The Island of Diego Rodrigue, or Diego Rois, and the Islands Primieras, Angoxos, or Angoises, and Veiques.
THe Islands of Diego Rois, and according to the Portuguese, Diego Rodrigue, or Rodrigo, lieth in the Altitude of twenty Degrees, two and twenty Miles from Madagascar in the East, and not inhabited.
The Islands in Portuguese call'd Ilhas Primieras, that is, The first Islands, lie over against the Coast of Sofale, in sixteen Degrees South-Latitude; and the Islands of Angozas, to the number of four, hard by the Coast of Mozambique.
Beyond the Cape of St. Sebastian, on the Coast of Sofale, towards the North, in four and twenty Degrees South-Latitude, appear several Isles, some bigger, some less, but all call'd Veiques, nine Miles from the Continent, and eight, ten, and twelve Miles distant from each other.
These yield Rice, Mille, and a great many Cattel. The Sea-shore offers Ambergreece, which the Moors carry to sell to other Places; and likewise great and small Pearls, which the ignorance of the finders spoil with boyling.
The Inhabitants drive a Trade with those of the Main Land, and are all Mahumetans.