being subtill, great, and well for∣med people, and strong and high of sta∣ture, where sixe of the English men went on land to fetch fresh water, and before they leapt on land, foure of the Indians came vnto their boate, to whome the English men gaue bread and wine: and when the Indians had well eaten and drunke, they departed thence: and go∣ing somwhat farre from them, one of the Indians cryed to them, and saide: Magal∣lanes, Esta heminha Terra, that is, Ma∣gallanes, this is my countrey: and be∣cause the English men followed them, it séemed the Indians fledde-vpward into the lande, and béeing somewhat farre off, they turned backe againe, and with their arrowes slewe two of the English Ship∣pers, one being an English man, the other a Netherlander: the rest came backe a∣gaine and saued themselues in the boate, wherewith they presently put off from the shoare, and there they stayed till the seuentéenth of August, vpon the which day they set saile, running along by the coast about a mile and a halfe from the lande, for there it is all faire and good ground, at twentie, and fiue and twentie fadome déepe, and were about foure or fiue dayes before they came to the mouth or entrie of the Straightes, but because the winde was contrarie, they stayed till the foure and twentie of August before they entred.

The entrie or mouth of the Straight is about a myle broad, on both sides bée∣ing bare and flat land, on the North side they sawe Indians making great fires, but on the South side they saw no people stirring. The foure and twentie day a∣foresaide, they beganne to enter into the straights, with an East Northeast wind. This Straight may be about an hundred and ten miles long, and in breadth a mile about the entry of the Straight, and halfe way into it, it runneth right forth with∣out any windings or turnings: and from thence about eight or ten miles towardes the end, it hath some boughes and win∣dings, among the which, there is one so great a hooke or running in, that it sée∣meth to runne into the other land: and there it is lesse then a mile broad from one lande to the other: and from thence forwarde it runneth straight out againe: And although you finde some crookings, yet they are nothing to speake of. The issue of the Straight lieth westward, and about eight or ten miles before you come to the end, then the Straight beginneth to be broader, and it is all high lande to the end thereof after you are eight miles within the Straight, for the first eight myles after you enter is low flat land, as I saide before: and in the entrie of the Straight you finde the streame to runne from the South sea to the North sea: and after they began to saile in with the East Northeast winde, (being entred) they passed along without any let or hinde∣rance either of wind or weather: and be∣cause the high land on both sides lay coue∣red with snow, and that all the Straight is faire and cleare, they held their course a Harquebush shot in length from off the North side, hauing nine and ten fadome déepe, with good ground, as I said before, where (if neede require) a man may an∣ker: the hilles on both sides béeing full of trées, some of the hilles and trées reach∣ing downe to the sea side, in some places hauing plaine and euen land, and there they saw not any great riue••s, but some small riuers that issued out of the Riffes and Breaches of the lande: and in the

country where the great Bough or croo∣king is, on the South side they saw cer∣taine Indian Fishermen in their Canoas or Scutes, being such as they sawe first on the North side, but more people they saw not on the South side.

Beeing out of the Straight on the o∣ther side, béeing vpon the sixt of Septem∣ber of the aforesaide yeere, they held their course Northwest for the space of thrée dayes, and the third day they had a north∣east winde, that by force draue them West Southwest, which course they helde for the space of ten or twelue dayes with fewe sailes vp: and because the winde began to be verie great, they tooke in all their sailes, and lay driuing till the last of September.

The foure and twentie day of the same moneth hauing lost the sight of their pin∣nace which was about an hundred tunne, then againe they hoised saile because they came better, holding their course North∣east for the space of seuen dayes, and at the end of the said seuen dayes, they had the sight of certaine Islands, which they made towards for to anker, but the wea∣ther would not permit them: and béeing there, the winde fell Northwest, where∣by they sailed West Southwest.

The next day they lost the sight of an∣other of their companie, which ship was about three hundred and sixtie tunnes, for it was very foule weather, so that in the end the Admirals shippe was left alone, for the Ship of Nuno da Silua was left in the Baye where they wintered before they entred into the Straights, and with this foule weather they ranne till they were vnder seuen & fiftie degrees, where they entred into a Hauen of an Island and ankered about the length of the shot of a great peece from the land, at twentie fadome deepe, where they staied thrée or foure dayes, and the winde comming Southward, they hoysed anker, holding their course Northward for the space of two dayes, and then they espied a small vnhabited Island, where béeing arriued, they stroke sayles, and hoised out their boat, and there they tooke many birds and Sea wolues.

The next day they set saile againe, hol∣ding their course North Northeast, and North, to ••nother Island lying fiue or six myles from the firme lande, on the North side of the Straight, where they ankered about a quarter of a mile from the lande, at twelue fadome water. This Island is small and lowe lande, and full of Indians, the Island being altogither built and in∣habited by them, where they hoysed out their boate, wherein the Admirall and twelue English men were entred going to fetch fresh water, and to séeke for victu∣als, and beeing landed vpon the Island, the Indians in exchange of other things, brought two Spanish shéepe, and a little Mais or rootes whereof they make bread, and because it was late, they returned a∣gaine vnto their shippe, without doing any other thing for that day. The next day the said Captaine with the aforesaide twelue men being Harquebushers, row∣ed to land again, and set two of their com∣panie on shore with their vessels to fetch fresh water, and by the place where they should fill their water there lay certaine Indians secretly hidden, that fell vpon the two English men and tooke them: which they in the boat perceiuing, went out to helpe them, but they were so assailed with stones and arrowes, that all or the most part of them were hurt, the Captaine himselfe béeing wounded with an arrowe on the face, and will, another arrowe in the head, whereby they were constrai∣ned to turne backe againe, without once hurting any of the Indians, and yet they came so neare the boate, that they tooke foure of their oares from them. This done, they set saile againe, running along the coast with a South winde, sailing so for the space of sixe miles, passing by the Hauen called Saint Iago, or Saint Iames, where they put into a Hauen, and there they tooke an Indian that lay fishing in a Scute or Canoa, giuing him linnen and Butchers chopping kniues, with other trifles, and not long after there came an other Indian aboord their shippe called Fe∣lippe, and hée spake Spanish, hee gaue the English Captaine notice of a certaine shippe that lay in the Hauen of Saint Iago, which they had left sixe miles be∣hinde them: with that intelligence the Indian béeing their guide, the next day they set Saile and put to the aforesaide Hauen of Saint Iago, and entring there∣in, they tooke the saide Shippe, wherein they found a thousand seuen hundred and 70. Bortigas of Spanish pots full of wine, & other thinges, which hauing done, they leapt on land, where they tooke certaine

sackes with meale, with all what∣soeuer they could find, they tooke likewise the ornaments and other Relickes out of the Church, wherewith they departed from thence, taking the aforesaid shippe, with two menne (that they found in her) with them, and so departed from that Ha∣uen, which lyeth vnder 32 degrées and ½. running along by the coast till they came vnder one and thirtie and thirty degrées: which was the place where they had ap∣pointed to méet, and there to stay for each other, if by tempest or foule weather they chanced to be seperated, and so loose each others company.

And comming vnder thirty degrées, they found a very good Hauen, wherein they entred, and ankered at sixe fadome deepe, the shotte of a great Péece from the Lande, which was right ouer a∣gainst a Riuer, where they tooke in sixe Pipes of fresh water, and to defend them that fetched the water, they set twelue men vpon the Land, and being busied in filling of their water, they espied a compa∣ny of men comming towards them, wher∣of halfe of them were Spaniards, being about two hundred and fifty horsemē, and as many footemen, but they had no sooner espied them, but they presently entered in∣to the Boat, and escaped away, loosing but one man.

The same night they set saile againe with both their Shippes, running along the coast about ten miles further, where they tooke in some fresh water, but be∣cause they perceiued certaine horsemen, they departed without lading any more water.

Frō thence they folowed on their course along the coast for the space of 30. myles, where they entred into a desert or vnha∣bited Hauen, yet they went not on Land, for euery day they sawe people vpon the shore, and there they made out a small pinnace, the péeces whereof they brought readye framed out of England, and hauing prepared it, they launched it in∣to the Water, wherein the Captaine with fiftéene men entred, with the cheefe Boatesman called Ian de Greicke, (being Maister of the shippe which they had ta∣ken in the Hauen of S. Iago,) wherewith they went to sée if they could finde the two Shippes that they had lost by stor∣my weather as I saied before, and like∣wise thinking to goe on Land to fill cer∣taine vessels with fresh Water, they durst not venture, for they sawe people on all side of the shoare, so that in the end they returned againe without hea∣ring of the other Shippes, being there, they tooke all the Ordinaunce out of their Shippe, and newe dressed and rig∣ged her, which done, they put a small péece of Ordinaunce into the Pinnace, wherewith they set saile againe, follow∣ing on their course.

Hauing sayled thirtéene daies, they came to an Island lying about the shot of a Base from the Lande, where they ankered, and there they found foure Indian Fishermen in two Canaos, who tolde them that on the Firme Lande they might haue fresh water, but they vnderstanding that there was not much, and that it was somewhat within the Lande, they would not spend any time about it, but set sayle againe, leauing the Fishermen with their Canaos, fol∣lowing on their course along by the shore.

The next day being somewhat fur∣ther, they espied certaine Indian Fisher∣men that were vpon the Lande in their houses, which the English Captaine perceauing, presently entered into the Pinnace, and rowed on Land, where hee tooke three of the said Fishermen, taking with him halfe of the Fish that lay pac∣ked vpon the shoare ready to bee laden, with the which Indians and booty, they came on boord againe.

The next day following, they sawe a Barke laden with Fish, that belon∣ged to the Spaniards, with foure Indi∣ans in it. This Barke with the Indi∣ans and the Fish, they tooke and bound the Spanish Shippe to their sterne, and so drewe it after them, leauing the said Indians within it, who by night vn∣bound the Barke, and secretly made a∣way with Barke and Fish, and were no more seene. The next day the Cap∣taine went into the Pinnace, and be∣cause hee sawe certaine houses vppon the shoare, hee made thither, and bee∣ing on Lande, hee found two menne in them, whereof one hee tooke, lea∣uing the other behinde, and there hee found thrée thousand Pesoes of siluer, (euery Peso being the value of a Ryall of eight,) and seuen Indian Sheepe, Hennes, and all whatsoeuer they found▪

wherewith they departed from thence, following on their course, and two dayes after they came by the hauen called Azijc∣ka, where they found two shippes, the one laden with goods and Spanish wares, out of the which, they tooke only two hundred Bottigas (or Spanish Pots with Wine) and out of the other seuē and thirty Bha∣ras of siluer, which are péeces of tenne or twelue pound each Bharre, and thinking to leape on shore (with two Barkes that they found in the said Hauen, with about seuen and thirty Harquebushes & bowes) they perceiued on the land certaine horse∣men comming towards them, whervpon they left off their pretence, and tooke with them a Moore that they found within the Barkes, with whome they retourned aboord.

The next day in the morning they burnt the shippe, that was laden with the Spanish wares, and tooke the other with them, passing forward with it on their course, the Captaine sayling along the shore with his Pinnace, and the Shippe keeping about a myle from him to Sea∣ward, to séeke for a shippe whereof they had intelligence, and hauing in that man∣ner sailed about fiue and forty myles, they found the shippe that lay at anker in a ha∣uen, who about two houres before had beene aduertised of an English Pirate or Sea-rouer, and had discharged eight hun∣dred Bharres of siluer out of her, and hid∣den it on the Land, which siluer belonged to the King of Spaine, of the which siluer the Englishmen had receiued some intel∣ligence, but they durst not goe on land, be∣cause there were many Indians and Spa∣niards that stood to guard it, and they found nothing in the ship but thrée Pipes of wa∣ter, the shippe they tooke with them, and being about a mile in the Sea, they hoised vp all her sailes & let her driue, doing the like with the Shippe that they had taken in Azijcka, as also the other of Saint Iago, which likewise they let driue, following on their course with their owne ship, and the Pinnace.

Being seuen or eight myles from the Hauen of Callan de Lyma, they espied thrée Shippes, and boording one of them, they tooke thrée men out of her, and so helde on their course towards Cal∣lan de Lyma, where they entred, being about two or thrée houres within night, sayling in betwéene all the shippes that lay there, being seuentéene in number, and being among the ships, they asked for the ship that had laden the siluer, but whē answere was made them, that the siluer was laid on land, they cut the cables of the ships, and the masts of two of the greatest ships, and so left them. At the same time there arriued a Shippe from Panama laden with wares and Marchaundise of Spaigne, that ankered close by the En∣glish Ship, which was while the English Captaine sought in the other Shippes for the siluer. As soone as the shippe of Pana∣ma had ankered, there came a Boat from the shoare to search it, but because it was in the night, they let it alone till morning, and comming to the English shippe, they asked what shippe it was, wherevpon one of the Spanish prisoners (by the En∣glish Captaines commandement) answe∣red and said it was the shippe of Michiel Angelo, that came from Chile, which they of the boat hearing, sent a man on boord, who climbing vp, light vpon one of the great Péeces, wherewith hee was a∣fraid, and presently stept backe againe in∣to the boate (because the Shippes that lay there, and that sayled in those Countries, vsed to carry no great shotte) and there∣with they were abashed, and made from it, which the shippe of Panama hearing, that was newely come in, shee iudged it to bée a Rouer, and therewith cutting her Cables, shée put to Sea, which the Englishmen perceiuing, shipped certaine men in their Pinnace, and followed her: and being hard by her, they baddde her strike, which they of the shippe refused to doe, and with a Harquebush shotte, killed one of the Englishmen, where∣with they turned againe into their shippe and presently set sayle, following after the shippe, which not long after they o∣uertooke: which they of the Shippe per∣ceiuing, hoised out their Boate, and lea∣ping into it, rowed to Land, leauing the shippe with all the goods, which the En∣glishmen presentlie tooke, and with her sayled on their course.

The next day they sawe a boat with sayles making towards them, where∣by they presentlie mistrusted it to bee a Spye, and not long after they percea∣ued two great shippes comming towards them, which made the English thinke they came to fight with them, where∣vpon they let the Shippe of Panama

driue, therein leauing Iohn de Greicke. With the two that they had taken the same day, they entred into Callan de Ly∣ma, as I said before, and presently hoised all their sailes, and sailed forward, not once setting eye againe vpon the afore∣said shippes, for they made towards the shippe of Panama, which the Englishmen let driue. From thence they sayled a∣gaine along the coast, following on their course, and hauing sailed certaine dayes, they met a Frigate that went towards Lyma, laden with wares and Marchandi∣ses of the Countrey, from whence the Englishmen tooke a Lampe and a Foun∣taine of siluer, and asked the Pilote being a Spaniard, if they met not with a Shippe, that they vnderstoode should bee laden with siluer, but the one Pilote said he met her not, and the other said hee sawe her about thrée dayes before. This Frigate came not to the shippe, but to the Pinnace, wherein the Captaine say∣led, for the Pinnace ranne close by the shoare, and the shippe kept a myle and a halfe from the Lande, wherewith they let the Frigate goe, following on their course.

Two dayes after they came to the Hauen called Payta, where they found a Shippe laden with Spanish wares, which the Pinnace boorded, and tooke it without any resistance▪ for as soone as the Spaniards perceaued the English∣men, they presently made to Land with their Boat, and two of them leapt into the Sea, none staying in the shippe, but the Maister, Pilote, and some Moores, out of the which shippe the Englishmen tooke the Pilote, and all the Bread, Hens, and a Hogge, and so sayled forward with the Shippe: but being about two Harquebush shotte to Seaward, they let it goe againe, not taking any thing out of it, and asking after the shippe which they sought for, they told them that about two daies before shee departed from that place, wherewith they followed on their course, and before night they met with a Shippe of Panama, which they pre∣sently boorded, but tooke nothing from her but onely a Moore, and so left it, holding on their course.

The next day being the first of Fe∣bruary, they met another Shippe that sayled to Panama, laden with Fish and other victuals, & fortie Bharres of siluer, and some golde, but I knowe not howe much, which they tooke, and sent the pas∣sengers (with two Friers that were in her) in a boat to Land. The next day they hanged a man of the Shippe, because hee would not confesse two plates of golde that hée had taken, which after they found about him, which done, they let the Shippe driue, following on their course.

The first of March towards noone, they espied the shippe laden with the siluer, bée∣ing about foure myles to Seaward from them, and because the English Shippe was somewhat heauy before, whereby it sayled not as they would haue it, they tooke a company of Bottigas or Spanish Pots for Oyle, and filling them with wa∣ter, hung them by ropes at the sterne of the Shippe to make her sayle the better, and the shippe that sayled towards Pana∣ma, made towards the English Shippe to knowe what she was, thinking it to bee one of the shippes that vsed to saile along the coasts, and to tra••ficke in the country, and being hard by her, the English Cap∣taine bad them strike, but the other refu∣sing to doe it, with a great Peece hee shot her mast ouer boord, and hauing wounded the maister with an arrowe, the shippe presently yéelded, which they tooke, and sayled with her further into the Sea, all that night and the next day, and night ma∣king all the way they could. The third day being out of sight of lande, they began to search the shippes, and to lade the goods out of her into their Shippe, which was a thousand thrée hundred Bharres or pee∣ces of siluer, and foureteene chests with Ryals of eight, and with golde, but what quantity it was I knowe not, onely that the passengers said that there was great store, and that thrée hundred Bharres of the siluer belonged to the King, the rest belonging to certaine Marchaunts, that done, they let the Shippe with the men sayle on their course, putting the thrée Pi∣lotes in her that they brought with them▪ so that as then they had none but their owne men aboord, being the sixt of March, and from thence they helde their course towards the Lande of Ni∣caraga.

The thirtéenth of March, either the day before or after, in the morning they de∣scried Land, not being very high, beeing a small Island two miles from the Firme

land, and there they found a small Baye, wherein they ankered at fiue fadome déep close by the Lande, and there they stayed till the second day. Vpon the which day there passed a Frigate close by the I∣sland, which with their Pinnace they fol∣lowed, and taking her, brought her to the English Shippe, which Frigate was laden with Salsaperilla, or Pocke-root, and Bottigas or Pots with Butter and Hon∣ny, and with other things. The English Captaine went on boord, and cast the Sal∣saperilla on the Lande, leauing all the rest of the wares in the Frigate, and then hee put all his Péeces into the Frigate, that so he might lay his shippe on shore, to new calke and trim her, which continued till the thrée and twenty or foure and twenty of March, which done, and hauing made prouision of wood & fresh water, they helde on their course along by the coast, sayling Westward, taking the said Frigate and her menne with them, and hauing sayled two daies, they tooke their men out of her, and set them in the Pinnace, among the which were two Saylers, that meant to sayle to Panama, and from thence to Chi∣na, whereof one they tooke with the Let∣ters and Sea-cardes that hee had about him, among the which were the Let∣ters of the King of Spaine, sent to the Go∣uernour of China, as also the Sea-cardes wherewith they should make their voy∣age, and direct themselues in their course.

And so sailing on till the sixt of Aprill, about euening they discouered a ship that held two miles to seaward from the land, and before the next day in the morning, they were hard by her, and sodainely fell vpon her while her men slept, & presentlie made the mē enter into their ship, among the which was one Don Francisco Caratte, which done, they followed on their course with the said ship, out of the which they tooke certaine packes and other wares, but I know not what it was. They like∣wise tooke a Moore out of it, and thrée dayes after they both let the Shippe and menne goe whether they would, setting therein the two Saylers that should goe for China, which they had taken in the Frigate, kéeping onely one saylor to shew them where they should find fresh water, to the which end they tooke the empty ves∣sels with them to fill with water, and so kept on their course to the hauen of Gua∣tulco, where they put in, being vpon mun∣day the thirtéenth of Aprill, and hauing ankered, they stayed there till the sixe and twenty of Aprill, and being about thrée or foure houres in the night, they set saile, holding their course Westward, and an houre or two before they let Nuno da Sil∣ua goe, putting him into another shippe, that lay in the Hauen of Guatulco. From thence forward the Englishmen passed on their voyage, to the Islands of Malu∣cos, and from thence they passed by the Cape De Bona Esperanza, and so to En∣gland, as it is well knowne, so that this is only the description of the voyage that they made, while the said Pilote Nuna da Silua was with them.

Hereafter followeth the Coppy of a Letter written by Sir Francis Drake (bee∣ing in the South Sea of newe Spaigne, in his shippe called the golden Hart, with the shippe of S. Iohn de Anton, which hee had taken) to his companions in the other shippes that were of his company, and by foule weather seperated from him, as I saied before, The Contents whereof were these:

Maister Wouter, if it pleaseth Godthat you should chance to méete with this shippe of S. Iohn de Anton, I pray you vse him well, according to my word and pro∣mise giuen vnto them, and if you want a∣ny thing that is in this Shippe of S. Iohn de Anton, I pray you pay them double the value for it, which I wil satisfie again, and command your men not to doe her a∣ny hurt: and what composition or agrée∣ment wée haue made, at my returne into England I will by Gods helpe performe, although I am in doubt that this Letter will neuer come to your hands, notwith∣standing, I am the man I haue promised to bee: Beséeching God, the Saui∣our of all the world, to haue vs in his kéeping, to whome onely I giue all honour, praise and glory. This I haue written, is not onely to you Maister Wouter, but also to Maister Thomas, Maister Charles, Maister Caube, and Maister Anthonie, with all our other good friendes, whome I com∣mit to the tuition of him that with his bloud redéemed vs, and am in good hope, that wee shall bee in no more trouble, but that hee will helpe vs in aduersitie, desiring you for the Passi∣on of Christ, that if you fall into

any danger, that you will not despaire of Gods mercy, for hee will defend you and preserue you from all daunger, and bring vs to our desired Hauen, to whom bee all honor, glory, and praise for euer and euer.Amen.

Your sorrowfull captain, whose heart is heauy for you. Francis Drake.

An aduertisement to the Reader.

ALthough at the first it was my on∣ly intent to set downe the voyages and courses of the oriental coasts, Islands, and countries of the East parts, with some other Nauigations, of the places ther∣abouts, with the situations thereof, as I haue already declared: notwithstanding, for that among other my Record, I haue found the Nauigations of all the Hauens, Riuers, and Points of the coast of Brasilia, and the voi∣ages of the Portingales vnto the same, toge∣ther with the courses, stretchings, and situa∣tions of the Antillas or fore Islands of new Spaigne, together with all the channels that runne betweene them, and the Hauens, as well of the aforesaid Islands as of the Firme Land of new Spaigne, and likewise of the o∣ther side of the coast of Angola or Aethio∣pia, I thought it not vnconuenient to set them downe in this place, although it bee much different, and from the matter taken in hand. Touching the orientall parts, ne∣uerthelesse, because it is vnknowne to our countrimen, as also commonly sailed by the Portingales and Spaniards, whose voyages and trauels I haue herein onely set downe, it will not bee out of the matter, but rather very necessary to be ioyned therevnto, and as I thinke will bee wel accepted, and estee∣med off, insomuch, as that at this time, our countrey men doe vse to Trafficke and tra∣uell into those countries, hoping it will bee an occasion of further increasing and aug∣menting of their trauels, to the honour, praise, and glory of the Gospell of Christ, and all Christian Princes, and to the enti∣ching and welfare of the Low countries.

Notes

• 1579.
• 1577
• 1578