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A00689	A briefe description of the portes, creekes, bayes, and hauens, of the Weast India: translated out of the Castlin tongue by I.F. The originall whereof was directed to the mightie Prince Don Charles, King of Castile, &c.; Suma de geographia que trata de todas las particlas & provinces del mundo: en especial de las Indias. English	Enciso, Martin Fernández de, d. 1525.; Frampton, John, fl. 1577-1596.	1578 (1578)	STC 10823; ESTC S105589	23,212	34

some doe carrie a thing like to a fonnell of golde wherein they put their members The Women goe all couered from the wast downewarde with wast coates of cotten woll and weare rings put through their eares and many other things and cheynes of gold There hathe bin found amongst the Indians much golde although that muche of it is course and in valewe of tenne and twelue kuyllats and lesse and they call this Giamin In the South part of this countrey is found golde in the Riuers and as it hath not bin much sought till now it hath not bin knowen I haue seene a graine gathered in a Riuer whiche wayed seauen Ducates From Nombre de Dios to Veragua are fiue and thirtie leagues Veragua is towardes the Weast in tenne degrees And neere to Nombre de Dios is Port Bello which is a good Port. It hathe at the entrie of it a little Ilande and in the middest another The Countrey of this coast is full of sharpe Mountaynes and barren From Veragua the coast turneth North to the cape of Gracias Adios threescore leagues The cape of Gracias Adios standeth in foureteene degrees And neere to Veragua is the Furmia and after Corobora and after that certayne Ilandes compassed aboute with sholdes and from the cape of Gracias Adios the coast turneth Weast ▪ to the cape of Caxines where is an Ilande and is thirtie leagues distante And from the cape of Caxines the coast turneth towards the North threescore and fifteene leagues vnto the cape de Lagar and all these threescore and fifteene leagues be sholdes and entreth into the Sea towardes the East threescore leagues and from this cape to the cape of the Iland of Cuba are one hundred and twenty leagues The cape of Cuba lieth North. From the cape of Lagar vnto the cape of Fondura are fiue and thirtie leagues The coast lieth West The cape of Lagar and that of Fondura standeth in .xvj. degrees and being past the cape of Fondura is a Gulfe that entreth .xv. leagues within the lande and in the entrie it hath .xviij. leagues of length and farther in xxv From this cape to the bay of S. Thome are .lx. leagues and the coast lieth Weast And neere to the bay entreth one end of the lād into the sea .xx. leagues towards the Northweast and at the end of the land is the entrie of the baye of S. Thome and the bay doth returne vpon the cape Southeast .xlv. leagues and carieth in length and breadth .xv. leagues And at the entrie in of this gulfe towards the Weast appeareth another little roūd gulfe full of small Ilands From the mouth of this gulfe to the Port of the Figueras are .xxx. leagues The coast lieth Northweast and it is all sholdes The entrie of the Gulfe of S. Thome standeth in .xix. degrees and halfe It entreth in at the East part for by the Weast part it is all sholdes The cape of the Figueras standeth in .xxj. degrees and from this place the discouerers returned and past no farther they found in this Coūtrey trees of oke with acornes like to oures and many birdes different from those of this Countrey and hennes as greate as Geese and they found tokens shewes of much golde for they found great peeces of golde in the power of Indians And now I do returne to the Gulfe of S Michael to the coast of the other side towards the South The Gulfe of S. Michael lieth Northeast Southweast with that of Vraba there are .xxv. leagues of land betweene the one and the other That of S. Michael is towards the Southweast it hath at the entrie in .x. leagues of length .xxv. And towards the Southweast lieth the Ilande of Perles There is from the Gulfe to the Ilande tenne leagues This Ilād is plentiful of vittaile There is in it many birds so many conyes that they enter into the houses to breede And round about it on euery side is much fishing of great Pearles and very fyne I sawe one of the fashion of a little peare the best and greatest that I haue seene The entrie of the Gulfe of Saint Michaell standeth in sixe degrees From the entrie of the Gulfe of Saint Michaell the coast lieth West seauen leagues vnto the Cacike Tamao The coast lyeth .xxviij. leagues toward the Northweast and by Weast to the Riuer of Tubanama This Riuer of Tubanama hath at the entrie an Ilande in triangle whiche causeth him to haue two mouthes it is a good Riuer and a good Countrey well inhabited and of much vittayle and great fishing there is in it much golde In this coast the Sea doth ebbe and flowe much From this Riuer to Panama are twenty leagues and the coast lieth Weast and there is in the middest the Riuer called Chapanere and the Riuer Pacora whiche are in a good countrey and where as is gold and the people are good Panama hath an Iland towards the Sea neere the land Frō Panama to the cape of Chiru are .xx. leagues and the coast lyeth Weast and by South there is in the middest Perequete and Tabora From Chiru towards the West appeareth a gulfe oblique in the middest whereof dwelleth the Cacike Paris an Indian Gentleman of greate power and the richest in that coast and there remayneth in the myddest Nathan and Estora which are good townes All this coast frō the Gulfe of Saint Michaell to Chiru and Paris be from sixe to seauen degrees The countrey is playne and good and of much vittayle of all sortes and in all that countrey is muche golde From Paris lyeth a poynt of the land into the Sea twētie leagues and being past the poynt the coast turneth to the Northeast vntill it come hard to the cape of Gracias a Dios and all the Countrey is frutefull and a rich Countrey of gold whereas are many good townes In this Countrey they doe compasse about the townes with timber for feare of Tygres and Lions that they come not by night into the houses From the Gulfe of Vraba Saint Michaell to the end of the cape of Gracias Adies are two hundred leagues and all this Countrey hathe not in breadth more than thirtie and where it is most fourtie leagues and all are good people and riche and a fruyteful coūtrey There they vse no bowes nor hearbe of poyson but Launces and Dartes And there are in this Sea towardes the Southe many Ilandes where is as muche golde and Pearles as the Indians doe say And they say that there is a countrey where the people that doe inhabite it haue bookes and do wryte and reade as we doe Now seyng that we haue spoken of that part that is from the Ilande of Fierro towardes the Weast and Northweast lette vs speake of one peece of lande whiche is in this seconde parte towardes the North whiche lande is called the lande of Labrador This lande of Labrador standeth in .lvij. degrees it standeth Northweast from Calizia and East and Weast with Scotlande This lande of Labrador hath towardes the Weast parte of it the countrey of Bacallaos whiche is a countrie of muche fishyng and a great countrey and the Bocallaos standeth Weast from Galizia and parte of them Weast and by Northe and this countrey hath many portes and good Muche of the countrey is inhabited and there are many Ilandes before it all inhabited They say there is in it greate quantitie of Furres and very fine The lande of Labrador is towards the North from the Acores There is from the Acores to the lande of Labrador three hundreth leagues and from Galizia to the lande Labrador three hundreth and fiftie And there is from Galizia to the lande of Cauallaos fiue hundreth and thirtie leagues The lande of Cauallaos standeth in fourtie nine and in fiftie degrees FINIS The cape of saynt Austin The riuer of saynt Francis. The Bay. Saynt Thome Cold Cape Saynt Sebastian Marauon The Sea of freshe vvater Paria The Trinitie The Ilande of Mayo ●andes Canibal● Saynt Iohn The Iland called Espanalo Higuei Saynt Domingo The manners of the Ilande called Espanola Cuba Cape de Crus Small Ilandes Iamayca Paria Margarita pearles Cana fistola Coquibacoa Veneciuela Cape Dela vela Tucuraca Sancta Marta Appels of poyson Yaharo Moūtayns vvith Snovve Garia Ilandes of Sandes The portes of Carta gena Iperboton ▪ Cara●●●● Cenu An earth of golde Canibals The Gulfe of Vraba Lyons Tygres Lizards Yaguanas A greate Riuer The Gulfe of S. Michaell Careta Nombre de Dios. Pocurosa Veragua The cape of Gracias Adios Sholde● The cape Lagar The bay of S. Thome The cape of the Figueras The Gulfe ▪ of Saint Michaell An Ilande of Pearles Tamao Tubunama Panama Pacora Chiru Paris