arriued at the East Indies especially the English seated commodiously for that discouerie and to reigne ouer the Northerne and Westerne Ocean haue herein beene more then industrious Doctor Powell in his historie of Wales saith that Madoc sonne of Owen Guyneth left the Land in contention betwixt his brethren and prepared certaine ships with men and munition and sought aduentures by Sea sayling West and leauing the Coast of Ireland so farre North that hee came vnto a Land vnknowne where he saw many strange things There hee left many of his people An. 1170. and returned for more of his owne Nation and Friends to inhabite that large Countrie going the second time thither with ten sailes This westerne Land is like to be some part of the West Indies though the vniuersall sauagenes of those parts make it questionable where But he which seeth how some of our English in small time haue growne wilde in Ireland and become in language and qualities Irish few of whom doe in exchange become ciuilized and English euen as healthfull men are easier infected in a contagious aire then sicke men recouered in that which is wholsome and sound will not wonder that in so many Ages the halfe ciuilized Welsh amongst Barbarians without succession of Priests and entercourse of these parts might wholly put on feritie Meredith ap Rise a Welsh Poet which liued before Columbus had begun his discouerie hath these verses Madoc wyf myedic wedd Iawn Genau Owyn Guynedd Ni finnum dir fy enaid oedd Na da Mawr ond y moroedd that is Madoc I am the sonne of Owen Gwynedd With stature large and comely grace adorned No lands at home nor store of wealth me please My mind was whole to search the Ocean seas Columbus also sent his brother Bartholomew to King Henrie the seuenth to make offer of his seruice in the New-Worlds discouerie which fell by the way into the hands of Pirats whereupon pouertie assaulted him with sicknesse in a forraine Countrie so that hee was forced to get somewhat about him by making of Maps one whereof had this more ancient then elegant inscription Ianua cui patria est nomen cui Bartholomaeus Columbus de Terra Rubra opus edidit istud Londonijs An. Domini 1480. atque insuper anno Octauo decimaque die cum tertia mensis Februarij Laudes Christo cantentur abundè Whose Countrie Genua is whose name Bartholomew Colon de Terra Rubra this worke set forth new At London A thousand foure hundred eightie Februarie thirteenth sing praise to Christ on height One of these Maps hee presented to King Henrie with the said offer who cheerfully accepted the same and sent to call his brother into England who before he could effect it was imployed by the Kings of Castile Columbus his fortunes awakned others industrie amongst the rest Iohn Cabota a Venetian and his three sonnes Lewis Sebastian and Sancius who obtayned a Patent of King Henrie the seuenth for discouerie with fiue ships with English Masters Mariners and Colours also the same to erect in whatsoeuer Lands vnknowne before to Christians to hold the same to them and their Heires as Vassals and Lieutenants to the Crowne of England paying the fifth part of their gaine at Bristoll c. In the yeere 1497. Iohn Cabot a Venetian and Sebastian his sonne these are the wordes of the great Map in his Maiesties priuie Gallerie of which Sebastian Cabot is often therein called the Authour and his Picture is therein drawne with this Title Effigies Sebast. Caboti Angli filij Io. Ca. Venetiani Militis Aurati c. discouered that Land which no man before had attempted Iun. 24. about fiue in the morning This Land he called Prima vista primum visam or first seene because that was first descried from Sea That Iland which lyeth out before the land he called Saint Iohns Iland because on that feast day it was discouered The Inhabitants weare beasts skins and as much esteeme them as we doe garments most precious In their warres they vse Bowes Arrowes Pikes Darts Clubs of wood and Slings The soile is barren in some places and yeeldeth little fruit but it is full of white Beares and Stags of vnusuall greatnesse It aboundeth with Fishes and those great as Seales and Salmons Soles also an elle long Especially there is great store of those fishes which they call commonly Bacallaos There breede also Hawkes as blacke as Rauens Partridges and blacke Eagles Thus wee see New-found Land discouered by English Ships Mariners and iurisdiction Sir Sebastian Cabot for his English breeding conditions affection and aduancement termed an English man thus reported of this voyage That vpon occasion of the admiration of Columbus his voyage into the East where Spices grew by the West so rife then in the Court of King Henrie the seuenth there arose in his heart a great desire to attempt some notable thing And vnderstanding by the Sphere saith he that if I should saile by the North-west I should by a shorter Tract come into India I thereupon caused the King to be aduertised of my deuise who immediately commanded two Caruels to bee furnished with all things appertayning to the Voyage which was as farre as I remember in the yeere 1496. in the beginning of Summer I beganne therefore to saile toward the North-west not thinking to find any other Land then that of Cathay and from thence to turne toward India But after certaine dayes I found that the Land turned toward the North which was to me a great displeasure Neuerthelesse sayling along by the Coast to see if I could finde any Gulfe that turned I found the Land still continent to the 56. degree vnder our Pole And seeing that there the Coast turned toward the East despayring to finde the passage I turned backe againe and sayled downe by the Coast of that Land toward the Equinoctiall euer with intent to finde the said passage to India and came to that part of this firme land which is now called Florida where my victuals fayling I returned towards England the tumults and preparations of warres against Scotland caused that then no more consideration was had to this voyage Whereupon I went into Spaine c. By the King and Queene there he was set forth and discouered the Riuer of Plate and sayled into it more then sixe score leagues After this he made many other voyages c. Sir Seb. Cabot was after by King Edward the sixt constituted grand Pilot of England with the annuall stipend of one hundred and sixtie six pounds thirteene shillings and foure pence and was Author of the Russian and North-easterne discoueries Fabian in his Chronicle A. R. Hen. 7.14 hath this testimonie This yeere also were brought vnto the King three men taken in the New-found Land in William Purchas time being Major These were clothed in beasts skins and did eate raw flesh and spake such speech that none could vnderstand them and in their
and husbandry Building of the Cities No Artillerie Large streets Archers Loutea Chian al. Chaen Ponchiassi Anchiassi al. Hexasi Tuzi Taissu Prisons and sentencing offenders Louteas Commencement or Act. Their Maiesty Manner of eating We that is the Italians and Spaniards Shooting Idolatry Deuill mosâ— respected So did the Roman Auguries Sodomie frequent New and full Moones Birth-dayes New yeares day Iustiâ—e The Italians call it the strapado Hard Prisons Beating with Canes Examinations Oathes Patient hearing Seuere Iustice Lawes A Pillorie board Execution Strength of the Prisons Store of Prisoners Course for Debters Fuquico Parai Another Venice Tower stâ—ndâ—ng on â—orâ—ie Pillâ—rs each of one stone Name of China Tamen the proper name of China Ta signifies Great Magines is neere Polos name of Mangi Great Mangines Tables reuerenced Their enemies Store of riuers Plentie of fish and their keeping of them He speaketh of Fuqien-shire Quianci where Porcelane is made Alijs Chenchi Great Riuer and store of Boates. Bridge â—f 112. Barges 3000. Barges Parai Barges with faire roomes Moores That is their Temples It seemeth they came vp the riuer from the Caspian sea Ali. Auoinâ— Tartars Monte Vsont Mogorâ—â— Bremes Southward from Chenchi to the Sea Anoins Chenchi No Lords but of the bloud royall Fishing with Cormorants they tye their gorges that they swallow not their prey One hath practised this in London Seb. Cabota See the particulars in Master Hackluyts printed Voyages Tom. 1. The first Voyage * This discourse was found written in the Speranza which wintered a Arzina where all the Companie were frozen to death Rost Ilands Stanfew harbour Lofoot August Seynam in 70. degrees The Edward lost or rather theâ—e two lost and the Edward found and entred the Bay of Saint Nicolas Wâ—lloughby his Land in 72. degrees September In this Hauen they died * Or Ellons Heere endeth Sir Hugh Willoughby his note which was written with his owne hand Duina Note Vologda Ieraslaue Mosco The Castle Hee commeth before the Duke Dineth with the Duke Golden Vessel Shiuer of Bread Crowne changed Dukes forces Armour and rich attyre Extreames Vndisciplined Souldiers Hardinesse Knights Fee Duke heire Generall No wages Centlemen Suits tryals No Lawyer Combat-triall Bondage Punishments for Crimes Beating Miserable poore Superstition Images and Pictures Mother tongue Seruice Prayers Creed Commandements Sacraments Candles Foure Lents Chiefe Saints Vices Abbies I haue this booke of Clement Adams in Latine written in a very elegant hand and eloquent stile to King Philip as I thinke the very originall They arriue in the Bay of Saint Nicholas The Discouerie of Russia Messenger sent to the Emperour The Emperorâ— courteous letters to Master Chancelor Riphean hils a tale of Antiquitie Rossomakka a strange beast The sharpnes of the winter in Moscouie * The rest of M Adams contayning a description of the Country c. is here omitted Iuan Vasiliuich that is to say Iohn the Sonne of Bosilius d That is come into our presence * Hee made three others after one as Embassadour from Queene Elizabeth to the Muscouite Iune Heilick Ilands in 66. degrees 40. minutes Rost Ilands Malestrand a strange whirle poole Zenam Iland Kettlewike Iland Inger sound The North Cape Ward-housâ— Cattell fed with fish The Monasterie of Pechinchow Arzina reca the Riuer where Sir Hugh Willoughby was frozen The Lappianâ— couered all sauing their eies The current at Cape Gâ—ace The entring of the Bay of Saint Nicolas iâ— seuen lâ—agues broad at the least August Pinego Riuer The Towne of Yemps Vstiug The description of their Nassades Good counsell for Trauellers December Emperour of Casan Multitude of Guests Rich seruice Twelf-tide Mosco Riuer hallowed Riuer of holy water for horse and man Citie of Mosco The Countrie The Metropolitan Meats and drinkes Drunkennesse Saddlers Russe apparell The hallowing of the Riuer of Mosco The Russes Lent Palme-sunday Procession The Emperor leadeâ—h the Metropolitans Horse in Procession Kissing vsed in the Greeke Church Monasteries and Monkes Images Miracles Drinkes and Vessels The Hospitalitie of their Monasteries Monke Merchants Dyet and Apparell Want of Preachers cause of great ignorance and Idolatrie Sinnes of Superstition Priests Sacraments All their seruice is in their Mother tongue Baptisme Of their Matrimonie The women of Russia paint their faces Of their Buriall Bread made of straw The vnmercifulnesse of the Russes toward the poore Stoues or Baths vsuall with the Moscouites Diuers sorts of Russian Drinkes reported by Thomas Bulley Mosco in 55. deâ—grees 10 minutes Occa. Rezâ—n Cassim Morom Nyse Nouogrod Honey and Waxe Vasiliagorod Swyasko Cazan stands in 55 degrees 33. minutes The Iland of Mâ—rchants The Riuer of Cama Vachen Mangat or Nagay Tartars Hords The Crimme Tartars The Riuer oâ— Samar Licoris in great plentie Perouolog Don or Tanais Astracan Store of Sturgeons flyesâ— Miserable Famine They enter into the Caspian Sea Volga The Blue Sea Baughleâ—ta being 74. â—eagues from Volga Iaic Riuer Serachickâ— The Countrey of Colmack The Port of Manguslaue They goe on land The Countrey or Manguslaue It stands in 45. Twentie dayes tâ—â—uell in the Wildernesse wiâ—h scarsitie of water Another Gulfe of the Caspian Sea Will. de Rubricis describeth this Riuer of Ardok cap. 4. Sellizure or Shayzure Letters of safe conduct Vrgence in 42. degr 18. min. The Countrey of Turkeman The Riuer of Ardock falleth into the Lake of Kitay The Castle of Kait Diuination by sorcerie Fight with theeues Hand-guns very profitable A holy man Bussarmans or Musâ—â—mans Caphaâ— Fidelitie of an Infidel The riuer of Oxus A wildernesse of land Boghar a Citie of Bactria in 39 degrees 10. minutes A strange Worme in mens legâ— These are of the Ieseâ—as Tartars The Coyne of Boghar A very Tartâ—r The Kings iustice Merchandise of India Merchandise of Persia. Merchandise of Russia Merchandise of Cathay Wares Taskent and Caskar Carauan destroyed He returneth the eight of March 1559. Samarcand Vrgence The King of Balke or Balgh The Caspian sea Woodden anchor Dangerous tempest and vse of the Compasse Yaik The English flag in the Caspian sea the Country 〈…〉 46 deg A notable description of the Caspian sea Astracan in 47. deg 9. minuts Cazan is in 55. deg 33. min. His arriuall at Mosco the second of September See more certaintie in Goes Memoriall of Sir H. Willoughbie * The other voyages are in Master Hakluyâ— this I haue for Tartaria and the Caspian sea brought hither Saint Nicholas Colmogâ—â— Vstyoâ—g Yeraslaue Niznouogrod Cazan Great store of Liquoris Sodom Strange iudgement Perauolok Tsaritsna Ice at Astracan for foure moneth An Eclipse The variation of the Compasse in Astracan was 13. degrees 40. min. Gilan Vchoog Shallow water Flats Chetera Bougori The Caspian Sea 45. deg 20. minutes The first obseruation in the Caspiâ—n Sea Brackish water farre within the Sea 43. degrees 15. minutes 41. degrees 32. minutes 40. degrees 54. minutes Bilbill Bachu Poâ—â— The receiuing of the English into Derbent The latitude of Bildih 40. deg 25. min.
of a Biscay ship The fourth and fifth Whales killed The sixt whale killed Three hundred Morses Biscainers enuie The seuenth Whale killed The eight Whale killed The ninth and tenth Whales killed The eleuenth twelfth and thirteenth Whales killed Ascension day Greenland attayned in eighteene dayes A ship of Saint Iohn de Luz Eight Spaniards on the coast The Generall was Captaine Beniamin Ioseph after slaine in fight with a Carrike Dutch ship No night the 23. of May. Diuers strangers Lat. 78. deg 24. minut Ship of Biscay Snowe Greene harbour Low sound His Maiesties Armes and a Crosse set vp at Low-nesse Snowe Thomas Bonner English man Master and Pilot. 76. deg 55. min. declination 67. deg 30. min. Variation 12. deg 14. min. Abundance of Ice An Iland in 72 degrees on the Coast of Groinland Three and twentie whales killed A man slaine Latitude 78. deg 7. min. Note A South South west Moone maketh a full Sea here A Biscayn ship of 700. tuns Many rockes full of Fowle Lisets Ilands Eighteene Whales killed Three Whales killed by the English Eight thirtie Whales killed August 1. Latitude 77. degrees 40. minutes Variation 13. degrees 11. minutes Latitude 79. degrees 14. minutes This was Maâ— Cudners ship of London Latitude 79. degrees 8. minutes Sunnes refraction Note M. Cudner of London William Gourdon Variation 1. degree 5. min. Rost Ilands or Rosten 68. dâ—g no min. Thâ— variâ—tion 4 degrees 8. minutes East Variation 5. dâ—g 3. minutes East The lying of the land about Scoutsnesse We went forth to Sea We met with Ice in 75. deg 10. minutes Eleuen Sayles fast in the Ice M. Th. Sherwin Iune We goe cleere off the Ice Wee met with the Mary An-Sarah We came to the Fore land We proceeded to the Northwards Maudlen Sound Hackluyts Head-land We anchoreâ— in Maudlen Sound I went forth in a shallop We set sayle out of Maudlen Sound and followed the Ice Prince Charles Iland in 78. degrees 40. minutes Wee stood againe for shoare Eleuen Holland ships We anchored in Sir T. Smiths Bay We went forth of Sir T. Smiths Bay We were driuen backe againe into Crosse-road We set sayle out of Crosse-road One shallop to the Northward The other into Maudlen Sound The Kings Armes set vp in Trinitie Harbour Trinitie Harbor is vnder the parallel of 79. degrees 34. minutes We came to an anchor in Faire Hauen No Whales were yet come in The shallop returned from the Northwards Cape Barrèn Saddle Iland A Storme Iulie The Whales began now to come in Two Whales escaped We came forth of Faire hauen We met with Ice and stood to the Northwards Our Shallop came to vs. We returned towards Faire hauen We intended to discouer in Shallops I went forth in the one Shallop Master Baffin came to me in the other Shallop Red-beach Wee hailed our Shallop vpon the Ice We returned to our Shallop We were vnder saile and came to an anchor againe We killed a Whale August We went to the Northwards with our Shallops We got to the shoare of Red Beach with out Shallops We walked ouer Red-beach The Kings armes are set vp at Wiches Sound We passed ouer Wiches Sound We found Beach Finâ— We met with the Hartsease Shallop Note The end of Sir Thomas Smiths Inlet discouered We returned towards our Ship A storme began when we were amongst Ice We get forth of the Ice We came aboord our ship The Holland Discouerers go homewards Our Ship went forth to Sea We met with Ice eight leagues from the Shore We plyed off and on the Ice two dayes Wee anchored againe in the North Harbor I went to the Eastwards in a shallop Ice was newly frozen in Red-cliffe Sound I intended to go once to Point Desire A great snow began I could not passe for Ice The originall cause of Ice at Sea I went backe againe to Red-beach I returned towards our ship Point Welcome The Kings Armes are set vp againe at Point Welcome I went into Red cliffe Sound Point Deceit I came aboord our ship A Whale lay sunken fourteene dayes The Hartseasâ— anchored by vs. Warme weather in the end of August We set sayle to the Eastward The Thomasinâ— returnes for England We stood to the westwards Wee met with Ice We left the Ice and came for England A storme beganne A Corpo Santo It is often seen at the end of stormes Hackluyts Headland Perill and escape Note Errour of Grouland Fogges High Hill Drift wood Note Sir T. Smiths Iland Mount Hackluyt Hudsons Hold-with-hope questioned as before also Ships of the King of Denmarke Terrible Disaster Flemmings Peter Goodford drowned Cold and heate strangely variable Tobacco lighted by the Sun at midnight Gods mercy to England whiles warres haue infested thâ— rest of the World A. Thuan-bister l. 135. Iam. 3. Exod. 1. Al. Gwagninâ— descript Mosc George brother to the Emperor done to death Hee addes principal Nobles here omitted * 700. women at one time 378. prisoners at another 500. Matrons and Virgins of noble bloud exposed to be rauished by the Tartars in his sight at another time c. * A Secretarie cutting off his priuities he died presently which the Emperour construing to be done purposely caused him there instantly to eate whâ—t he had cut off * Or Theodor Sir Ierom Horsey The death of Iuan Vasiliwich 1584. April 18. Lord Boris adopted as the Emperors third sonne The day of Pheodor his coronation Iohn de Wale Chare Sibersky Prince of Siberia taken prisoner brought to Mosco Sophet Keri Alli King of the Crims arriuall at Mosco The new Emperor Pheodore Iuanowich his Lâ—tters and Requests to the Queene Master Horseys voyage from Mosco to England ouer land 1586. Thuan. hist. lib. 120. Diuorce vrged D. Fl. S.I.H. Boris his plot Thuan. hist. lib. 135. sec. Demetrius slain some tell that one pretended his colâ—er stood awry in mending it cut his throate * It was in the Northern parts at Duglets * Some write that he caused diuers places in Mosco to be fiâ—red and then afterwards out of his owne cost repaired them D. Flet. Death of Theodore The Empresse succeedeth Russians vse of fortie dayes mourning for an Emperours death The Queene turneth Nun. Boris his willing vnwillingnesse Boris his speech Boris Emperor His Wife Son Daughter Tartars Russian New yeere Boris crowned His policies P. Basman * Where the censorious bitternesse also seemeth too much to insult on Bâ—ris his dâ—sasters Tedious Title Strange request His audience P. Basman Emperours glorie Princes splendour Pollaxes Counsell and Nobilitie Plate Dining roomâ— Change of Rayment Two hundred Nobles guests Three hundred noble Seruitors Garlike and Onions Drinkes Meads Memory of Q. Elizabeth Gifts Newes of Demetrius Princes pomp Peter Basman Oucsinia the Princesse Second audience Citizens Souldiers Golden Seale Great dinner Ambassadors departure Sled-passage Emperor Boriâ— his death New christened Emperors person His respect to his sonne * Because he had done more for him then might lawfully be commanded
PVRCHAS HIS PILGRIMES IN FIVE BOOKES The first Containing Peregrinations and Discoueries in the remotest North and East parts of ASIA called TARTARIA and CHINA The second Peregrinations Voyages Discoueries of CHINA TARTARIA RVSSIA and other the North and East parts of the World by English-men and others The third Voyages and Discoueries of the North parts of the World by Land and Sea in ASIA EVROPE the Polare Regions and in the North-west of AMERICA The fourth English Northerne Nauigations and Discoueries Relations of Greenland Greenland the North-west passage and other Arctike Regions with later RVSSIAN OCCVRRENTS The fifth Voyages and Trauels to and in the New World called AMERICA Relations of their Pagan Antiquities and of the Regions and Plantations in the North and South parts thereof and of the Seas and Ilands adiacent The Third Part. Vnus Deus Vna Veritas LONDON Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Rose 1625. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE AND RIGHT REVEREND FATHER IN GOD IOHN Lord Bishop of LINCOLNE Lord Keeper of the GREAT SEALE OF ENGLAND c. Right Reuerend and Honourable THese PILGRIMS deliuering a Historie of the World in their owne Trauels by Sea and Land not onely needed authoritie from the Admiraltie but fearing suspition of Riot without warrantable assemblie become humble Sutors for your Lordships fauour So shall they in the approbation of both to apply by a warrant of Ego dixi dij estis the Patriarchs mysticall Dreame to our Historicall purpose finde a Scala Coeli to ascend from the ground where they are prostrate Petitioners to the Princes Highnesse whence authorised they may againe descend and become the Commons of Common Readers Order requires a Medium betwixt Princely Height and his Lowlinesse whose function is also tearmed Holy Orders as further tying him to that equall inequalitie wherein hee beseecheth your Lordship as by speciall Office and in Proprietie to owne that which hee hath presumed to offer to the Prince in Capite Quemadmodum sub optimo rege omnia Rex imperio possidet Domini dominio Ad reges protestas pertinet ad singulos proprietas Many are the reasons which moued the Author to obtrude his PILGRIMS on your Lordship because he is deeply obliged Yours former fauours euen then when you were initiated in the Mysteries of Honour learning by seruice to Command in the Discipline of that Honorable Worthy Lord Chancellor EGERTON because some conceptions of this Worke were in your Honourable Iurisdiction of Westminster whither lest some traduce Trauellers for Vagrants they returne in hope of Sanctuarie not so much trusting to the ancient Liberties as to your Lordships liberall respect to literate endeauours because these Trauellers aduenturing the world seeke like Iacob at his going and returne a Reuerend Fathers Blessing and Confirmation The Author likewise being called on for his promised Europe submits himselfe to your Lordships Order heere tendring of that debt what hee is able in readie payment The worke it selfe also being a Librarie in this kind presents it selfe to your Honour the Founder of two famous Libraries one in Westminster where the Stones renued Fabrikes speake your Magnificence the other in that famous Nurserie of Arts and Vertue Saint IOHNS Colledge in Cambridge which sometime knew you a hopefull Sonne but now acknowledgeth your Lordship a happie Father where also the Author first conceiued with this Trauelling Genius whereof without trauelling he hath trauelled euer since Learning the Aduancer of your Honour hath secured her welwillers not to bee reiected in whatsoeuer indeauours Scribimus indocti doctique to aduance Learning The greatnesse of Nature to goodnesse of Nature varietie of Estates to a prime Pillar of State the Historie of Religions to a Religious Prelate of Antiquities to an Antiquarie cannot bee altogether vnwelcome that I mention not the dependance of London Ministers Liuings fined by the Times iniquitie on your Lordships equall Sentence These Causes haue moued One hath inforced these PILGRIMES are your Seruants fitly so called à Seruando saued by your Lordships hand when they were giuing vp the ghost despairing through a fatall stroke of euer seeing light Most humbly therefore sue vnto your Honour these PILGRIMES for acknowledgement esteeming your Lordships Name in fore-front a cognisance of blest Libertie and best Seruice Now when Ianus sends many with gratefull emulations to present their acclamations of a New Yeere presenting a wordie rather then worthy Present a World yea a New world in great part one Age younger to mens knowledge then America sometimes stiled by that Name I had written others Causes of my addresse to your Honour but dare not proceed to interrupt Others more weightie In all humble earnestnesse beseecheth now in this Festiuall time the Author with his PILGRIMES to finde Hospitall entertainment not at your Honours table where Great affaires of Church and State are feasted except some recreation some times permit but with Schollers and Gentlemen in the Hall which will welcome such Guests as your Lordship shall Countenance So shall you encourage euer to pray for the increase of your Lordships happinesse in the Happie Seruice of his MAIESTIE Your Lordships most bounden SAMVEL PVRCHAS THE CONTENTS OF THE CHAPTERS AND PARAGRAPHS IN THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE SECOND PART OF PVRCHAS HIS PILGRIMS CHAP. I. THe Iournall of Friar William de Rubruquis a French-man of the Order of the Minorite Friars vnto the East parts of the World Anno Dom. 1253. H. pag. 1. CHAP. II. Tartarian and Northerne Relations written in Latin by the famous Friar Roger Bacon H. p. 52 Relations of Vincentius Beluacensis the most of which he receiued from Friar Simon de Sancto Quintino one of the foure Friars sent by Pope Innocent the fourth to the Tartars seruing to the illustration of the former pag. 58. CHAP. III. Relations touching the Tartars taken out of the Historie of R. Wendouer and Mat. Paris with certaine Epistles of the same subiect pag. 60. CHAP. IIII. The first booke of Marcus Paulus Venetus or of Master Marco Polo a Gentleman of Venice his Voyages pag. 65. § 1. The voyages of Master Nicolo and M. Maffio from Constantinople to the Great Can and their comming home to Venice their second voyage with the Authour and returne ibid. § 2. Obseruations of M. Polo of Armenia Turkie Zorzania Baldach Persia Chirmain Cobniam Ormus Knaue-fooles paradise and other Easterne parts in Asia and Armenia the lesse pag. 69. § 3. Of Sapurgan Balac Thaican Scassem Balaxiam Bascia Chesmur Vochan Samarchan Carchan Peym the dreadfull Desart of Lop and Tanguth pag. 73. § 4. Of Carchoran the originall proceedings and exploits of the Tartars of Priest Iohn and his discendants Customes of the Tartars Of Bargu Erginul Xandu the Cans Citie and Palace of Muske of strange Sorcerers and anstere Monkes pag. 77. § 5. Of Cublai Can his Raigne and Acts Magnificent feasts and
Mexico dated in the moneth of December 1591. With a Letter added written 1605. of later Discoueries H. pag. 1562. A Letter written from Valladolid by Ludouicus Tribaldus Toletus to Master Richard Hakluyt translated out of Latine touching Iuan de Onate his Discoueries in New Mexico fiue hundred leagues to the North from the Old Mexico H. pag. 1565. The Prologue of the Bishop Frier Bartholomew de las Casas or Casaus to the most high and mightie Prince Our Lord Don Philip Prince of Spaine pag 1568. CHAP. IIII. A briefe Narration of the destruction of the Indies by the Spaniards written by a Frier Bartholmew de las Casas a Spaniard and Bishop of Chiapa in America pag. 1569. Of the I le of Hispaniola pag. 1570. Of the two Iles Saint Iohn Iamayca pag. 1573 Of the I le of Cuba ibid. Of Terra Firma or the firme Land pag. 1575 Of the Prouince of Nicaragua pag. 1576. Of New Spaine pag. 1577. Of the Prouince and Realme of Guatimala pag. 1579. Of New Spaine and Panuco and Xalisco pag. 1580. Of the Realme of Yucatan pag. 1581. Of the Prouince of Saint Martha pag. 1583. Of the Prouince of Carthagene pag. 1584. Of the Coast of Pearles and of Paria and of the I le of the Trinitie ibid. Of the Riuer Yuia pari pag. 1587. Of the Realme of Venesuela ibid. Of the Prouinces of the firme Land or quarter that is called Florida pag. 1589. Of the Riuer of La plata ibid. Of the mightie Realmes and large Prouinces of Peru. ibid. Of the new Realme of Granado pag. 1591. Part of a Letter written by one which saw things mentioned pag. 1596. The summe of the Disputation betweene Frier Bartholomew de las Casas or Casaus and Doctor Sepulueda pag. 1601. CHAP. V. Notes of Voyages and Plantations of the French in the Northerne America both in Florida and Canada pag. 1603. CHAP. VI. The Voyage of Samuel Champlaine of Brouage made vnto Canada in the yeere 1603. dedicated to Charles de Montmorencie c. High Admirall of France H. pag. 1605 CHAP. VII The Patent of the French King to Monsieur de Monts for the Inhabiting of the Countries of La Cadia Canada and other places in New France pag. 1619. The Voyage of Monsieur de Monts into New France written by Marke Lescarbot pag. 1620. CHAP. VIII Collections out of a French Booke called Additions to Noua Francia contayning the Accidents there from the yeere 1607. to 1611. pag. 1642. CHAP. IX The first Plantation of English Colonies in Virginia briefly mentioned pag. 1645. CHAP. X. The Relation of Captaine Gosnols Voyage to the North part of Virginia begun the six and twentieth of March Anno 42. Elizabethae Reginae 16â—2 and deliuered by Gabriel Archer a Gentleman in the said Voyage H. pag. 1647. CHAP. XI Notes of the same Voyage taken out of a Tractate written by Iames Rosier to Sir Walter Raileigh and of Maces Voyage to Virginia pag. 1651. CHAP. XII A Voyage set out from the Citie of Bristoll at the charge of the chiefest Merchants and Inhabitants of of the said Citie with a small Ship and a Barke for the Discouery of the North part of Virginia in the yeere 1603. vnder the command of mee Martin Pringe H. pag. 1654. A Relation of the voyage made to Virginia in the Elizabeth of London a Barke of fiftie tunnes by Captaine Bartholmew Gilbert in the yeere 1603. Written by Master Thomas Canner a Gentleman of Barnards Inne his Companion in the same Voyage H. pag. 1656. CHAP. XIII Extracts of a Virginian Voyage made An. 1604. by Captaine George Waymouth in the Archangell Set foorth by the Right Honourable Henrie Earle of South-hampton and the Lord Thomas Arundel written by Iames Rosier H.P. pag. 1659 CHAP. XIIII The description of the Ilands of Azores or the Flemish Ilands taken out of Linschoten with certaine occurrents and English acts pag. 1667. Of certaine notable and memorable Accidents that happened during my continuance in Tercera in which are related many English Fleets Sea-fights and Prizes pag. 1672. The Contents of the Chapters and Paragraphs in the Ninth Booke of the Second part of Purchas his PILGRIMS CHAP. I. PArt of the first Patent granted by his Maiestie for the Plantation of Virginia Aprill the tenth 1606. pag. 1683. CHAP. II. Obseruations gathered out of a Discourse of the Plantation of the Southerne Colonie in Virginia by the English 1606. Written by that Honorable Gentleman Master George Percy H. pag. 1684 CHAP. III. The Description of Virginia by Captaine Iohn Smith inlarged out of his written Notes pag. 1691. Of such things which are naturall in Virginia and how they vse them pag. 1694. Of their planted Fruits in Virginia and how they vse them pag. 1696. Of the naturall Inhabitants of Virginia and their Customes pag. 1697. Of their Religion pag. 1701. Of the manner of the Virginians Gouernment pag. 1703. CHAP. IIII. The proceedings of the English Colonie in Virginia taken faithfully out of the writings of Thomas Studley Cape-Merchant Anas Todkill Doctor Russell Nathaniel Powell William Phetiplace and Richard Pot Richard Wiffin Tho. Abbay Tho. Hope and since enlarged out of the Writings of Captaine Iohn Smith principall Agent and Patient in these Virginian Occurrents from the beginning of the Plantation 1606. till Anno 1610. somewhat abbreuiated pag. 1705. The Proceedings and Accidents with the second suppy pag. 1719. CHAP. V. A Letter of Master Gabriel Archer touching the Voyage of the Fleet of Ships which arriued at Virginia without Sir Thomas Gates and Sir George Summers 1609. H. pag. 1733. CHAP. VI. A true reportorie of the wracke and redemption of Sir Thomas Gates Knight vpon and from the Ilands of the Bermudas his comming to Virginia and the estate of that Colonie then and after vnder the Gouernment of the Lord La Warre Iuly 15. 1610. written by Wil. Strachy Esq H. p. 1734 § 1. A most dreadfull Tempest the manifold deaths whereof are heere to the life described their Wracke on Bermuda and the description of those Ilands pag. 1734. § 2. Actions and Occurrents whiles they continued in the Ilands Rauens sent for Virginia Diuers Mutinies Paine executed Two Pinnaces built pag. 1742. § 3. Their departure from Bermuda and arriuall in Virginia Miseries there departure and returne vpon the Lord La Warres arriuing Iames Towne described pag. 1747. § 4. The Lord La Warres beginnings and proceedings in Iames Towne Sir Thomas Gates sent into England his and the Companies testimony of Virginia and cause of the late miseries pag. 1754. CHAP. VII The Voyage of Captaine Samuell Argal from Iames Towne in Virginia to seeke the I le of Bermuda and missing the same his putting ouer toward Sagadahoc and Cape Cod and so backe againe to Iames Towne begun the nineteenth of Iune 1610. H. pag. 1758. CHAP. VIII A short Relation made by the Lord De la Warre to the Lords and others of the Counsell of Virginia touching his vnexpected returne home and
afterwards deliuered to the generall Assembly of the said Companie at a Court holden the 25. of Iune 1611. Published by authority of the said Counsell pag. 176â— CHAP. IX A Letter of Sir Samuell Argoll touching his Voyage to Virginia and Actions there Written to Master Nicholas Hawes Iune 1613. H. p. 1764. CHAP. X. Notes of Virginian Affaires in the gouernment of Sir Thomas Dale and of Sir Thomas Gates till Ann. 1614. taken out of Master Ralph Hamor Secretarie to the Colonie his Booke pag. 1766. CHAP. XI A Letter of Sir Thomas Dale and another of Master Whitakers from Iames Towne in Virginia Iune 18. 1614. And a peece of a Tractate written by the said Master Whitakers from Virginia the yeere before pag. 1768. To the R. and my most esteemed friend M. D.M. at his house at F. Ch. in London ibid. Part of a Tractate written at Henrico in Virginia by M. Alexander Whitaker Minister to the Colonie there which then gouerned by Sir Thomas Dale 1613. pag. 1771. CHAP. XII Of the Lotterie Sir Thomas Dales returne the Spaniards in Virginia Of Pocahuntas and Tomocomo Captaine Yerdley and Captaine Argoll both since Knighted their Gouernment the Lord La Warres Death and other occurrents till Anno 1619. pag. 1773. CHAP. XIII The estate of the Colonie Anno 1620. and Master Dermers Letter to me from Virginia touching his Voyage for the South Sea pag. 1775. A Note of the Shipping Men and Prouisions sent to Virginia by the Treasurer and Companie in the yeere 1619. pag. 1776. CHAP. XIIII A true Relation of a Sea-fight betweene two great and well appointed Spanish Ships or Men of Warre and an English ship called the Margaret and Iohn or the Black Hodge going for Virginia pag. 1780 CHAP. XV. Virginian affaires since the yeere 1620. till this present 1624. pag. 1783. § 1. A Note of the shipping Men and prouisions sent and prouided for Virginia by the Right Honourable Henry Earle of South-hampton and the Companie and other priuate Aduenturers in the yeere 1621. c. With other Occurrents then published by the Companie ibid. Ships and People ibid. And for the benefit of the Plantations these things following haue beene here done this yeere ibid. Other Occurrents of note ibid. Gifts pag. 1784. § 2. Newes from Virginia in Letters sent thence 1621. partly published by the Company partly transcribed from the Originals with Letters of his Maiestie and of the Companie touching Silke-workes pag. 1787. His Maiesties gracious Letter to the Earle of South-hampton Tresurer and to the Counsell and Companie of Virginia here commanding the present setting vp of Silke-workes and planting of Vines in Virginia pag. 1787. § 3. The barbarous Massacre committed by the Sauages on the English Planters March the two and twentieth 1621. after the English accompt pag. 1788. § 4. A Note of prouisions necessarie for euery Planter or personall Aduenturer to Virginia and accidents since the Massacre pag. 1719. CHAP. XVI English Voyages to the Summer Ilands Henry Mays Shipwracke there 1593. The first Colony sent 1612. pag. 1793. A Copie of the Articles which Master R. More Gouernour Deputie of the Summer Ilands propounded to the Company that were there with him to be subscribed vnto which both hee and they subscribed the second of August in his House Anno 1612. which about the same time hee sent into England to the Worshipfull Companie of the Aduenturours pag. 1795. CHAP. XVII Relations of Summer Ilands taken out of Master Richard Norwood his Map and Notes added thereto printed 1622. The Historie of the Creatures growing or liuing therein being inlarged out of Captaine Smiths written Relations pag. 1796. CHAP. XVIII Extracts out of Captaine Iohn Smiths Historie of Bermudas or Summer Ilands touching the English acts and occurrents there from the beginning of the Plantation pag. 1801. CHAP. XIX Briefe intelligence from Virginia by Letters a supplement of French-Virginian occurrants and their supplantation by Sir Samuel Argal in right of the English plantation pag. 1â—05 CHAP. XX. Virginias Verger or a discourse shewing the benefits which may grow to this Kingdome from American-English Plantations and specially those of Virginia and Summer Ilands p. 1809. The Contents of the Chapters and Paragraphs in the tenth Booke of the Second part of Purchas his PILGRIMS CHAP. I. A Briefe Relation of the discouerie and plantation of New England and of sundrie accidents therein occurring from the yeer of our Lord 1607. to this present 1622. published by the President and Councell and dedicated to the Princes Highnesse here abbreuiated p. 1827. CHAP. II. The voyage of Master Henrie Challons intended for the North plantation of Virginia 1606. taken by the way and ill vsed by Spaniards written by Iohn Stoneman Pilot. H. pag. 1832. CHAP. III. Extracts of a Booke of Captaine Iohn Smith printed 1622. called New Englands trialls and continuing the storie thereof with Motiues to the businesse of fishing there pag. 1837. An Abstract of Letters sent from the Colonie in New England Iuly sixteene 1622. p. 1840. CHAP. IIII. A Relation or Iournall of a plantation setled at Plimoth in New England and proceedings therof printed 1622. and here abbreuiated p. 1842. CHAP. V. Good newes from New England or a relation of things remarkable in that Plantation written by E. Winslow and here abbreuaited pag. 1853. CHAP. VI. Noua Scotia The Kings Paâ—ent to Sir William Alexander Knight for the plantation of New Scotland in America and his proceedings therein with a description of Mawooshen for better knowledge of those parts pag. 1871. The description of the Country of Mawooshen discouered by the English in the yeere 1602.3 5 6 7 8 and 9. H. pag. 1873. CHAP. VII The beginning of the Patent for New-found-land and the plantation there made by the English 1610. deliuered in a Letter dated thence from M. Guy to M. Slany Also of the weather the three first winters and of Captaine Weston with other remarkable occurrents H. pag. 1876. Master Iohn Guy his Letter to Master Slany Treasurer and to the Counsell of the New-found-land plantation pag. 1877. To Master Iohn Slany Treasurer and others of the Councell and Companie of the New-found-land plantation the 29. of Iuly 1612. pag. 1879. CHAP. VIII Captaine Richard Whitbournes voyages to New-found-land and obseruations there and thereof taken out of his printed booke p. 1882. A Relation of New-found-land pag. 1884. CHAP. IX The names of diuers honourable persons and others who haâ—e vndertaken to helpe to aduance his Maiesties plantation in the New-found-land written by the said R. W. with extracts of certaine Letters written from thence pag. 1888. The second Part of the tenth Booke CHAP. X. DIuers warlike Fleets set forth to Seâ— against the Spaniards by our English Debora Queene Elizabeth of glorious memorie Her manifold deliueries and victories pag. 1891. CHAP. XI The Popes Bull the King of Spaines preparations the Duke of Medinas Expedition the Duke of Parmas Forces for the inuasion of England diuers Sea fights twixt
Visitation to his Palace There they abode foure or fiue moneths often visited in that Temple by principall men and Magistrates of the Citie and were in hope of their perpetuall continuance hauing obtayned licence of the Secretarie also for Ricius to come who was preparing for the Voyage when all was disturbed on a sudden the Vice-roy being I know not for what fault depriued of his place He fearing least in the chiefe Citie the presence of Strangers might further hurt him dismissed the Iesuites so as hee permitted them to stay at Canton commanding the Magistrate there to prouide them a house and ground The Chinois call that Citie Quam-cheu which the Portugals by the name of the Prouince deluded call Canton They well knew that his commission was of no force yet they went and the Haitau to whom the Charter was directed was absent and no regard being had thereof they were not permitted to ascend the bankes and therefore with griefe returned to Amacao Pasius presently sayled according to the Visitors appointment to Iapon and after diuers yeeres labour there was Vnderprouinciall of the China and Iaponian Missions and when both of those expeditions were by the Generals order made a Prouince he was declared Visitour thereof and came to Amacao to take order for China where within few moneths he died §. II. Iaponian Embassage to the Pope Of Nabunanga and Quabacondono their gouernment Corai inuaded Embassage from China TAICOSAMAS Temple and OGOSHOSAMAS succession HAuing mentioned that Embassage of Iaponian Kings sent to the Pope by procurement of the Iesuites out of their writings I haue heere added for further illustration the acts of the publike Consistorie in this forme of words Pope Gregorie the thirteenth sitting in the Hall designed for entertaynment of Kings and their Embassages on the three and twentieth of March 1585. in the morning in a most ample Session of the Cardinals of the Holy Romane Church and in a great assembly of Princes and Prelates with greatest industry and most frequent attendance of all Orders Mantius and Michael who was also of the Prince of Omur two Legates of Iaponian Kings were brought in and one of the two Iaponian companions of the same Embassage of principall Nobilitie to wit Martine for Iulian the other of them was withholden by sicknesse After solemne adoration of the Pope and the kisses of his blessed feet receiued of him with great demonstration of beneuolence and charitie they went aside into a place appointed them with great modestie Afterwards the Letters of the Kings which they had brought are publikely read being translated out of the Iaponian Tongue into the Italian and thence into the Latine First that of Francis King of Bungo who therein professeth the Diuine bountie in sending the Iesuites foure and thirtie yeeres before into those parts whose seed had taken some rooting in his breast which hee ascribes to the Popes prayers and merits And had it not beene for his age warres and sicknesse bee would haue visited those holy places and haue kissed his holy feet and set them on his head and receiued his blessing his breast crossed by his most holy hand but so detayned had thought to haue sent his sisters sonne the Lord Ierome Sonne of the King of Fiunga his Embassadour whose Cousin-german Mantius in his absence he now sent thankes him for the Relikes sent him c. Ian. 11. 1582. Inscribed To the great and most holy Pope to be adored and holding on Earth the place of the King of Heauen Subscribed Francis King of Bungo prostrate at your Blessednesse most holy feet Not much vnlike was the tenour of the second Letter sent from Protasius King of Arima who detayned by diuers lets had sent his Cousin-german in his roome to his Holinesse which with sincere and humble minde hee adoreth Inscribed To the great and holy Lord whom I adore holding the roome of God The Prince of Omur sent also the said Michael his Brothers Sonne with a Letter of like import inscribed With lifted vp hands adoring I offer these to the most holy Lord the Pope Vicar of the great God Subscribed in substance as the first After this silence was commanded and in the name of the said Kings and Legates Gasper Gonsaluas a Portugall Iesuite made an Oration vnto the Pope comparing and preferring this Embassage with that of certaine Indians to Augustus and the conuersion of Britaine by the first Gregorie with this of Iapon and other Ilands by the Thirteenth succeeding and exceeding that now fallen from the Pope applying Esays Prophecies of the Churches encrease to this Iesuiticall Haruest and magnifying the great glories of that Pope founder of Seminaries and magnified extra anni Solisque vias Antonio Buccapadulio answered in the name of the Pope That Francis King of Bungo Protasius King of the Arimans and Bartholmew his Vncle Prince of Omur hath sent you their kinsmen to him from the remote Iaponian Ilands to the veneration of that power in presence which by Gods bounty he holdeth they haue done godly and wisely For there is one Faith one Catholike Church one made Gouernour ouer the said Church and Pastor of Christs Flocke that is of all Catholikes thorow the World in the succession of Peter the Roman Bishop That they acknowledge and professe this together with the mysteries of the orthodoxe Faith our most holy Lord reioyceth and giueth immortall thankes to the Diuine bounty and iudges this to be the most true ioy which proceedeth from the studie of Gods glorie and the saluation of Soules Therefore most willingly together with these his venerable Brethren Cardinals of the Roman Church hee embraceth the testification of their Faith Obedience Deuotion He wisheth and prayeth that by their example other Kings and Princes also of those Iles and of the whole World reiecting the worship and errour of Idols may know the true God and whom he hath sent Iesus Christ for this is life eternall This done the Consistorie was dismissed The Legates when they had attended the Pope after the custome into the inner roomes were first entertayned of the Popes brothers sonne the Cardinall of Saint Sixtus with a Banket after that admitted to the Popes prâ—uate and familiar conference they discoursed by Interpreters with him of many things touching the Iourney and Religion then went to Saint Peters Church and the holy Thresholds of the Apostles piously saluted at night were honourably brought to their lodging This was prepared and furnished in the Iesuites Colledge by the Popes appointment at their first comming to Rome the two and twentieth of March who also sent two troops of Horse to guard them They went from their Charet to the Temple and whiles they praised God and worshipped at the greatest Altar the Students of the German Colledge in a double Quire sang Te Deum laudamus The Legates next day had audience as yee haue heard their Vestment was parti-coloured and embroidered a short Sword on
North-east which was right off from the Land the Bay reacheth right North and South into the Sea The twentie one we cast out our Anchor at eighteene fathome before the Land and then we and Iohn Cornelisons men rowed on the West-side of the Land and there fetched Balast and when we got on boord againe with our Balast we saw a white Beare that swamme towards our ship whereupon we left off our worke and entering into the Boate with Iohn Cornelisons men rowed after her and crossing her in the way droue her from the Land wherewith she swamme further into the Sea and we followed her and for that our Boate could not make good way after her we manned our Scute also the better to follow her but shee swam a mile into the Sea yet we followed her with the most part of all our men of both Ships in three Boats and strooke oftentimes at her cutting and hewing her so that all our Armes were most broken in pieces During our fight with her shee strooke her Clawes so hard in our Boate that the signes thereof were seene in it but as hap was it was in the fore-head of our Boate for if it had beene in the middle thereof she had peraduenture ouer-throwne it they haue such force in their Clawes At last after we had fought long with her and made her wearie with our three Boates that kept about her we ouercame her and killed her which done we brought her into our ship and flayed her her Skinne being thirteene foot long After that we rowed with our Scute about a mile inward to the Land where there was a good Hauen and good Anchor ground on the East-side being sandie there wee cast out our Lead and found sixteene fathom deepe and after that ten and twelue fathome and rowing further we found that on the East-side there was two Ilands that reached Eastward into the Sea on the West-side also there was a great Creeke or Riuer which shewed also like an Iland Then we rowed to the Iland that lay in the middle and there we found many Red Geese-egges which we saw sitting vpon their Nests and droue them from them and they flying away cryed red red red and as they sate we killed one Goose dead with a stone which we drest and eate and at least sixtie Egges that wee tooke with vs aboord the ship and vpon the two and twentieth of Iune we went aboord our ship againe Those Geese were of a perfit Red colour such as come into Holland about Weiringen and euerie yeere are there taken in abundance but till this time it was neuer knowne where they hatcht their Egges so that some men haue taken vpon them to write that they sit vpon Trees in Scotland that hang ouer the Water and such Egges as fall from them downe into the Water become young Geese and swim there out of the water but those that fall vpon the Land burst in sunder and are lost but this is now found to bee contrary and it is not to be wondred at that no man could tell where they breed their Egges for that no man that euer wee knew had euer beene vnder 80. Degrees nor that Land vnder 80. degrees was neuer set downe in any Card much lesse the red Geese that breed therein It is heere also to bee noted that although that in this land which we esteeme to be Greenland lying vnder 80. Degrees and more there groweth Leaues and Grasse and that there are such Beasts therein as eate grasse as Harts Buckes and such like beasts as liue thereon yet in Noua Zembla vnder 76. Degrees there groweth neither Leaues nor Grasse nor any Beasts that eate grasse or leaues liue therein but such Beasts as eate Flesh as Beares and Foxes and yet this Land lyeth full 4. Degrees from the North Pole further then Greenland aforesayd doth The three and twentieth wee hoysted Anchor againe and sayled North-westward into the Sea but could get no further by reason of the Ice and so we came to the same place againe where we had layne and cast Anchor at eighteene fathome and at Eeuening being at Anchor the Sunne being North-east and somewhat more Eastward wee tooke the height thereof and found it to be eleuated aboue the Horizon 13. degrees and 10. minutes his Declination being 23. degrees and 28. minutes which substracted from the height aforesaid resteth 10. degrees and 18. minutes which being substracted from 90. degrees then the height of the Pole there was 79. degrees and 42. minutes After that we hoysted Anchor againe and sayled along by the West side of the Land and then our men went on Land to see how much the Needle of the Compasse varyed Meane time there came a great white Beare swimming towards the Ship and would haue climbed vp into it if we had not made a noyse and with that wee shot at her with a Piece but she left the ship and swam to the Land where our men were which we perceiuing sayled with our ship towards the Land and gaue a great shout wherewith our men thought that wee had fallen on a Rocke with our Ship which made them much abashed and therewith the Beare also being afraid swamme off againe from the Land and left our men which made vs glad for our men had no Weapons about them Touching the varying of the Compasse for the which cause our men went on Land to trie the certaintie thereof it was found to differ 16. Degrees The fiue and twentieth of Iune we hoysted Anchor againe and sayled along by the Land and went South and South South-west with a North North-east winde vnder 79. degrees There we found a great Creeke or Riuer whereinto we sayled ten miles at the least holding our course Southward but we perceiued that there we could not get through there we cast out our Lead and for the most part found 10. fathom deepe but we were constrained to lauere out again for the winde was Northerly and almost full North and we perceiued that it reached to the firme land which we supposed to bee Low-land for that wee could not see it any thing farre and therefore we sayled so neere vnto it till that we might see it and then we were forced to lauere and vpon the seuen and twentieth of Iune we got out againe The eight and twentieth we got beyond the point that Iay on the West side where there was so great a number of Birds that they flew against our Sayles and wee sayled ten miles Southward and after that West to shun the Ice The nine and twentieth wee sayled South-east and somewhat more Easterly along by the Land till we were vnder 76. degrees and 50. minutes for we were forced to put off from the Land because of the Ice The thirtieth of Iune wee sayled South and somewhat East and then we tooke the height of the Sunne and found that it was eleuated aboue the Horizon 38.
got one to goe with our man promising him two Ryals of eight for his paines and so the Laplander going vvith him tooke a Piece on his necke and our man a Boat-hooke and about Eeuening they set forward the vvinde as then being East and East North-east The sixe and twentieth it vvas faire vveather the vvind South-east at vvhich time we drew vp both our Scutes vpon the Land and tooke all the goods out of them to make them the lighter vvhich done we went to the Russians and vvarmed vs and there dressed such meates as wee had and then againe we began to make two meales a day vvhen we perceiued that we should euery day finde more people and vve dranke of their drinke which they call Quasse vvhich was made of broken peeces of Bread and it tasted well for in long time wee had drunke nothing else but Water Some of our men went further into the Land and there found blew Berries and bramble Berries vvhich they plucked and eate and they did vs much good for we found that they healed vs of our loosenesse the vvind still blew South-east The eight and twentieth it was indifferent good weather and then we drew the Scutes vpon the Land againe that we might take the rest of the goods out of them because the wind still blew hard North and North North-west and hauing drawne the Scutes vp we spred our sayles vpon them to shelter vs vnder them for it was still mystie and raynie weather much desiring to heare some newes of our man that was gone to Coola with the Laplander The nine and twentieth wee spyed the Laplander comming alone without our man whereat we wondred and were somewhat in doubt but when hee came vnto vs he shewed vs a Letter that was writen vnto our Master which he opened before vs the Contents thereof being that hee that had written the Letter wondred much at our arriuall in that place and that long since hee verily thought that we had beene all cast away being exceeding glad of our happie fortune and how that he would presently come vnto vs with victuals and all other necessaries to succour vs withall we being in no small admiration who it might bee that shewed vs so great fauour and friendship could not imagine what he was for it appeared by the Letter that he knew vs well and although the Letter was subscribed by me Iohn Cornelison Rip yet wee could not bee perswaded that it was the same Iohn Cornelison who the yeere before had beene set out in the other ship with vs left vs about the Beare Iland for those good newes we payd the Laplander his hyer and besides that gaue him Hose Breeches and other furniture so that hee was apparelled like a Hollander for as then wee thought our selues to bee wholly out of danger and so being of good comfort we layd vs downe to rest Heere I cannot chuse but shew you how fast the Laplander went for when he went to Coola as our Companion told vs they were two Dayes and two Nights on the way and yet went apace and when he came backe againe he was but a Day and a Night comming to vs which was wonderfull it being but halfe the time so that we sayd and verily thought that hee was halfe a Conjurer and he brought vs a Partridge which hee had killed by the way as he went The thirtieth wee saw a Russian Ioll come rowing with Iohn Cornelison and our Companion that we had sent to Coola who being landed wee receiued and welcommed each other with great joy and exceeding gladnesse as if either of vs on both sides had seene each other rise from death to life againe for we esteemed him and hee vs to bee dead long since hee brought vs a Barrell of Roswicke Beere Wine Aqua vitâ— Bread Flesh Bacon Salmon Suger and other things which comforted and relieued vs much and we rejoyced together for our so vnexpected meeting at that time giuing God great thankes for his Mercie shewed vnto vs. The first of September in the Morning with the East Sun we got to the West-side of the Riuer of Coola and entred into it where we rowed till the Flood was past and then wee cast the Stones that serued vs for Anchors vpon the ground at a point of Land till the Flood came in againe and when the Sunne was South wee set sayle againe with the Flood and so sayled and rowed till mid-night and then wee cast Anchor againe till morning The second in the Morning we rowed vp the Riuer and as we past along wee saw some Trees on the Riuer side which comforted vs and made vs glad as if we had then come into a new world for in all the time that wee had beene out we had not seene any Trees and when we were by the Salt Kettles which is about three miles from Coola we stayed there a while and made merrie and then went forward againe and with the West North-west Sunne got to Iohn Cornelisons Ship wherein we entred and drunke there wee began to make merrie againe with the Saylers that were therein and that had beene in the Voyage with Iohn Cornelison the yeere before and bad each other welcome then we rowed forward and late in the Eeuening got to Coola where some of vs went on Land and some stayed in the Scutes to looke to the goods to whom we sent Milke and other things to comfort and refresh them and we were all exceeding glad that God of his mercie had deliuered vs out of so many dangers and troubles and had brought vs thither in safetie The third wee vnladed all our goods and there refreshed our selues after our toylesome and wearie Iourney and the great hunger wee had endured thereby to recouer our healths and strengths againe The eleuenth by leaue and consent of the Bayart Gouernour of the great Prince of Moscouia we brought our Scute and our Boate into the Merchants House and there let them stand for a remembrance of our long farre and neuer before sayled way and that wee had sayled in those open Scutes almost foure hundred Dutch miles through and along by the Sea Coasts to the Towne of Coola The seuenteenth of September Iohn Cornelison and our Master being come aboord the next day about the East Sunne we set sayle out of the Riuer Coola and with Gods grace put to Sea to sayle homewards and being out of the Riuer wee sayled along by the Land North-west and by North the winde being South Vpon the nine and twentieth of October wee arriued in the Mase with an East North-east wind and the next morning got to Maseland Sluce and there going on Land from thence rowed to Delfe and then to the Hage and from thence to Harlem And vpon the first of Nouember about Noone got to Amsterdam in the same Clothes that wee wore in Noua Zembla with our Caps furr'd with white Foxes skinnes The newes thereof being spred
poynt Easterly The Sunnes height was 7. degrees 45. minutes which made the Latitude 74. degrees 43. minutes The three and twentieth in the morning thicke fogge the wind at North North-west From mid-night till foure a clocke this morning we sayled North-east fiue leagues and then we were among the Ice we cast about and stood two houres South-west two leagues and had no ground at one hundred and eightie fathom Then we cast about againe and stood East till eight a clocke two leagues and then it cleered vp and we had Ice a head off vs. And from North we stood to South-east and our shroudes were frozen Then till noone wee went East and by South foure leagues and were neere Ice on our Larboord in the Latitude of 74. degrees 30. minutes In the after-noone the wind being at North wee stood two houres and a halfe fiue leagues and a halfe three houres South South-east fiue leagues one houre South-east and by South one league and a halfe an houre East halfe a league which brought eight in the Eeuening alwayes Ice on our Larboord This after-noone wee had some snow From eight a clocke to mid-night South South-west foure leagues with Ice as afore We saw the Sunne at the lowest North North-east his height was 7. degrees 15. minutes the Poles height 74. degrees 18. minutes The foure and twentieth cleere but cold and some snow the wind betweene North North-east and North-east from mid-night to foure a clocke wee stood Southward two leagues and South-east and by East two leagues And from foure a clocke till noone South-east Southerly nine leagues sounding we had ground in one hundred and fortie fathome From noone to three a clocke we stood South-east and by South three leagues from three to foure South-west and by South one league and had Ice from the North-east to the South-east off vs. From foure a clocke to eight we stood South-west two leagues and a halfe Southward halfe a league with Ice neere vs vnder our Lead The fiue and twentieth cold and cleare the wind at East South-east from eight a clocke last night till foure this morning our way was South and by East foure leagues and a halfe sounding we had ground in eightie fathome then we had little wind till noone at East North-east and the Sunne on the Meridian on the South-west and by South point of the Compasse ere it began to fall wee were in the Latitude of 72. degrees 52. minutes and had Ice on our Larboord and our hope of passage was gone this way by meanes of our nearenesse to Noua Zembla and the abundance of Ice We had from Noone to eight a clocke in the Eeuening the wind between North North-east and North-east we stood South-east three leagues and a halfe and had Ice on our Larboord and shoalding sixtie eight fathome The sixe and twentieth faire Sun-shining weather and little wind at East North-east From twelue a clocke at night till foure this morning we stood Southward two leagues sounding wee had sixtie sixe fathome Oaze as afore From foure a clocke to noone South-east and by South foure leagues and had the Sunne on the Meridian on the South-east and by South point of the Compasse in the Latitude of 72. degrees 25. minutes and had sight of Noua Zembla foure or fiue leagues from vs and the place called by the Hollanders Swart Cliffe bearing off South-east In the after-noone wee had a fine gale at East North-east and by eight of the clocke we had brought it to beare off vs East Southerly and sayled by the shoare a league from it The seuen and twentieth all the fore-noone it was almost calme wee being two mile from the shoare I sent my Mate Robert Iuet and Iohn Cooke my Boat-swaine on shoare with foure others to see what the Land would yeeld that might bee profitable and to fill two or three Caskes with water They found and brought aboord some Whales Finnes two Deeres Hornes and the Dung of Deere and they told me that they saw Grasse on the shoare of the last yeere and young Grasse came vp amongst it a shaftman long and it was boggie ground in some places there are many streames of Snow water nigh it was very hot on the shoare and the snow melted apace they saw the footings of many great Beares of Deere and Foxes They went from vs at three a clocke in the morning and came aboord at a South-east Sunne and at their comming wee saw two or three companies of Morses in the sea neere vs swimming being almost calme I presently sent my Mate Ladlow the Carpenter and sixe others a shoare to a place where I thought the Morses might come on the shoare they found the place likely but found no signe of any that had beene there There was a Crosse standing on the shoare much Drift-wood and signes of Fires that had beene made there They saw the footing of very great Deere and Beares and much Fowle and a Foxe they brought aboord Whale finnes some Mosse Flowers and greene things that did there grow They brought also two peeces of a Crosse which they found there The Sunne was on the Meridian on the North North-east halfe a point Easterly before it began to fall The Sunnes height was 4. degrees 45. minutes Inclination 22. degrees 33. minutes which makes the Latitude 72. degrees 12. minutes There is disagreement betweene this and the last obseruation but by meanes of the cleerenesse of the Sunne the smoothnesse of the Sea and the neernesse to Land wee could not bee deceiued and care was taken in it The eight and twentieth at foure a clocke in the Morning our Boat came aboord and brought two dozen of Fowle and some Egges whereof a few were good and a Whales finne and wee all saw the Sea full of Morses yet no signes of their being on shoare And in this calme from eight a clocke last Eeuening till foure this Morning we were drawne backe to the Northward as farre as wee were the last Eeuening at foure a clocke by a Streame or a Tide and we chose rather so to driue then to aduenture the losse of an Anchor and the spoyle of a Cable Heere our new Ship-boate began to doe vs seruice and was an incouragement to my Companie which want I found the last yeere The nine and twentieth in the morning calme being halfe a league from the shoare the Sea being smooth the Needle did encline 84. degrees we had many Morses in the Sea neere vs and desiring to find where they came on shoare wee put to with Sayle and Oares towing in our Boat and rowing in our Barke to get about a point of Land from whence the Land did fall more Easterly and the Morses did goe that way VVee had the Sunne on the Meridian on the South and by VVest point halfe a point to the VVester part of the Compasse in the latitude of 71. degrees 15. minutes At two a clocke this after-noone we came to
fift day we were in 65. degrees still encombred with much Ice which hung vpon the Coast of Groneland The ninth day wee were off Frobishers Streights with the winde Northerly and plyed vnto the South-westwards vntill the fifteenth day The fifteenth day we were in sight of the land in latitude 59. degrees 27. minutes which was called by Captayne Iohn Dauis Desolation and found the errour of the former laying downe of that Land and then running to the North-westward vntill the twentieth day wee found the ship in 60. degrees 42. minutes and saw much Ice and many Riplings or Ouer-fals and a strong streame setting from East South-east to West North-west The one and twentie two and twentie and three and twentie dayes with the winde variable we plyed to the North-westward in sight of much Ice into the height of 62. degrees 29. minutes The foure and twentie and fiue and twentie dayes sayling to the West-ward about mid-night wee saw Land North which was suddenly lost againe So wee ranne still to the West-ward in 62. degrees 17. minutes The fift of Iuly wee plyed vp vpon the Souther side troubled with much Ice in seeking the shoare vntill the fift day of Iuly and we obserued that day in 59. degrees 16. minutes Then we plyed off the shoare againe vntill the eight day and then found the height of the Pole in 60. degrees no minutes Here we saw the Land from the North-west by West halfe Northerly vnto the South-west by West couered with snow a Champaigne Land and called it Desire prouoketh We still plyed vp to the Westward as the Land and Ice would suffer vntill the eleuenth day when fearing a storme we anchored by three Rockie Ilands in vncertayne depth betweene two and nine fathomes and found it an Harbour vnsufficient by reason of sunken Rockes one of which was next morning two fathomes aboue water Wee called them the Iles of Gods Mercies The water floweth here better then foure fathomes The Floud commeth from the North flowing eight the change day The latitude in this place is 62. degrees 9. minutes Then plying to the South-westward the sixteenth day wee were in the latitude of 58. degrees 50. minutes but found our selues imbayed with Land and had much Ice and we plyed to the North-westward vntill the nineteenth day and then wee found by obseruation the height of the Pole in 61. degrees 24. minutes and saw the Land which I named Hold with Hope Hence I plyed to the North-westward still vntill the one and twentieth day with the wind variable Heere I found the Sea more growne then any wee had since wee left England The three and twentieth day by obseruation the height of the Pole was 61. degrees 33. minutes The fiue and twentieth day we saw the Land and named it Magna Britannia The sixe and twentieth day wee obserued and found the latitude in 62. degrees 44. minutes The eight and twentieth day we were in the height of 63. degrees 10. minutes and plyed Southerly of the West The one and thirtieth day plying to the Westward at noone wee found our selues in 62. degrees 24. minutes The first of August we had fight of the Northerne shoare from the North by East to the West by South off vs the North part twelue leagues and the Wester part twentie leagues from vs and we had no ground there at one hundred and eightie fathomes And I thinke I saw Land on the Sunne side but could not make it perfectly bearing East North-east Here I found the latitude 62. degrees 50. minutes The second day we had sight of a faire Head-land on the Norther shoare six leagues off which I called Salisburies Fore-land we ranne from them West South-west fourteene leagues In the mid-way of which wee were suddenly come into a great and whurling Sea whether caused by meeting of two streames or an Ouer-fall I know not Thence sayling West and by South seuen leagues farther we were in the mouth of a Streight and sounded and had no ground at one hundred fathomes the Streight being there not aboue two leagues broad in the passage in this Wester part which from the Easter part of Fretum Danis is distant two hundred and fiftie leagues there abouts The third day we put through the narrow passage after our men had beene on Land which had well obserued there That the Floud did come from the North flowing by the shoare fiue fathomes The head of this entrance on the South side I named Cape Worsenholme and the head on the North-wester shoare I called Cape Digs After wee had sailed with an Easterly winde West and by South ten leagues the Land fell away to the Southward and the other Iles and Land left vs to the Westward Then I obserued and found the ship at noone in 61. degrees 20. minutes and a Sea to the Westward A larger Discourse of the same Voyage and the successe thereof written by ABACVK PRICKET WE began our Voyage for the North-west passage the seuenteenth of Aprill 1610. Thwart of Shepey our Master sent Master Colbert backe to the Owners with his Letter The next day we weighed from hence and stood for Harwich and came thither the eight and twentieth of Aprill From Harwich we set sayle the first of May along the Coast to the North till we came to the Iles of Orkney from thence to the Iles of Faro and from thence to Island on which we fell in a fogge hearing the Rut of the Sea ashoare but saw not the Land whereupon our Master came to an Anchor Heere we were embayed in the South-east part of the Land Wee weighed and stood along the Coast on the West side towards the North but one day being calme we fell a fishing and caught good store of fish as Cod and Ling and Butte with some other sorts that we knew not The next day we had a good gale of wind at South-west and raysed the Iles of Westmonie where the King of Denmarke hath a Fortresse by which we passed to rayse the Snow Hill foot a Mountayne so called on the North-west part of the Land But in our course we saw that famous Hill Mount Hecla which cast out much fire a signe of foule weather to come in short time Wee leaue Island a sterne of vs and met a Mayne of Ice which did hang on the North part of Island and stretched downe to the West which when our Master saw he stood backe for Island to find an Harbour which we did on the North-west part called Derefer where wee killed good store of Fowle From hence wee put to Sea againe but neither wind nor weather seruing our Master stood backe for this Harbour againe but could not reach it but fell with another to the South of that called by our Englishmen Lousie Bay where on the shoare we found an hot Bath and heere all our Englishmen bathed themselues the water was so
kill the Whale About a West North-west sunne they went away the winde at South The twentieth the Biscaine shallop came aboord of vs from the Foreland and told vs that they had strooken three Whales which brake away The two and twentieth wee rid still the winde being at North-west with snowe and frost The fiue and twentieth we got the Whale on flote hauing stopped her leake We were no sooner off but it blew most fiercely so that the Whales long Boate and our shallop brake from the Whales sterne and were split in pieces on the Ice that lay on shoare The same day about a South sunne two men came from Faire Foreland and told vs that Master Edge was come from the South in the Pinnasse and had spoken with one Nicolas Woodcock an English man which was my Mate to this Countrey of Greenland in the yeere 1610. The said VVoodcocke was now Pilot of a ship of Saint Sebastian in Biscay and rid in Ice Sound Moreouer they spake with the men of the Boate of the Diana and saw the Hollanders Boate but spake not with their men The two men abouesaid told vs likewise that Iohn Chapel our Baske with fiue English men had killed a Whale and betwixt them and another shallop they had slaine another and had them both on shoare The seuen and twentieth we rid still and our Carpenter went to worke to mend the knee of our beake-head And I went to see what Morses were on Land where I found neere one hundred and fiftie The eight and twentieth the shallop that had all English men in her saue one Baske came aboord for prouision and told me that they and Iohannes Chapel had slaine a great Whale close by our ship which towed them off into the Sound and our long Boate followed them At the same time we saw sixe Whales close by the ships side as we rode in harbour and we saw great store in the Sound and within one houre there were so many about our ships and in the Sound that we could not count them About a North-west sunne our long Boate brought the men that strooke the Whale abouesaid and towed their shallop on land for the said Whale had sunke her with his taile The same time our Carpenter went to worke on the broken shallop and I went to the place where the Morses lay where I found about three hundred on land Then I went aboord the Whale to get some harping Irons for they had all but I could get but one because the rest of the Basks had laid them vp enuying that one Baske that went with all English men had done so much because by their good wills they would not haue vs to haue any insight into this businesse Moreouer hee that had the chiefest command in this voyage did greatly condemne the going of so many English men with that one Baske either for feare they should kill none and lose all their prouision for the said vse or for feare that our men should kill the Whale aswell and as soone as they yet was there none of the other Boates but had lost more then they had lost And as for killing there was not one Whale killed with one Boate alone saue ours with all English saue the Baske aforesaid which slue three without the helpe of any other Boate. This day the Basks slue another Whale at the Foreland The nine and twentieth the broken shallop was mended and I went to the Foreland to see whether the other shallops would come where the ships rode in harbour where abundance of Whales were still The same time the Basks killed another Whale Then I romaged my ship and put caske on land All this day it was calme The last of Iune one came from the Foreland and told vs that the Basks had slaine two great Whales All this day likewise it was calme and there lay abundance of huge Whales in the harbour about our ships One of the whales abouesaid Iohannes with the fiue English men slue without any of the others helpe For they stood on the land flouting and saying that it was vnpossible for them to kill him and would not once lanch their Boates to helpe them yet hee was one of the greatest that were killed this yeere All this day the whales lay so thicke about the ship that some ran against our Cables some against the Ship and one against the Rudder One lay vnder our beake-head and slept there a long while At which time our Carpenter had hung a stage close by the water whereon his tooles lay And wee durst not molest the said whale for feare he should haue ouerthrowne the stage and drowned all his tooles In the end he went away and carried the ships head round his taile being foule of the Cable The first of Iuly at a North North-east Sunne the shallops came to kill whales in the harbour where we rid and strooke three which all brake away The same day Iohannes strooke a whale that smit in the side of his shallop and split it Now wee perceiued the whales to begin to goe out of the Bayes The second day the Basks slue three great whales faire by our ships in lesse then foure houres vvhich vvee vvith our long Boate and men towed into harbour and made fast to our ship And the Basks vvent with their shallops to Faire Foreland The seuenth day wee had abundance of Ice about our ships which vvith the winde and the tyde draue out off another Sound The eight vve rid still and vvere troubled vvith much Ice by reason of a storme that blue at South-vvest and by vvest c. The rest is omitted as hauing nothing of note but ordinarie accidents CHAP. V. A Iournall of the Voyage made to Greenland with sixe English ships and a Pinnasse in the yeere 1613. Written by Master WILLIAM BAFFIN BY the prouidence of Almightie God wee departed from Queenborough the thirteenth day of May with sixe good Ships viz. The Tigre Admirall the Matthew Vice-admirall the Sea-horse called the Gamaliel the Reare-admirall the Desire the Annula and the Richard and Bernard with the Iohn and Francis shortly to follow The one and twentieth day faire weather the winde Southward wee still making to the Northwards This morning wee had sight of Land on the Coast of Norway it lying East and by North off about twelue or fourteene leagues This day at noone we were in the latitude of 61. degrees and 30. minutes the variation of the Compasse at Scoutes-nes is eight degrees East it being about ten or twelue leagues off wee hauing made a North way halfe East about thirtie leagues The three and twentieth at noone in the latitude of 65. degrees and 45. minutes in which place the Needle of Declination doth dippe vnder the Horizon 63. degrees and 30. minutes by that Instrument which declineth 54. at London The thirtieth day about three of the clocke wee espied the land of Greenland
demeanour like to bruâ—t beasts whom the King kept a long time after Two yeeres after I saw two of them at Westminster apparelled like English c. Master Robert Thorne writes that his Father and Master Hugh Eliot a Merchant of Bristoll were the first discouerers of New-found Land and if the Mariners would haue beene ruled and followed their Pilots minde the West Indies had beene ours so that it seemeth this Discouerie was before that of Columbus Master Hakluyt hath published the particulars of these things more fully as also diuers Treatises touching the North-west of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and others to which I referre the Reader and no lesse for the Voyages made by diuers English into those parts three by Sir Martin Frobisher in the yeeres 1576 77 and 78. Two of Captaine Iohn Dauies in 86 and 87. that of Master Hore An. 1536. that of Sir Humphrey Gilbert 1583. that of Master Charles Leigh to Ramea An. 1597. and before in 1593. that of George Drake with those of Iaques Cartier and diuers others My purpose is not to steale Master Hakluyts labours out of the World by culling and fleecing them for our purpose but by this Index to instruct men where they may haue festiuall store in this kinde I had rather giue you new things Such are to the World these that you had before in Hudsons voyages set together as also those of Greenland and such are those of Waymouth Knight Hall Baffin c. And first as Foreman of our Quest we will giue you Sir Humphrey Gilberts Letter written with his owne hand from New-found Land whereof he tooke formall possession to the Crowne of England and was as a Martyr of those Discoueries It was written to Sir George Peckham a great Aduenturer in that voyage and a greater in one of longer life his written Treatise of Westerne planting extant in Master Hakluyts third Tome and I haue here inserted it being hitherto vnprinted as a memorial of both their worths and after it though in time before wee will recreate you with a plaine Mariners Letter endorsed in homely phrase To the Honorable Kings Grace of England here as I thinke giuen you from the Originall I haue also another written to Cardinall Wolsey touching the same voyage in Latin by Albertus de Prato for the antiquitie rather then any remarkable raritie worthy here to be mentioned SIr George I departed from Plymouth on the eleuenth of Iune with fiue sailes and on the thirteenth the Barke Rawley ran from me in faire and cleere weather hauing a large winde I pray you solicite my brother Rawley to make them an example of all Knaues On the third of August wee arriued at a Port called Saint Iohns and will put to the Seas from thence God willing so soone as our ships will be ready Of the New-found Land I will say nothing vntill my next Letters Be of good cheare for if there were no better expectation it were a very rich demaynes the Country being very good and full of all sorts of victuall as fish both of the fresh water and Sea-fish Deere Pheasants Partridges Swannes and diuers Fowles else I am in haste you shall by euery Messenger heare more at large On the fifth of August I entred here in the right of the Crowne of England and haue engrauen the Armes of England diuers Spaniards Portugals and other strangers witnessing the same I can stay no longer fare you well with my good Lady and be of good cheare for I haue comforted my selfe answerable to all my hopes From Saint Iohns in the New-found Land the 8. of August 1583. Yours wholly to command no man more HVM GILBART I mentioned before Master Thornes fathers finding New-found Land with Master Eliot These animated King Henrie the eight to set forth two ships for discouerie one of which perished in the North parts of New-found Land The Master of the other Iohn Rut writ this Letter to King Henrie in bad English and worse Writing Ouer it was this superscription Master Grubes two ships departed from Plymouth the 10. day of Iune and arriued in the New-found Land in a good Harbour called Cape de Bas the 21. day of Iuly and after we had left the sight of Selle we had neuer sight of any Land till we had sight of Cape de Bas. PLeasing your Honorable Grace to heare of your seruant Iohn Rut with all his Company here in good health thanks be to God and your Graces ship The Mary of Gilford with all her thanks be to God And if it please your honorable Grace we ranne in our course to the Northward till we came into 53. degrees and there we found many great Ilands of Ice and deepe water we found no sounding and then we durst not goe no further to the Northward for feare of more Ice and then we cast about to the Southward and within foure dayes after we had one hundred and sixtie fathom and then wee came into 52. degrees and fell with the mayne Land and within ten leagues of the mayne Land we met with a great Iland of Ice and came hard by her for it was standing in deepe water and so went in with Cape de Bas a good Harbor and many small Ilands and a great fresh Riuer going vp farre into the mayne Land and the mayne Land all wildernesse and mountaines and woods and no naturall ground but all mâ—sse and no inhabitation nor no people in these parts and in the woods wee found footing of diuers great beasts but we saw none not in ten leagues And please your Grace the Samson and wee kept company all the way till within two dayes before wee met with all the Ilands of Ice that was the first day of Iuly at night and there rose a great and a maruailous great storme and much foule weather I trust in Almightie Iesu to heare good newes of her And please your Grace we were considering and a writing of all our order how we would wash vs and what course wee would draw and when God doe send foule weather that with the Cape de Sper shee should goe and he that came first should tarry the space of sixe weeks one for another and watered at Cape de Bas ten dayes ordering of your Graces ship and fishing and so departed toward the Southward to seeke our fellow the third day of August we entered into a good Hauen called Saint Iohn and there we found eleuen saile of Normans and one Brittaine and two Portugall Barkes and all a fishing and so we are readie to depart toward Cape de Bas and that is twentie fiue leagues as shortly as we haue fished and so along the coast till we may meete with our fellow and so with all diligence that lyes in me toward parts to that Ilands that we are commanded by the grace of God as we were commanded at our departing And thus Iesu saue and keepe your honorable Grace and all your honourable Reuer in
the Hauen of Saint Iohn the third day of August written in haste 1527. By your seruant Iohn Rut to his vttermost of his power I haue by me also Albert de Prato's originall Letter in Latin stile almost as harsh as the former English and bearing the same date and was indorsed Reuerend in Christo Patri Domino Domino Cardinali Domino Legat◠Angliae and began Reuerendissime in Christo Pater salutem Reuerendissime Pater plaeceat Reuerendissima peternitati vestra scire Deo fauente post quam exiuimus à Plemut quae fuit x. Iunij c. the substance is the same with the former and therefore omitted Datum apud le Baya Saint Iohan in Terris Nouis die x. Augusti 1527. Reuer Patr. vest humilis seruus Albertus de Prato the name written in the lowest corner of the sheet The voyage of Captaine GEORGE WEYMOVTH intended for the discouerie of the North-west Passage toward China with two flye Boates. ON Sunday the second day of May 1602. in the afternoone I weighed anchor and set saile from Redcliffe with two Fly-boates the one called the Discouery of seuentie Tunnes and the other called the God speed of sixtie Tunnes to discouer the North-west passage hauing in my ships fiue and thirtie men and boyes throughly victualled and abundantly furnished with all necessaries for a yeere and an halfe by the right Worshipfull Merchants of the Moscouie and Turkie Companies who for the better successe of the voyage prouided mee of a great trauailer and learned Minister one Master Iohn Cartwright The Master vnder mee in the Discouerie was one William Cobreth a skilfull man in his profession and in the God speed one Iohn Drewe and Mate in the said ship one Iohn Lane The first of Iune we descried Buquhamnes in the Latitude of 57. degrees The second day we saw the Point of Buquhamnes North-west from vs being a very smooth land and the land by it to the Southward riseth with many Homocks There lyeth a ledge of Rockes hard by the Nesse in a sandie Bay faire by the shore When we came neer the land we met with a fisher Boat and I agreed with one of the fisher men to carry me betweene the Isles of Orkney because I was not acquainted with the coast The fourth day at ten of the clocke wee descried the Isles of Orkney Some of those Southerne Ilands are prettie high land but the Northerne Iland which is called the Start is very low land There is no danger giuing the shore a good birth vnlesse it be by the Norther point of the Start there doth a ledge of Rockes lye a mile from the shoare At noone I found my selfe to be in the latitude of 59. degrees and 30. minutes the point of the Start bearing West and at one of the clocke in the afternoone we saw a faire I le which bare North-east and by North from vs and at eight of the clocke at night wee were North of the Start Then I directed my course West and by North. The fifth day about ten of the clocke in the morning we ranne some tenne leagues and then we saw two small Ilands some two leagues off and at eight and nine of the clocke we saw foure or fiue Boats of Fisher-men and spake with one of them and they were Scottish-men The sixt in the morning fell much raine and lasted till nine of the clocke and at ten of the clocke it cleared vp and became very faire weather and very temperate and warme and our course was West The seauenth the winde was at East and by North faire weather and our course West The eight at noone I obserued the Sunne and found vs to be in 59. degrees and fortie seuen minutes and we ran West South-west The twelfth day we held our course West the winde at East North-east with fogge in the morning at noone I obserued the Sunne and found my selfe in 57. degrees and 55. minutes the variation here was nothing at all The thirteenth at noone our course was West and by North the winde at North-east with fogge some three or foure houres and then cleare againe the ayre very warme as in England in the moneth of May. The foureteenth was faire weather and the winde at East North-east and our course West and by North. The fifteenth much raine all the forenoone our course West the winde at East and by North. The sixteenth the winde was at North North-east with much raine winde and fogge In the forenoone being very cold and at noone I obserued the Sun and found vs to be in 57. degrees and 35. minutes we found the variation to be eleuen degrees Westward and by that meane I found my selfe to be one degree more to the Southward then we should haue bin by our course for we could not see the Sunne in 96. houres before this day at noone and at our last obseruation before this which was the twelfth day we could not finde any variation at all Then we stood close by a winde to the Westward the winde being at North North-east The seauenteenth wee ranne North and by West the winde at North North-east faire weather This day we saw many gray Gulles and some Pigions The eighteenth at noone I obserued the Sunne and found our selues to be in the latitude of 59. degrees and 51. minutes And then we first descried a great Iland of Ice which lay North from vs as farre as we could ken it from the head of our maine topmast and about two of the clocke in the afternoone we saw the South part of Groneland North from vs some ten leagues As we coasted this Ice to the Northward we found it to be a maine banke of Ice for we saw the other end of it to beare West North-west from vs the winde being at South South-west little winde Then we ranne West South-west to cleere vs of the Ice The nineteenth the winde was at East South-east with some small raine The twentieth our course was West North-west the winde being at North and by East little winde This day sometimes we came into blacke water as thicke as puddle and in sailing a little space the water would be cleare againe Seeing this change of water so often to be thick and cleare againe so suddenly we imagined it had beene shallow water then we founded and could fetch no ground in one hundred and twenty fathomes and the Sea was so smooth that we could discerne no current at all At this time I reckoned the Cape of desolation to beare North North-east twentie foure leagues from vs. The one and twentieth the winde was variable The two and twentieth we were in the latitude of 60. degrees and 37. minutes the winde being at West wee ranne North and by West The seauen and twentieth the winde was at West South-west then our course was North-west and by North the weather faire and warme as in England in
very good Sound hard by the Vre in sixteene fathoms at the mouth of Cunninghams Foord about fiue of the clocke There came presently foure of the Countrie people vnto vs after their old accustomed manner This euening about sixe of the clocke the Vrin anchored by vs. This night the Admirall my selfe and Captaine Browne went on Land to see the Myne of siluer where it was decreed that we should take in as much thereof as we could On Sunday the third of August the Sauages seeing our curtesie toward them bartered Seales skinnes and Whales finnes with vs which being done wee went to our Boat and rowing away three of them taking their Boats rowed with vs vp the Foord calling to other of the people telling them and making signes to vs of our dealing towards them Then they also came to vs and bartered with vs for old Iron and Kniues for Seales skinnes and coates made of Seales skinnes and Whales finnes and rowed still all with vs. In the end hauing rowed fiue or sixe leagues vp the Foord and seeing it to bee but a Bay wee returned alongst many greene and pleasant Ilands where wee found good anchoring the people still followed vs to the number of fiue and twentie persons till about sixe of the clocke when it fell thicke with some raine and the winde being Southerly wee rowed in among the Sounds at which time they went from vs wee rowing our Boat to one of the Ilands went to supper And hauing supped wee rowed some three leagues vp an other Foord where we found very shallow water in which place we stayed with our Boat all that night The fourth day in the morning about three of the clocke wee returned to our ship againe with a gale of winde Southerly being somewhat thicke and raynie weather sayling by the Land among the Ilands till we came three leagues to the Northwards of Queene Sophias Cape when going without the Ilands wee met with a very high Sea so that wee had much to doe but by the prouidence of Almightie God the Boat was preserued from being swallowed vp of the Sea In the end wee got againe among the Ilands and so about noone wee came to our ships The fift day some of our men went on Land among the Mountaines where they did see reine Deere The sixt day I casting about stood into the shoare South-east till wee had brought Ramels Foord East and by North off vs bearing roome for the same Foord There goeth a very hollow Sea betweene the Ilands of the Kings Foord and Ramels Foord The winde being somewhat still wee towed on head with our Boats till wee came thwart of a Bay in which I was in the Vrins Boat which I named Fos Bay after the name of Philip de Fos Pilot of the Vrin. But the Admirals wilfulnesse was such that I could by no meanes counsaile him therein though night were at hand but hee would goe vp the Foord till wee came on the starboord side of the Foord to sixe and twentie fathomes sandie ground The Vrin let fall anchor by vs but the winde comming off the Land our Captaine and Companie being so obstinate and willfull that I could by no meanes get them to worke after my will the ship draue into the midfoord where wee could haue no ground at an hundred fathoms till the Tyde of flood came when the flood set the ship to the shoare but I laying out a Cage-anchor got the ship off and setting our foresaile stood for another roade vp the Riuer The eight day about foure in the morning wee came to an anchor in twentie fathomes sandie ground hauing very faire shoalding within vs. About noone the Vrin came and anchored by vs. It floweth in this Riuer South-east and North-west and it standeth in the latitude of 66. degrees and 25. minutes The ninth in the morning our Captaine with the Captaine of the Vrin went with their Boates vp the Riuer where they did come to see their winter houses which were builded with Whales bones the balkes being of Whales ribbes and the tops were couered with earth and they had certaine Vaults or Sellers vnder the earth foure square about two yards deepe in the ground These houses were in number about some fortie They found also certaine Graues made vp of stones ouer the dead bodies of their people the carkasses being wrapped in Seales skins and the stones laid in manner of a Coffin ouer them This day in this place we set a man on Land which had serued our Captaine the yeer◠before which for a certaine fault committed by him our Captaine left behinde in the Countrie About noone our men came aboord againe and after Dinner some of the people came vnto vs of whom wee caught 〈◊〉 with their Boates and stowed them in our ship◠to bring them into Denmark◠to enforme our selues better by their meanes of the state of their Countrie of Groineland which in their owne language they call Secanunga and say that vp within the Land they haue a great King which is carried vpon mens shoulders The tenth of August in the morning the winde being at East South-east we weighed and came forth of Rombes Foord but being come forth to Sea amongst the Ilands the winde came vp to the South-west and by South the Sea going maruellous high we lying West and West and by North to Sea doubling certaine Ilands and Rocks Where the Sea going so wonderfull high had set vs vpon the Rocks where we had all dyed if God of his mercy 〈◊〉 that instant when wee saw nothing before our eyes but present death had not sent vs a great gale of winde at South South-west whereby wee lay West North-west away with a flawne sheat wee doubling of the Ilands and Rocks were forced to goe betweene certaine little Ilands which lye off Queene Sophias Cape foure leagues into the Sea The which Ilands I named the yeere before Knights Ilands after the name of Iohn Knight So hauing passed these Ilands not without great danger was found betweene them many blinde Rock◠and being cleere in the Sea The thirteenth at noone we were in the latitude of 66. degrees 50. minutes being off Cape Sophia West and by North halfe westerly about sixteene leagues The eighteenth about foure in the morning we got cleere off the Ice steering South and by West away it being very thicke weather till noone when it cleered vp at which 〈◊〉 wee saw the shoare rising like Ilands being very high and stretching South and by East and North and by West about foure and twentie leagues the shoare being beset all full with Ice so that in that place it is impossible for any ship to come into the shoare Also of the Southermost of these two Capes lay such a great banke of Ice stretching into the Sea that wee were forced to lye West and by North to double the 〈◊〉 All this afternoone wee were almost
to the South from 60. degrees of Septentrional altitude vnto fiftie three Austral which are 1977. leagues of ground which hath in breadth at the broadest 1300. and thence downewards vnto eighteene which is the narowest by Nombre de Dios or Portobelo vnto Panama whereby Nature diuided this Land leauing almost the halfe of it to the North and the rest to the South which are the two parts of these bounds The third is the Ilands and firme land that lye to the East of Mallaca where through passeth the Line of the partition betweene the two Crownes of Castile and Portugall the which although they are part of the East India they are named of the West in respect of Castile as shall bee seene in the generall Map that followeth And because the Discouerie of all these Regions from whence so great Riches haue beene brought to these Kingdomes is due vnto the Load-stone I will set downe heere a wonderfull effect of his discouered by Don Antonie Ossorio a Gentleman of Valladolid and it is that it doth communicate to the Iron more attractiue vertue then naturally it hath of it selfe seeing that applying an Iron to the part of the stone that hath most force much more weight will bee raysed with the Iron then with the stone it selfe so it bee ioyned with it in sort that to a Loadstone that weigheth no more then two pound one quarter and hath no naturall vertue for to lift more then sixe ounces weight it made the Iron in my presence to lift fourteene pound of Iron and this vertue hath not the Load-stone of Spaine a thing that causeth the Philosophers to muse much vpon The Author had here inserted a Table or Generall Map of America the defect of which wee haue supplyed with this farre more complete of Hondius HONDIVS his Map of AMERICA AMERICAE DESCRIP THe Ocean that is toward the East is called the North Sea and that which falleth to the West Mar del Sur or the South Sea this washeth Noua Hispania and Peru that washeth those Regions which are situated on the South coast of Brasile toward the Magellan Streight and especially the North coast from Brasile toward Castile and other Septentrional parts These two vast Seas are diuided into other lesser Seas and Gulfes and are sayled by foure principall Nauigations The first and most ancient from Castile to Terra firme and to Noua Hispania The second from Castile to the Riuer of Plate and the Streight of Magellan The third from the coast of Noua Hispania to Guatimala and Panama to Peru Chile and the Streight And the last and newest from Noua Hispania to the Ilands of the West and trafficke of China as it is seene in the Table preceding The first Nauigation because it is most vsed called Carrera de las Indias The course of the Indies is diuided in two one to the port of Saint Iohn of Vlua in Noua Hispania whitherto from Siuil is sayled about one thousand and seuen hundred leagues in two moneths and an halfe and another to Nombre de Dios and now to Porte bello which is in the Kingdome which they call Terra firme of one thousand and foure hundred leagues in two moneths large and both goe by one course till they come to the Ilands of the North Sea from Saint Lucar of Barrameda whence yee cannot take Sea without a Pilot skilfull in the Channell a fit winde and spring Tydes and light of the day or lights for to see the markes of the Barre The Times for to begin these Nauigations are diuers For Noua Hispania the winter being past from the beginning of April vnto the end of May and not after that they may not come to the Ilands of the North Sea after August when the North windes begin to reigne and the Vracanes doe begin which are stormes and great gusts arising of contrarie windes And to Terra firme the Nauigation is before the entring of the Winter in all August and September that they may come to Porte bello from Nouember forward when by the beginning of the North windes that Coast is alreadie least diseased and more healthfull From Saint Lucar they goe to the Canaries whither there is about two hundred and fiftie leagues of Nauigation of eight or ten dayes through the Gulfe de las Yeguas which in winter is very dangerous for stormes and in the Port of Canarie they cast anker when they thinke it good or else in the Port of Gomera which is the best of those Ilands From the Canaries they saile to Desseada which stands in 15. degrees and little more and to Dominica whither they make seuen hundred leagues through the great Ocean and they stay fiue and twentie dayes whereby they cannot returne because the Brises are ordinarie and contrarie at their returne The Brises are windes which comprehend all the Easterne windes with all their quarters and are so ordinarie and firme because the swift motion of the First Moouer doth carry after him the Element of the Aire as the other superior Orbes and so the Aire followeth alwaies the motion of the Day going from East to West neuer varying and the effectuall motion of the Aire carrieth after him also the vapours and exhalations that doe arise from the Sea and therefore the Brise winde which runneth from the East is so continuall in those parts This voyage from the Canaries to Dominica Peter Arios of Auila which was called Gentill and the Iuster made the first the yeere of 1514. when hee went with an Armie for Gouernour and Captaine generall of the Kingdome of Golden Castile now called Terra firme since which the Nauigation hath beene ordered that vntill then went out of order Because it is now ordered that fresh water and wood be not taken in the Iland of Desseada and in Dominica the Fleet of Noua Espanna goe hence to Occoa a Port of the Iland Hispan-yola to take refreshing and they stay long because the stormes from Cuba doe ouertake it And they that goe for Noua Espanna doe water in the Iland of Guadalupe and there they diuide the courses The fleet of Noua Espanna goeth in demand of the Cape of Saint Antonie which is in the furthest part and most Occidentall of the Iland of Cuba to which place they saile about fiue hundred leagues in twentie dayes ordinarily in sight of Saint Iohn of Porto Rico and of Espannola two leagues off the Port of Saint Domingo running along the coast by the Point of Nizao and betweene the Ilands of Cuba and Iamayca they goe with great heede of the shoales which are called the Iardines neere to the middest of the coast of Cuba where many ships haue beene lost passing afterward in sight of the Iland of Pinos and Cape Correntes twelue leagues short of the Cape of Saint Antonie From whence there are two courses to the Port of Venacruz both of ten or twelue dayes one which
moneths and the returne lesse then thirtie dayes and the same from the Kings to Chile from whence to Panama are sayled nine hundred leagues in lesse then two moneths eight being needfull for the going which is alreadie shorter then it was for putting to the Sea they finde better windes to performe it The Nauigation to the Westerne Ilands Malucas and Philippinas from Castile to the Streight of Magellane passeth foure thousand leagues and so for being so long as for the difficultie of passing the Streight of Magellanâ—s it is held for difficult to vse it and from Noua Espanna through the Westerne Gulfe which is in the South Sea This Nauigation was made from the Port of the Natiuitie in the Coast of Noua Espanna at this time it is made from the Port of Acapulco from whence to the Malucas and Philippinas they doe make a voyage of one thousand sixe hundred or a thousand and seuen hundred leagues which is sayled in two moneths or two and a halfe departing in Nouember which is the time most free from calmes And the returne to Noua Espanna is longer because not being able to returne the way they went it is necessarie to ascend to 39. degrees and depart in May and Iune when the Brises bee lesse and they stay foure moneths in sayling two thousand leagues that may bee in the iourney NAture hauing diuided these western Indies in two parts by the Isthmos or narrownesse from Porte bello to Panama placed the one to the North and the other to the South wherefore wee will call them the Indies of the North and of the South The Kings of Castile and Lion with the aduice of the supreme Councell of the Indies haue ordayned that in each place there bee a Vice-roy Courts and Gouernments and Bishopricks as hereafter shall bee shewed And first shall be entreated of the Northerne Indies which commonly they call Noua Hispania because the first discouerers which were Iohn Grijalua and his Companions hauing not seene in the Ilands houses of stone nor other things as in Spaine which here they found with people apparelled and more ciuill They named it New Spaine which exceedeth the other part of the Indies in pastures and therefore they haue innumerable Cattle of all sorts and it exceedeth also in husbandrie and fruits it hath no wine because generally the grapes doe not ripen with perfection the raines of Iuly and August not suffering them to ripen The vpper Ilands haue also great Pastures and a pleasant prospect for all the yeere they are greene and flourishing with great pleasantnesse and great Arcabucos which are very thick Groues and Inclosures and in the Playnes are great Lakes and Quagmires Neither Bread nor Wine grow in them for the great ranknesse of the ground doth not suffer it to ripen nor care the Riuers for the most part haue gold Florida Nicaragua and Guatimala are almost in this manner as of all more particularly wee will rehearse in their place and in the Table following shall the bounds of these Northern Indies bee seene THe Court of the Iland Hispaniola which in time and place is the first being neerest vnto Castile it hath of bounds East and West fiue hundred and fiftie leagues and North and South more then three hundred wherein are included the Ilands and Gouernments of Hispaniola Cuba Saint Iohn Iamayca Margarita and the fishing of the Pearle the Prouince and Gouernment of Venezuella and for neernesse the Prouinces of new Andaluzia Guayana and Florida with all the Ilands of the North Sea which doe passe a hundred which are named and are aboue sixe hundred great and small and those which doe leane toward the Coast of Terra firme the Mariners doe call of the Leeward and the other to the Weatherward The temperature of them all is commonly moist and exceeding hot and although they be plentifull in Pastures and Trees they are not so of the Seedes of Castile nor of Wheat Barly Vines nor Oliues but there is great store of great Cattell and small as Kine Mares Swine and Sheepe and therefore their principall trafficke is Hides and Sugar for there is great store and although in the most of them there is gold it is not sought for THe Countrie-men called the Iland of Hispaniola Ayti and Quisqueya which signifieth Roughnesse and a great Countrie The figure of it is like a Chesnut leafe it stands in nineteene degrees and a halfe of eleuation of the Pole it compasseth about foure hundred leagues and somewhat more and hath in length East and West an hundreth and fiftie and North and South from thirtie to sixtie where it is broadest it is very plentifull of Sugar and Cattell and of Yuca the roote whereof maketh the Cazabi the bread of the Countrimen They haue no Millet nor Wheat although they begin to reape some in the inward parts and coldest It is rich of Copper mynes and other metals and some veine of Gold though but little is gotten for want of workemen it hath ten Spanish Townes HONDIVS his Map of Hispaniola Cuba c. CUBA INSULâ— HAVANA PORTUS IAMAICA I. S. IOANNIS I. MARGARETAE CUBAE INSULAE PARS HISPANIOLA The Citie of Saint Dominicke or Domingo neere the Coast of the South on the Riuer of Ozama stands in the said 19. degrees and a halfe and 60. of Occidentall longitude from the Meridian of Toledo from whence vnto it there may bee by direct line one thousand two hundred fortie seuen leagues it hath aboue sixe hundred housholds There is resident in it the Audience or Councell the Officers of the Goods and Royall Treasure a Mint house and the Cathedrall Church And the Archbishoprick hath for Suffraganes the Bishopricks of the Conception de la Vega which is vnited with that of Saint Dominicke those of Saint Iohn Cuba Venezuela and the Abbotship of Iamayca and in the Citie are Monasteries of Dominicans Franciscans Mercenaries and other two of Nunnes a Grammar Schoole with foure thousand Pesos of Rent and an Hospitall with twentie thousand The Hauen which is great and capable of many ships is in the mouth of the Riuer Ozama and hath the Citie on the West which the Deputie Don Bartholomew Collon did build the yeere 1494. on the East side better and wholsomer in situation and the chiefe Knight of Alcantara Nicholas of Ouando being Gouernour of Hispaniola An. 1502. remoued it where now it is from the other side the Riuer to the East vpon occasion that the Citie had fallen by a great Earthquake The Village of Salualyon of Yguey eight and twentie leagues from Saint Dominicke to the East of the Archbishoprick the Captaine Iohn of Esquiuel did people it The Village of the Zeybo twentie leagues from Saint Dominicke to the East toward the Iland of Saona the Captaine also planted it in the time of Nicholas of Ouando The Village of Cotuy sixteene leagues from Saint Dominicke to the North
great shelfe of fifteene leagues the middest of it in twentie degrees and among these Ilands are many little ones without name The Ilands that are from the Iland of Saint Iohn of Porte-Rico to the East of it toward the coast of Terra firmâ— were called the Canibals by the many Caribes eaters of humaine flesh that were in them and in their language Canibal is to say Valiant man for they were held for such of the other Indians All these Ilands are dangerous for shelues and the nearest to Saint Iohn are Sancta Cruz to the South-west from it in 16. degrees and a halfe of sixteene leagues and Saba las Virgines two little illets compassed with shelues and other eight or ten Ilands the greatest of ten leagues Virgen gorda and the Blancos or White Ilands Westward from Virgen gorda Lâ— Ane gada of seuen leagues in length in 18. degrees and a halfe compassed with shelues as Sambrero is a little Iland neere vnto it and these Ilands which are called the Weather Ilands or Barlouento the first Admirall discouered and in particular the men of Sancta Cruz and others had a custome to goe and hunt for men to the Iland of Saint Iohn for to eate and at this day they of Dominica doe it They did eate no women but kept them for slaues Now they say that within this little while they of Dominica did eate a Fryer and that all they which did eate his flesh had such a fluxe that some dyed and that therefore they haue left eating humane flesh and it may be because instead of men with lesse danger they steale Kine and Mares for the great quantitie there is of them and with this they satisfie their raging appetite Anguilla hath ten leagues of length it standeth in 18. degrees Saint Martin in 17. degrees and a halfe it is of sixteene leagues compassed with little Illets and neere vnto it Saint Eustace Saint Bartholomew and Saint Christopher euery one of tenne leagues The Barbada in 17. degrees and a halfe compassed with shelues neere to the Redoâ—da and the Snowes or Nieues and of Monserrate of fiue leagues euery one in 15. degrees and a halfe The Antigua Guadalupe and Todos Santos from 14. to 15. degrees The Desseada to the East of Guadalupe about sixe leagues the first which the Admirall Don Christopher discouered in the second Voyage that he made to the Indies in 14. degrees and a halfe for which the fleete goe alwayes from the Canaries Marigalante the name of the Shippe the Admirall had fiue leagues to the South-west from the Desired and from the Dominica in 13. degrees twelue leagues in length where the Fleetes take in water and wood for it hath good roades although with danger of the Canibals Neere vnto Dominica to the South stands Matinino Sancta Lucie and the Barbudos the which because they fall on the left hand of the Fleetes when they goe they call them already of the Ilands of the Leeward de Sotauento which appertaine to the coast of Terra firme and of them the greatest the first and the most Orientall is the Trinidad neere two hundred leagues from Hispaniola North and South with the Dominica about sixtie leagues from it It hath fiftie leagues in leangth East and West and almost thirty in breadth The Admirall discouered it the yeare 1498. the third Voyage that he made to the Indies and called it the Trinitie because hauing great trouble in the Voyage he had promised to God to giue such a name to the first Land that he should finde and presently the Mariner that was in the top saw three points of Land whereby the name fitted euery way to his vowe then hee discouered also the mouthes of the Dragon and of the Serpent the gulfe of Paria and all the firme Land vnto Cumana which iniustly Americus Vesputio claimes to himselfe whose name vnworthily is giuen to the port which they call Peninsula Australis or Indies of the South This Iland of Trinidad is knowne that it is no good Countrie though it hath many Indians it hath thirtie fiue leagues of longitude and others say more and twentie fiue of latitude it stands in 8. degrees the most orientall part of it is a point on the North side which is called de la Galera and to the North of it a small Iland compassed with little Iles which they call Tabago and in the South coast a Cape which they call the Round Point at the East the point of Anguilla at the West in the gulfe of Paria which is that that is from the Iland to Terra firme which may be eight leagues of distance because the firme Land maketh an oblique semicircle as a Diadem and in the entrance of the East is the distance recited in the entrance of the West the straightnes is much and with great depth and two little Ilands at the end of the North coast by the West which is called the Dragons mouth and to the North S. Vincent and Granada other two little Ilands The Iland of Margarita so named by Christopher Colon the first Admirall as also all the rest a most sufficient proofe of the Finder to the confusion of those which depriued him of the glory of the discouerie of the firme Land attributing it to themselues although changing the times it is twentie leagues from Trinidad Westward and one hundred and seuenty from Hispaniola it hath sixteen leagues in length East and West and yet some say twenty and the halfe in breadth it hath no store of water although it is very plentifull of Pastures for Cattle There is in it two Townes one neare the Sea which reacheth to a fortresse where the Gouernour is resident and another two leagues within the Land which is called the Valley of Sancta Lucie there is in his coast a good port and a nooke and many beds of Pearles whither the fishing of them is remoued which before was in Cubagua and they say it went away from thence for the rumour of the ordnance of the many Shippes that resorted to this Iland to the trafficke of the Pearles which was very great Cubagua stands one league from Margarita to the East there is no water in it and yet the new Cadiz was built there and they carried their water seuen leagues from the Riuer of Cumana To the East of Cubagua are foure little Illets close by the shoare which the first Admirall called Los Frayles and to the East betweene them and Granada other foure or fiue which he called Los Testigos the Witnesses and to the West after Cubagua another little Iland which he named Tortuga the Tortoyse neere to the point of Araya and from hence the discouery being made from below Paria he went to Hispaniola with a purpose to finish the discouery of Terra firme and as here after shall be seene hee went after to discouer and found the Ilands of the Guanaios and from before Veragua
of Hache our Ladie of the Snowes and after of the Remedies neere vnto the Sea betweene Venezuela and Sancta Marta to the East thirtie leagues from it and sixtie from Coro to the West North and South with the Cape de Vela with eight leagues of bounds betweene Venezuela and Sancta Marta without showes of Gold It is gouerned by Alcaldes immediate to the Counsell of Hispaniola and the Spiritualtie is of the Bishopricke of Sancta Marta The Towne is 1000. paces from the Sea on a little hill the Hauen hath the North for trauers it is a most fertile Countrie and yeeldeth whatsoeuer is in Castile there are many Tigers Beares Ants and Lizards in the Riuers much Gold and Stones of diuers vertues for the Spleene the Kidneys for the Milt and Flix and they haue good Salt-pits Nicolas Federman for the Belzares was he that began to inhabit this Towne The gouernment of Serpaâ— which they call the new Andaluzia and in the Indian Language Guayana extends the limits From the Iland of Margarita vnto the riuer Maâ—auyon three hundred leagues to the East and as many North and South within the Land wherein the Indians Omagues are included and the Omygas with the Prouinces of Dorodo to the south of this Gouernment wherein falleth by the Coast the Prouince of Maracapana in the bounds of Veneculela where the mouths of Sancta Fe were inhabited in whose Borders is the knob of Vnare and neere vnto it a great Lake with great store of fish and salt and the Indians which are called of Perito twentie leagues within the Land and the Indians Palenques so called for the Poles wherewith they fortified themselues and the Prouince of Cumana North and south with the Margarita where is a Towne of Spaniards which is called new Cordoua which the Captayne Gonçalo of Ocampo built when he went to chastise the Indians of Cumana for the destruction of the Monastery of the Religious Franciscans And to the East or the Iland of Trinidad and the Riuer of Saint Iohn of the Amazones is the Prouince of the Indians Arnacas part of the Caniballs and all Warlike that neuer are quiet or peaceable After the point of Paria which stands in seuen degrees and the Dragons Mouth neere vnto Trinidad stands the point Del Gallo or Anegada to the South of the Trinitie and the Riuer of Paria or Oriuico which some call Yuyapari and others will haue that these two and the Riuer of Saint Iohn and of Orellana be all one thing and also the Marauyon but in this they are deceiued There be other Riuers in the Prouince of the Arnacas that are well knowne the Riuer of Saint Iohn or of Orellana springeth in the Andes of Peru right against Cuzco from whence it runneth fifteene hundred leagues or more winding vnder the Equinoctiall by Countreyes well inhabited though not well discouered till it came to run into the North Sea whose mouth hath in breadth fiftie leagues and in the first fiue hundred from the mouth vpward many Ilands inhabited and eightie or a hundred leagues more to the West stands the Riuer of Morauyon almost in the bounds whereby passeth the Line of the Diuision betweene Castile and Portugall and is great and terrible hauing fifteene leagues of mouth and the streame commeth from the parts of the South and the Prouinces of Brasill and they say that the spring is vnder Popayau and the bounds of the new Kingdome of Granada Seuen leagues from Cumana stands the Iland of Cubagua where stood as was said the new Cadiz which was disinhabited because the fishing for Pearles fayled this Iland had no water that could be drunke nor trees nor beasts for all is brackish except those Hogges that haue the Nauell in their backe-bone and some small Conies and hauing so great inhabiting they went seuen leagues to the riuer of Cumana for water although there was an opinion that it bred webbes in the eyes In this Riuer and coast hapned in the yeare 1530. the first of September the hauen being cleare the Sea did rise foure fadomes from his ordinary course and entring into the earth it began to shake and the fortresse which the Captaine Iacome of Castellon had built by order of the Counsell of Hispaniola fell and the earth did open in many places whereout sprang much salt water as blacke as inke and did stinke of brimstone and the mountaine of the gulfe of Cariaco remained open with a great rift many houses fell many people died drowned and with feare and taken with the earth quake Margarita one league from Cubagua a more pleasant Iland the Bachiller Marcelo of Villalobos did people it The Prouince and Gouernment of Florida bordering on the Counsell of Hispaniola according to the Gouernment of Peter Melendez is all that which lyeth from the Riuer of Palmes which doth confine with the Gouernment of Panuco in new Spaine limits of the Counsell of Mexico which is neere the tropicke in 22. degrees vnto the point of Bacallaos which falleth in 48. degrees and a halfe in the which are 1258. leagues of Coast and from thence to 73. degrees of altitude to the North by the Coast and within the Land all that which hee discouereth Of this hath beene coasted and discouered from the Riuer of Palmes vnto the Point of Sancta Helena and the Riuer Iordan which are about 600. leagues it is a firme Land of a good climate plentifull and well inhabited in many places as those that went through it with Hernando of Soto did know it the yeare 1536. and 1537. Iohn Pardo borne in Cuenca went by Land from Florida to new Spaine in lesse then two yeares and it is the neerest Europe of any part of the Indies from the Bay of S. Ioseph which is eightie leagues from Panuco There is also discouered vnto New found Land but that which is particularly taken for Florida is the point that goeth into the Sea North and South with the Iland of Cuba of a hundred leagues in length and twentie fiue in breadth East and West and when it is most thirtie Iohn Ponce of Lyon discouered it Anno 1512. on Easter day and for this cause he called it Florida and afterward returned the yeere 1521. and retired wounded to Cuba where he dyed leauing a report that he sought the Fountaine or Riuer which the Indians said that old men washing themselues therin became yong This Prouince is according to the temperature of Castile and many fruits were found there like the fruits of Spain and it seemeth fit for Cattle and Corne. There is no Gould neither seemeth that the Indians did know it nor Siluer for it hath beene seene that they haue found the Chests with bars of it and money in their coasts and made no account of it yet Hernando de Soto within the inward parts of the great Riuer found great abundance of Pearles HONDIVS his Map of Florida VIRGINIA et
in the Coast of this Bishopricke on the North Sea is the Riuer of Aluarado where the bounds of the Bishopricke of Guaxaca and the Riuer of Almeria doe ioyne neere to the Riuer of Saint Iohn of Vlua where the Towne of Medellin was built by Andrew of Tapia the yeere 1522. when the Marquesse Don Fernando Cortes sent the said Andrew of Tapia and Gonçalo of Sandeuall to conferre with Christopher of Tapia which had Warrants to take away the Gouernment of New Spaine from the Marquesse and the Factor Salazar and the Ouer-seer Peralmindez dispeopled The Riuer of Almeria springeth in the long Rowe in the Prouinces of Totonaques and Micantle and betweene Mountaynes it goeth into the North Sea and against this Riuer is the Iland of Sacrifices which the Captayne Grijalua gaue the name vnto and the Riuer of Zempoala to the North from Veracruz and vpward the Riuer of Saint Peter and Saint Paul which springeth in the same Rowe and the Riuer of the Cazones Tuspa and Tamiagua neere the Gouernment of Panuco THe Bishopricke of Guaxaca so called by the Prouince wherein it is and Antequera by the Citie where the Cathedrall is resident betweene the Bishopricke of the Angels and the Bishoprickes of the Councell of Guatemala is of one hundred and twentie leagues from the one Sea to the other by the Confines of the Bishopricke of Tlascala and sixtie by the Confines of Chiapa and one hundred in breadth by the Coast of the South Sea and fiftie by the North Sea wherein are included the Prouinces of la Misteca high and low the high fortie leagues from Antequera to the West the low more to the South Sea Iohn Nunnez Sedenno and Fernandâ— of Badaioz inhabited first the Citie of Antequera and after the first Councell of Mexico inhabited it againe the only Iudges therein were Batchelour Iohn Ortiz of Matienzo and Delgadillo which was the first that as a man of Granada began to breed Silke in Mexico The President and Gouernour the Bishop Don Sebastian Ramirez began the Cathedrall Church the beginning of the good of those Kingdomes the Church hath all the Pillers of Marble of one piece very great and bigge and the Citie hath about foure hundred Spanish Housholds This Valley of Guaxaca from whence the Marquesse of the Valley taketh his Title beginneth from the Mountayne of Cocola in the bound of Guaxoloticlan In it is gathered much Silke Corne and Millet it hath the Zapoteca Tongue There hath beene in it good Mynes of Gold The situation of the Citie of Antequera which as hath beene said they call Guaxaca was inhabited with people of Mexico which lay in Garrison by order of the second Motezuma and the many Garrisons that the Kings of Mexico had through their Empire made general in it the Mexican Tongue The Riuer of this Citie doth sinke vnder the ground against Cimatlan and riseth two leagues off at the Mountaynes of Coatlan other two from Guaxaca and at a halfe a league from the Citie right against a Hill that stands to the North is a point of a little Hill and there goeth a glade of a Valley all plaine for the space of eight leagues which is the abouesaid faire Valley of Guaxaca pleasant and temperate and of a most healthfull Ayre where plentifully are gathered all kind of things and especially fruits of Castile most pleasant To the South-west stands the Prouince of Tutepeque which hath many Townes by the Sea-coast and is of more then sixtie leagues and that of the Riuer of Aluarado betweene the North and North-east and that of the Zapotecas to the North-east from Antequera and Guazacoaloco in the Confines of Tabasco all rough Countrey notwithstanding the rich Mynes of Gold little is gotten because of the roughnesse There are foure Spanish Townes The said Citie of Antequera is eightie leagues from Mexico to the South-east in the high way of Chiapa and Guatemala and the first that entred to pacifie this Prouince was Iohn Nunnez of Mercado the yeere 1522. by Commission of Don Fernando Cortes and from thence were men of War sent to serue the King Quantimoc in the defence of Mexico when Don Fernando Cortes subdued it The Treasurer Alfonso of Estrada when he did gouerne in Mexico inhabited the Village of Saint Alifonso de los Sapotecas twentie leagues from Antequera toward the North-east They liue in it by Gold Cotton-wooll and Millet there are aboue thirtie thousand Indians tributaries It stands betweene most high Hils Saint Iago de Nexapa is in the Valley of Nexapa twentie leagues from Antequera to the East in the way of Chiapa and Guatemala The Village of the Holy Ghost in the Prouince of Guazacoalco at the Coast of the North Sea in the Confines of Tabasco is ninetie leagues from Antequera Gonçalo of Sandouall inhabited it in the yeere 1522. It hath about fiftie Townes of Indians it stands on the border of the Riuer on the side of Chiapa this Riuer springeth in the Mountaynes of the Mixes and Choutales neere to Tecoaâ—tepeque and with the waters of the Neighbour Prouinces of Chiapa and the Choutales it goeth into the North Sea there enter into it ships of one hundred tun In all this Bishopricke there is no Riuer that doth not yeeld Gold and the Indians doe liue without want if they will worke for they lacke nothing for backe nor belly and they haue the Cacao a Fruit like Almonds which serueth for Money and they make Wine of it and it is eaten tosted and is held for a great sustenance They are wholsome Countreyes and pleasant The Silke was before nourished by the Castilians with the Mulberie Trees of the Countrey wherewith the Indians serued themselues for to make Paper of the second barke and the Spaniards haue planted so many of Castile that they grow infinitely and if the Indians did pay tithe of it and of other things fiue Bishoprickes might be made but none doe pay tithe but the Castilians onely This Bishopricke hath three hundred and fiftie Head-townes of Indians and in them and in three hundred Granges of more then an hundred fifty thousand tributary Indians one hundred and twentie Monasteries of Dominicke Friers and the rest Schooles of Priests for Doctrine The Coast of the North Sea of this Bâ—shopricke beginneth in the Riuer of Aluarado that commeth from the Mountaynes of the Zapotecas and betweene many other it goeth to the Prouince of Chinautla and crossing ouerthwart the Mountaynes whence it sprung goeth out into the North Sea betweene the Riuer of Guazacoalco and Saint Iohn of Vlua and there is also the Riuer called Agualulco whose mouth may serue for a Hauen and the diuided Rocke a point of the Land that commeth from the Mountaynes of Saint Martine named by ships that haue bin lost vpon a shoale full of Rockes vnder water which lye along the Coast right against them in the Coast of the South
Prouinces of the Darade or new Estremadura which circuit pertaines to the bounds of the Counsell of the New Realme many Captains haue entred by Sea and by sundry parts of the Land and haue neuer found the riches which the same promiseth They fall on the other side of the Riuer of Saint Iohn of Amazones by another name Orellana which some erroniously wil haue to be the Meranyon and here is the Orinico and other great Riuers and the Gulfe of Paria which maketh the firme land with the Land of the Trinitie the mouthes of the Serpent the Dragon which the first Admirall named where he saw himselfe in great danger for the conflict which the fresh waters make there with the salt whereof he had yet no notice and here beginneth the flowing of the Sea to be very great vnto the streight of Magellan and goeth continuing through all the coast of Piru and New Spaine The Prouinces of Piru whose name hath extended it selfe more then it was at the beginning include all the Empire of the Ingas or more for when it was won it was diuided in two gouernments that of Don Franciscus Piçarro called the New Castile from the Quito vnto the Cuzco sixtie leagues below the Chincha and that of Don Iames of Almagro called the New Toledo two hundred leagues toward the Streight from Chincha which gouernments were distinct vntil the Councell de los Reyes was established and a Vice-roy prouided for the Kingdomes of Piru in whose gouernment are included the Councell of Saint Francis of the Quito that of Luna or de los Reyes of the Kings that of the Charcas the gouernment of Chile countries of the Streights the Ilands of Salomon to the West and for borders the Prouinces of the Riuer of Plate and that which determinately is comprehended vnder the gouernment of the Vice-roy It hath in length North and South from two thousand leagues vpward and East and West that which is discouered from the South Sea to the North Sea The two Rowes that haue beene spoken of doe passe through all the Prouinces of Piru North and South that of the Andes from Popayan and yet many will haue that from Terra firme and New Spaine till it ends in the Streight and the other lesse from the Quito vnto Chile along the coast twelue leagues distant little more or lesse The two wayes passed betweene these two Mountaines the one which they called of the Ingas by the Andes from Pasto vnto Chile which hath nine hundred leagues in length and fiue and twentie foote of Cawsie and euery foure leagues very sumptuous houses which they call Tambos where was prouision of victuals and apparell and euery halfe league men that were in postes for to carry messages and orders from hand to hand The other way went through the middest of the Playnes along the coast of fiue and twentie foote broad betweene two walls of a mans height from Piura vnto Chile where both the wayes met And it is to be noted that all the Indies of the South are not to be vnderstood by Piru for as hath beene said it is not but that which beginneth from Saint Francis of Quito which is vnder the Equinoctiall Line and runneth along vnto Chile going out of the Tropicks which may bee sixe hundred leagues and fiftie in breadth though toward the Chachapoyas there is more and it is diuided in three parts The Playnes which haue about ten leagues in breadth and in parts lesse they are the coast of the Sea The Hills which haue about twentie and is all Hills and some Valleys and the Andes other twentie which are most thicke Groues and Woods and in so little space as fiftie leagues equally distant from the Line and Pole there is so great diuersitie that in the one place almost it rayneth alwayes and in the other almost neuer which is the Coast and in the third which is the Mountaines that fall in the middest of these extreames sometime it rayneth and sometime not for it hath his Summer and Winter as in Castile and the causes of not rayning in the Coast and rayne in the Andes are spoken of in the beginning of the Historie THe bounds of the Councell resident in Quito and confining Northward with that of Panama in the Port of Bonauentura and on the North-east with the New Realme and on the South with that of Lama hath in length by the South coast which is the place where it lengthens most about two hundred leagues from the Port of Bonauenture which is in the Gulfe of Panama or of Saint Michael the Port of Payta in the coast of Piru and from thence crosse to the vttermost of Popayan more then other two hundred and fiftie the limits remayning open on the East side in it is included three Gouernments besides those of the Councell which are Popayan Quixos la Canela and that of Iuan de Salinas of the Pacamoros and Gualsango diuided in two Bishopricks The Prouince and Gouernment of Quito which the Councell gouerneth hath in length eightie leagues from neere the Equinoctiall to the other side and in it these Townes of Spaniards following The heauen and earth thereof although it stands vnder the Equinoctiall is like to that of Castile cleere and faire rather cold then hot and in parts where the snow continueth all the yeere it rayneth from October to March which they call the winter and in the other moneths they cut their Grasse which though it be not long it is fit for the Cattell of Castile whereof there is great store and of Wheat and Barley and gold in some places and in this Region they liue pleasantly for there is nothing more pleasant for humane life then to enioy a wholesome and cleere skie for they haue no Winter to trouble them with cold nor Summer to molest with heat The Townes are the Citie of Saint Franciscus of Quito where Athaualpa Emperour of Piru was borne it stands in halfe a degree of height from the Equinoctiall and eightie two from the Meridian of Toledo by a greater circle one thousand sixe hundred eightie sixe leagues from it and sixtie from the South Sea it is of fiue hundred housholds In it is resident the Councell for matters of Iustice for those of the Gouernment are at the Vice-roy his charge There are also in this Citie the Officers of the Kings Rents and treasurie Royall and the Cathedrall of this Bishopricke Suffragane to the Archbishop of The Kings los Reyes there are three Monasteries of Dominicke Franciscan and Mercenarie Friars and in her iurisdiction eightie seuen Townes or parcialities of Indians In the situation where this Citie was built were certaine great lodgings which the King Topayuga built and his sonne Guayuacapa beautified and were called Quito from whence the Citie tooke the name the President Sebastian of Belalcaçar a souldier of Don Franciscus Piçarro built
the Port of Cauyete and the Iland of Mocha more to the South and the Port of Cauten which is that of the Imperiall and to the South the landing place and the Riuer of Tolten before the Port of Valdinia and past this the Point of the Galley and more to the South the great Bay or Port of Osorno in the Riuer de las Canoas and to the South of it about thirtie leagues to the Lake de los Coronados the broadest Riuer of this Realme and at the end of this Realme the Lake of Aucud HONDIVS his Map of the MAGELLAN Streight FRETUM Magellani The Ports Capes and Points of the Coast of the one and the other Sea vnto the Streighr although they be many and some are not pointed in the Cardes of Nauigation it appeareth not wholly neither is there any certaine relation of all And the most knowne of the Coast from Chile vnto the Streight which runneth from Valdinia about an hundred leagues to the West South-west are the Cape of Saint Andrew in seuen and fortie degrees from whence the Coast turneth directly to the South vnto the Streight by the Cape of Saint Roman in eight and fortie degrees and neere vnto it the Iland of Saint Catalina neere to the great Bay which they call Hartichoked and within it the Bay of our Lady and the Iland of Santa Barbara and more forward the Ports of Hernan Gallego in eight and fortie degrees two third parts and the Bay of The Kings eighteene leagues from the Port of Hernan Gallego and the Bay of Saint Iohn in fiftie degrees one third part the Cape of Saint Francisco in one and fiftie whereby some Channels doe enter into the Land and the Iland de la Campana or of the Bell eleuen leagues from Saint Francis also with some Channels which haue not beene nauigated within the Land and the Bay of Saint Lazarus in two and fiftie degrees with Channels on the sides which enter very broad and long to the one and the other parts which haue not beene nauigated and a great Sea of Ilands which alwayes was said to bee at the South side neere to the mouth of the Streight the which Sir Richard Hawkins denyeth for hee saith That at this mouth of the Streight on the South side he found no more then foure small Ilands and one in the middest like a Sugar loofe and that at the least they are distant from the mouth of the Streight sixe leagues and the great Sea is on the one side and he holdeth for certaine it is that which they say is the firme Land of the South side of the Streight and that there is no firme land The Streight though they haue past it from the South to the North side by order of the Vice-roy Don Franciscus of Toledo Peter Sarmiento and Antonie Pablo Corso and it is knowne it stands from 52. to 53. degrees of altitude where it draweth most to the South and that in length it hath one hundred and ten â—eagues or one hundred and fifteene little more or lesse and in breadth from one to tenne it hath neuer beene nauigated to an end from the South Sea to the North Sea nor the Pyrats that haue past it from the North to the South are vnderstood to haue returned by it The aboue said Sir Richard Hawkins saith that he sailed many dayes by the Straight and affirmeth that all the Countrie on the South side is no firme Land but many Ilands which reach to 56. degrees the which he might know because he sayled to the same 56. degrees through the middest of those Ilands and seeing he found nothing but Sea hee followed his course againe through by the Straight and that this cannot be so farre the differences of Seas which the many entrings doe cause that are among those Ilands and that the habiting of them is of people on the North side which doe passe to those Ilands to sustaine themselues of fishings and in their seasons returne to their Countries and that he comprehended this of many things especially of not hauing seene any seated inhabitating but some Cabbins which the Indians doe make for a time The same said Sir Francis Drake that it hapned him when he passed the Straight the yeare 1579. who after his comming out into the South Sea he ran along with tempests compassing this Sea vnto the mouth of the North Sea and by the same way he had runne he made sure his nauigation to the South Sea The parts most famous of the Straight at the entring of the South are the Cape Desseado or Desired in 53. degrees and the Channell of all Saints two and twentie leagues from the mouth very broad and large and past it the port of the Treason and afterward another great large Channell which runneth to the North-west and Rowlands Bell a great Rocke in the middest at the beginning of a Channell They gaue it this name of one of Magellanes fellowes called Rowland who went to reacknowledge it which was a Gunner the point of possession which is foure leagues from the Cape of Virgenes at the entring of the North Sea in 52. degrees and a halfe of altitude when Peter Sarmiento and Antonie Pablo Corso by order which they had to reknowledge the Straight for it had beene commanded long before for to see if it were a more easie nauigation to the South Sea then that of Panama they viewed the two narrow places that at the entrie of the North and it seemed to Peter Sarmiento that the one was so narrow that with Artillerie it might be kept and so much he perswaded it that although the Duke of Alua affirmed it was impossible the Armie which Iames Flower carried vnfruitfully was sent about it and in the end was knowne that that nauigation is dangerous and the flowing of two Seas which come to meete in the middest of the Straight doe withdraw themselues with such furie ebbing in some places more then sixtie fathoms that when the Shippes did carry nothing but Cables to preserue themselues from loosing that which they had sayled they would goe full froaghted In foure hundred leagues there is of Coast from the mouth of the Straight vnto the Riuer of Plate which runneth altogether North-east and South-west there is the Riuer of Saint Ilefonsus twelue leagues from the Cape of the Virgenes the a Gallizian Riuor and the Bay of Saint Iames foureteene leagues from the Riuer of Sancta Cruz in 50. degrees and at the mouth an Iland called of the Lyons and the Port of Saint Iulian in 49. degrees and the Riuer of Iohn Serrana to the South of the Ilands of Duckes in 47 degrees the Riuer of Cananor in 45. degrees the Cape of Saint Dominicke before the Cape of three Points and the Land de los Humos or of the Smoakes in 38. degrees the Point of Sancta Hellene and of Saint Apollonia in 37. degrees before the White
twenty leagues circuit euery one and to the East of it the Iland of Ramos of 200. leagues compasse and neere to it Malayta and Atreguada of thirty and the three Maries certaine little Ilands the Iland of Saint Iohn of twelue leagues compasse betweene the Atreguada and the Iland of S. Iames to the South Malata of 100. leagues circuit and to the South-east of it the Iland of Saint Christopher as bigge as it and Saint Anne and Saint Catherine two small Ilands fast by it the Name of God a small Iland distant from the other fiftie leagues in seuen degrees of altitude and in the same Rumbe to the North of Saint Isabel the Shelues which they call of Candelaria There is in the voiage that is made from Piru to the Ilands of Salomon an Iland called of S. Paul in fifteen degrees of altitude 700. leagues from Piru nineteen degrees 300. leagues of Land others which may be those that they called of Salomon and they say also that they might be others which this little while haue beene discouered in the same Rombe of Chile The Ilands of the Theeues are a row of 16. smal Ilands together which runne North and South with the middest of the coast of Guiney from twelue degrees of altitude vnto seuenteene Septentrionall or more not farre from the Phillippinas to the East They are all barren ground and miserable without Cattle or Mettals scarce of Victuals inhabited with poore people well shapen naked and much inclined to steale euen to the nayles of the Shippes that came there whereby Magelane named them of the Theâ—ues in the yeare 1520. when he came to them going in demand of the Spicerie Their names are the English the most North and after it Ota Mao Chemechoa Gregua Agan or Pagan Oramagan Gugnâ—â— Chareguan Natan Saepan Bota Volia There are among these Ilands Phillipines other eighteene or twenty called of the Kings Archipelagus or Ilands of the Corrall and the Gardens another quantity of little Ilands and Pialogo Saint Vilan another little Iland the Gardens and the Iland of the Matalores and that of the Shelues and of Saint Iohn or of Palmes neere the Malucos and on the North side of the Theeues fiue or six little Ilands together called the Volcanes where is store of Cochinilla and i Malpelo another small Iland where are Ciâ—aloes very fine and on the East side of the Theeues the two Sisters two little Ilands in ten degrees and Saint Bartholomew in foureteene and more toward new Spaine the Shelues Look how thou goest Take away sleep or See thou sleep not neere to them the Iland of Martine and Saint Paul another small Iland with shelues and the inhabited the most Eastward toward new Spaine Aluaro of Saauedra was also in the Iland of the Theeues in the yeare 1527. returning from the Iland of Spicerie to new Spaine THe Catholike King of Castile and of Lyon continuing in their auncient and Christian pietie presently after these new Countries were discouered and ioyned with this faire Monarchie procured to plant and settle the Catholike Religion in them and temporall pollicie with so much care and aduice of the wisest men of these Kingdomes For as the discoueries did increase the businesses they formed a particular Counsell with President and Councellours that busying themselues in no other thing with more diligence they might resort to that which so much pertained to the seruice of our Lord God and gouernment of that Orbe And because hereafter mention shall be made of the persons which from the beginning haue laboured and serued in the supreame Counsel of the Indies which hath carried so great a waight vnto this present houre first shall be spoken of the spirituall and temporall gouernment and the rest worth the knowing that the order of that Monarchie may be understood with all breuitie The first thing that these godly Kings did charge and command the first Discouerer and from man to man commanded the other Discouerers and Gouernours of that new World with very straight orders was that they should procure that the people which they carried with the Christian life and with their good customes should giue such example to the Indians that they might be glad to imitate them and should binde them vnto it entring first according to the Euangelicall Law the religious men preaching it that so rather with the sweetnesse of it then with the force and noyse of Armes it should be admitted and that iustice should be administred with such equalitie to all men that it might be much respected esteemed All went forward the townes went augmenting in such manner that with the zeale of the seruice of God and good of the men it hath come to such a point that at this day there are found built and established in all that Orbe of this Crowne possessed as before hath beene seene fiue Archbishopricks twentie seuen Bishopricks two famous Vniuersities where with great learning and doctrine al the Sciences are read more then foure hundred Monasteries of religious Dominicks Franciscani Augustines Mercenaries and the Companie of Iesus with some Monasteries of Nunnes and Colledges infinite Hospitals and Fraternities innumerable store of beneficed Cures which are called Doctrines for to teach those new Conuerts and Heremites and Chappels in the high-way erected on pillars hauing Crucifixes in them without number All the which was begun at the charge of the Crowne and at this day it goeth forward where there is no maintenance for it In effect this Catholike pietie by the clemency of God goeth from good to better augmenting with so much reuerence and honour of God that in no place of Christendome it is done with more order or care by the care of the supreme Councell of the Indies Of the which is inferred that the Concession of the Apostolike Roman Sea made to the Crowne of Castile and of Lion of the Patronage Ecclesiasticall of that new World was a very great remedie in the which our Lord God as Hee which onely is Hee that seeth and preuenteth all things to come did a thing worthy of His greatnesse seeing Hee hath shewed the experience that if this had beene gouerned otherwise it had beene impossible to haue proceeded with the harmonie and euen concent as it hath of Religion Iustice and Gouernment with so much obedience and quietnesse The Ecclesiasticall Patronage is gouerned in the same manner that in the Kingdome of Granada the Kings Catholike presenting to the chiefe Bishop onely the Archbishops and Bishops that from his holy hand they may receiue these Prelacies and may dispatch their Bulls procuring alway that they be persons of a religious life and great learning All the other Dignities and Benefices are prouided by the King and consultation of the supreme Councell of the Indies and they go not to Rome for Buls and their rents consist in tithes and first fruits which arise of the
raynie there as the South winde is on this side but contrariwise it raines when as the South winde blowes there as wee see in all the Sierre or mountaine of Peru in Chile and in the Countrie of Congo which is on the other side of the Line and farre aduanced into the Sea And in Potozi likewise the winde which they call Tomahani which is our North if my memorie faile me not is extremely cold drie and vnpleasant as it is here with vs. Yet doth not the Northerne winde disperse the cloudes vsually there as it doth here but contrariwise if I be not deceiued it doth often cause raine There is no doubt but the windes doe borrow this great diuersitie of contrarie effects from the places by which they passe and the neere Regions where they are bred as wee see by daily experience in a thousand places But speaking in generall of the qualitie of the windes we must rather looke to the coasts or parts of the World from whence they proceede then to obserue whether they be on this side or beyond the Line as it seemes the Philosopher held opinion These capitall windes which be the East and West haue no such vniuersall qualities nor so common in this Continent nor in the other as the two former The Solanus or Easterne winde is commonly here troublesome and vnwholsome and the Westerne or Zephirus is more milde and healthfull At the Indies and in all the burning Zone the Easterne winde which they call Brise is contrariwise very healthfull and pleasant Of the West I cannot speake any thing certaine or generall for that it blowes not at all or very seldom in the burning Zone for in all the nauigation betwixt the two Tropicks the Easterne winde is ordinarie And for that it is one of the admirable workes of Nature it shall bee good to vnderstand the cause and the beginning thereof The wayes at Sea are not as at Land to returne the same way they passe It is all one way saith the Philosopher from Athens to Thebes and from Thebes to Athens but it is not so at Sea for wee goe one way and returne by another The first which discouered the East and West Indies laboured much with great difficultie to finde out their course vntill that Experience the Mistresse of these secrets had taught them that to saile through the Ocean is not like the passage in Italie through the Mediterranean Sea where in their returne they obserue the same Ports and Capes they had sight of in their passage attending still the benefit of the winde which changeth instantly and when that failes they haue recourse to their Oares and so the Gallies goe and come daily coasting along the shoare In some parts of the Ocean they may not looke for any other winde then that which blowes for that commonly it continues long To conclude that which is good to goe by is not fit to returne with for in the Sea beyond the Tropicke and within the burning Zone the Easterly windes raine continually not suffering their contraries In the which Region there are two strange things the one is that in that Zone being the greatest of the fiue into the which the World is diuided the Easterly windes which they call Brises doe reigne not suffering the Westerne or Southerne which they call lower winds to haue their course at any season of the yeere The other wonder is that these Easterly windes neuer cease to blow and most commonly in places neerest to the Line where it seemes that Calmes should be more frequent being a part of the World most subiect to the heat of the Sunne but it is contrarie for you shall hardly finde any Calmes there and the winde is cold and continues longer which hath beene found true in all the Nauigations of the Indies This is the reason why the voyage they make from Spaine to the West Indies is shorter more easie and more assured then the returne to Spaine The Fleetes parting from Siuil haue more difficultie to passe the Canaries for that the guife of Yegues or of Mares is variable being beaten with diuers windes but hauing passed the Canaries they saile with a Westerne winde vntill they come to the burning Zone where presently they finde an Easterly winde and so they saile on with full windes so as they haue scant any need to touch their sailes in the whole voyage for this reason they called this great gulfe the gulfe of Dames for the calmnesse and pleasantnesse thereof Then following their course they come to the Ilands of Guadelupe Dominique Desired Marigualante and the rest which in that place be as it were the Suburbs of the Indies There the Fleetes separate and diuide themselues whereof some which goe to new Spaine take to the right hand towards Hispaniola and hauing discouered Cape Saint Anthony they passe vnto Saint Iohn Delua alwayes vsing the same Easterly windes Those for the mayne Land take the left hand discouering the high mountaine of Tayrone then hauing touched at Carthagene they passe vnto Nombre de Dios from whence they goe by Land to Panama and from thence by the South Sea to Peru. But when the fleetes returne to Spaine they make their voyage in this sort The fleete of Peru discouers Cape Saint Anthony then they enter into the Hauana which is a goodly Port in the Iland of Cuba The fleet of new Spaine doth likewise touch at the Hauana being parted from Vera Cruz or from the Iland of Saint Iohn Delua the which is not without difficultie for that commonly Easterly windes blow there which is a contrarie winde to goe to the Hauana These fleetes being ioyned together for Spaine they seeke their height without the Tropicks where presently they finde Westerly windes which serue them vntill they come in view of the Acores or Terceres and from thence to Siuil So as their voyage in going is of a small height not aboue twentie degrees from the Line which is within the Tropicks But the returne is without the Tropicks in eight and twentie or thirtie degrees of height at the least for that within the Tropicks the Easterne windes continually blow the which are fittest to goe from Spaine to the West Indies for that their course is from East to West and without the Tropicks which is in three and twentie degrees of height they finde Westerly windes the which are the more certaine and ordinarie the farther you are from the Line and more fit to returne from the Indies for that they are windes blowing from the South and West which serue to runne into the East and North. The like discourse is of the Nauigation made into the South Sea going from new Spaine or Peru to the Philippines or China and returning from the Philippines or China to new Spaine the which is easie for that they saile alwayes from East to West neere the Line where they finde the Easterly windes to blow in their Poope In the yeere 1584.
simpathy one with another for that the hot exhalations which engender in the inner concauities of the Earth seeme to be the materiall substance of fire in the Volcans whereby there kindleth another more grosse matter and makes these shewes of flame and smoake that come forth And these exhalations finding no easie issue in the Earth moue it to issue forth with great violence whereby wee heare that horrible noise vnder the Earth and likewise the shaking of the Earth being stirred with this burning exhalation Euen as Gun-powlder in mynes hauing fire put to it breaks Rocks and Walls and as the Chesnut laid into the fire leapes and breakes with a noise when as it casts forth the aire which is contayned within the huske by the force of the fire Euen so these Earthquakes doe most commonly happen in places neere the water or Sea As wee see in Europe and at the Indies that Townes and Cities farthest from the Sea and waters are least afflicted therewith and contrariwise those that are seated vpon Ports of the Sea vpon Riuers the Sea coast and places neere vnto them feele most this calamitie There hath happened in Peru the which is wonderfull and worthy to be noted Earthquakes which haue runne from Chille vnto Quitto and that is aboue a hundred leagues I say the greatest that euer I heard speake of for lesser be more common there Vpon the coast of Chille I remember not well in what yeere there was so terrible an Earthquake as it ouer-turned whole Mountaines and thereby stopped the course of Riuers which it conuerted into Lakes it beat downe Townes and slue a great number of people causing the Sea to leaue her place some leagues so as the ships remayned on drie ground farre from the ordinarie Roade with many other heauie and horrible things And as I well remember they say this trouble and motion caused by the Earthquake ranne three hundred leagues alongst the Coast. Soone after which was in the yeere eightie two happened that earthquake of Arequipa which in a manner ouer-threw the whole Citie Since in the yeere eightie sixe the ninth of Iuly fell another earthquake in the Citie of Kings the which as the Vice-roy did write had runne one hundred threescore and ten leagues alongst the Coast and ouerthwart in the Sierre fiftie leagues The mercy of the Lord was great in this Earthquake to forewarne the people by a great noise which they heard a little before the Earthquake who taught by former experiences presently put themselues in safetie leauing their Houses Streets and Gardens to goe into the fields so as although it ruined a great part of the Citie and of the chiefest buildings yet there died not aboue fifteene or twentie persons of all the Inhabitants It caused the like trouble and motion at Sea as it had done at Chille which happened presently after the Earthquake so as they might see the Sea furiously to flie out of her bounds and to runne neere two leagues into the Land rising aboue fourteene fathom it couered all that Playne so as the Ditches and pieces of wood that were there swam in the water There was yet another earthquake in the Realme and Citie of Quitto and it seemes all these notable Earthquakes vpon that Coast haue succeeded one another by order as in truth it is subiect to these inconueniences And therefore although vpon the coast of Peru there be no torments from Heauen as thunder and lightning yet are they not without feare vpon the Land and so euery one hath before his eyes the Heralds of diuine Iustice to mooue him to feare God For as the Scripture saith Fâ—cit haec vt timeatur Returning then to our purpose I say the Sea coast is most subiect to these earthquakes the reason is in my iudgement for that the water doth stop the conduits and passages of the earth by which the hot exhalations should passe which are engendered there And also the humiditie thickning the superficies of the earth doth cause the fumes and hot exhalations to goe close together and encounter violently in the bowels of the earth which doe afterwards breake foorth Some haue obserued that such Earthquakes haue vsually hapned when as a raynie season falls after some drie yeeres Whereupon they say that the Earthquakes are most rare where are most Wells the which is approued by experience Those of the Citie of Mexico hold opinion that the Lake whereon it is seated is the cause of the Earthquakes that happen there although they be not very violent and it is most certaine that the Townes and Prouinces farre within the Land and farthest from the Sea receiue sometimes great losses by these Earthquakes as the Citie of Chachapoyas at the Indies and in Italie that of Ferrara although vpon this subiect It seemes this latter being neere to a Riuer and not farre from the Adriaticke Sea should rather be numbred among the Sea-townes In the yeere of our Lord 1581. in Cugianâ— a Citie of Peru otherwise called The Peace there happened a strange accident touching this subiect A Village called Angoango where many Indians dwelt that were Sorcerers and Idolaters fell suddenly to ruine so as a great part thereof was raysed vp and carried away and many of the Indians smothered and that which seemes incredible yet testified by men of credit the earth that was ruined and so beaten downe did runne and slide vpon the Land for the space of a league and a halfe as it had beene water or waxe molten so as it stopt and filled vp a Lake and remayned so spread ouer the whole Countrie §. IIII. Of Metals in the Indies and especially of the Gold and Siluer and Quick-siluer MEtals are as Plants hidden and buried in the bowels of the Earth which haue some conformitie in themselues in the forme and manner of their production for that we see and discouer euen in them branches and as it were a bodie from whence they grow and proceede which are the greater veines and the lesse so as they haue a knitting in themselues and it seemes properly that these Minerals grow like vnto Plants not that they haue any inward vegetatiue life being onely proper to Plants but they are engendered in the bowels of the earth by the vertue and force of the Sunne and other Planets and in long continuance of time they increase and multiply after the manner of Plants And euen as metals bee plants hidden in the earth so wee may say that plants bee liuing Creatures fixed in one place whose life is maintayned by the nourishment which Nature furnisheth from their first beginning But liuing Creatures surpasse Plants in that they haue a more perfect being and therefore haue neede of a more perfect foode and nourishment for the search whereof Nature hath giuen them a moouing and feeling to discouer and discerne it So as the rough and barren earth is as a substance and nutriment for metals and
Affinitie in a different Sirname hinders not Matrimonie in China 394 10 Age so the Saracens stile the Mecca Pilgrims 311 Age much honoured in China 393.1 369.20 Olde Age begins at fiftie 394.1 Age of three hundred yeres attained to in the West Indies 875.20 Ages of the world the Mexicans represent by so many Sunnes 1136.40 Their odde opinions thereabout ibid. Agilitie of the Mexicans excellent 1065.10 Ague a Soueraignâ— Ayre for the Cure of it 73.60 Aijax or Giazzo the Hauen whereabouts 51.40 Aingharan the Region 312.10 Aini the Citie in Armenia 50.50 Aâ—tan what in Chinese 319.50 320.40 Alani a people of Tartari called Acias or Akas they are Christians of the Greeke Church They vse Greeke Bookes They pray for the Dead A simple people 10.10.20 Albania the Countrey where 16.20 Albcase or Albcas one of the Kingdomes of Georgia Albis a Riuer of Island 656.1 Alboris or Albsor the Mountaine 110.30 Alcatraz an Indian Cormorant described 979 Alchimâ—e much studyed in China 369.30 And doted vpon 396.50 Ale of Rie 616.50 Alehouses in Russia pay tribute 429.30 The wicked abuses thereupon 431.40 Aleppo wonne by the Tartars 117.1 Alhacen his Storie of Tamerlane 140.40 Allaying of Siluer the curiositie 951.40 Allen the Fowle in Greenland the nature of it 713.40 Almanaches in China 346.10 Almes for the Dead in China 274.1.20.30 Almes the Chinois will giue none 175.20 Almonds of Coco Nuts March-paâ—e made of them 958.50 Allome in Turkie forestalled by the Italians 51.30 Allome seperates Gold from Drasse 943 Alphabet of Gotish Letters 658 Alphabet the Chinois haue none 384.40 nor Syllables ibid. Altai the Mountaine where all the Tartar Princes are buryed 78.20 Altars in the Russian Church 450.20 452 Altars and Altar Cloathes in China 296.30 Altars in China reuerenced 263.1 Altar in a Fort the Nestorians had 37.40 Altar of Leather ibid. Alteenâ— Russian Coyne woorth fiue pence 416.1 See also page 552.20 Altine Kingdome 797.50 Called the golden King ibid. His Letters to the Russe and his demands ibid. His Countrey 〈◊〉 by China ibid. 799 Amacao in China what 319.30 The Portugals build a Citie there it is made a Bishops Sea ibid. How situated ibid. Aman a Citie in Syria taken for the Christians 123.60 Amathists a Mine of them where 901.50 Amazones where antiently 55.1 Amber store of it in Brasill how gotten 903.40 Amber great store and great peeces where 625.60 A Frogge inclosed in a peece of it 626 1 Amber eaten by the King of China to sustaine life 186.50 Amber liquid where 878.40 Ambergreece taken in the Whale place where it lyes and the colour 710.30 471.50 Ambassadours how entertained by the Crim Tartars 639.40.50 Ambassadours diuers resident in the Tartarian Court 45.40 Ambassadours counterfeit punisht with Death by the Tartars 8.10 Their libertie of speech in Tartarie 43.20 Ambassadours how honoured and priuiledged in China 189.10 Ambassadours how entertained in Russia 747 Ambassadour when first sent hither from Russia 222 Ambassages counterfeit to China 315.30 America Discouered in 61 62 63. Degrees the Coast and Seasons there described 811. In 64. Degrees 823.20 Frost there in Iuly 811.60 An Iland there in 55. Degrees 30. Minutes 812.60 America first discouered by the English before Columbus 808.20 America described by Herrara how much of it vnder the Spaniards 856. How farre discouered by the Spaniards and by the English 857.1 and in margent The Seas of 〈◊〉 the Spanish Nauigations Course and Customes in them 858. Named by a wrong Father 866.1 America vndiscouered within land 938.60 Amidâ— the Iaponians God 326.40 Amu the Prouince much Gold there 94.20 Anchors of Wood for a shift 241.50 Lost in the Sea found againe ibid. Anchorites in China 337.40 Ancon an Iland dispeopled 308.10 Andabaylas the Prouince in Peru the Temple of the Sunne in it 893.60 Andanico and Azzaio Mineralls where 71.1 Andes the Mountaines of India the diuersitie of their temperature length Beasts Soyle c. 881.50.887.20.30 Couered with Snow where their March 898 Angaman where Men haue Dogges heads 104.10 Angle lines of Whale finnes Angle hookes of Fish bones in Groenland 836.1 Anian Streights some fabulous reports of them 848.60 853.20 A note of them by Master Loâ—ke 849.50 Discouered by a Greeke Pilot for the Spaniards hopes of the North-west Passage that way the â—escription and widenesse of them 850 Anian Iland by China the many Forts and Pearle-fishings there 905.20 Anill or Indico how it growes 957.40 Annoynting the King of Norway annoyted at his Coronation 623.30 Annointing of the Mexican Kings 1009.30 Answere a strange one of a Mahumetan 253 Antarticke Starre the Indians sayle by and not by the Compasse 139.30 Antereda the Ile 123.30 Anthonie March his diligence for the Discouering to the Riuer Ob 804.805 S. Anthonies the West of Cuba 858. The best way thence to the Port of Saint Iohn de Vlua 858.60 Antigur Ilands 260.40 Antients or Ensignes of Silke in China 296 Antioch wâ—nne from the Christians the occasion 118. â—0 Antiquities the Chinois studious of 395.1 Antiquities of the Indians foolishly burnt by the Spaniards 1052.20 Antiquities some of Norway 656.40 Of Gothland Finland and Kuenland 659.660 Ants of India their admirable fortifying themselues against the Beares 978 Ants of West India their sorts some are poyson 996.10 The hurt they doe ibid. 997 The Spaniards choose a Saint-Patron against them 998 Apes in Peru on the Mountaines 936.60 Apes perfâ—â—â—ed in Boxes and sâ—â—ld for Pigmeyes 103.40 Where as bigge as men 106.10 Apostles Pictures imitated in China 303.1 Apparell of the Chinois like long Gownes 366 Apparell of Tartars 6.20 Apparell of the Russians Men and Women 12.10 Apparell the vniformitie of it in Peru 1058.10 Apparell of Fish skinnes 652.30 Appeales onely to the Emperour in Russia 422 Apples of India poysonous Arrowes poysoned with them infects those that sleepe vnder the Tree 985 Apram or a drinke of Churnâ—milke in Tartarie 9.10 Aqua-vitae is Russe Wine 459.1 Arabacha the Tartarian his Confession of Christ 39.60 Arabian Letters vsed in Chaldea 110.50 Arabicke Letters in Turquestan 109.20 Aracci the Plaine 48.40 Ararat is not all Armenia 55.10 Ararat Mountaines alwayes couered with Snow 110.2 Araxis the Riuer 49.10 Meetes with Cuâ— 49.20 The head of it 49.30 Arbor Secco where 68.30 70.50 72.20 Archbishop of Nidrosia in Norway 651 Archbishops of Russia 4. Inferiour to the two Metropolitans as they to the Patriarch 446.30 Their reuenewes ibid. Arch-Deacons in the Russian Church 147.10 Arches in building the manner in China 199.40 Arches triumphall common in China Streets 200. 370.300.1 In one Street 409.20 Archmandrites of Russia 766.40 Architect rewarded with losse of Eyes 439.10 Ardoc a Riuer 236.20 237.40 Arequa or Arequiera shee Tree in China 381.30 Arequipa Citie in Peru the Lantade distance from other places Inhabitants natiue Commodities subiect to Earthquakes c. 895.10 Arethmeticke in China an odde way for it 335.1 Europaean Arethmeticke first â—aught them ibid. Arethmeticke of the
one 294.30 Banquets of the Chinois a shipboard 395.10 Banquets in China the most serious discourse is still at them 391.40 The tedious complements at them 392.10 20. c. Banquetting in China their bryding it 374.40 It takes vp halfe their times ibid. Baptisme imitated by the Deuill in Mexico the manner of it 1044 20. 1102 Baptisme the maner in Russia 229 20. Godfathers promise for the Child to forsake the Deuill c. and to bâ—ing it vp in Religion as our Church doth 229 30 40 Baptisme the order in Russia 450 60. Within eight dayes of the birth ibid. Dipped in a Tub instead of a Fouâ—â— The Deuill exâ—rcised out of the mater ibid. Godfathers exhorted c. The true forme in the name of the Trinity kept Oyle and Salt added after which the Child is admitted into the Church and presented and some of the haire dipt and laid to 451 Barbaring with stones in the West Indies 992.30 Bardestraund Prouince in West Island 655 Barefooted Seruants and Suitâ—rs to the Kings of Mexico 1126.60 1127.20 Bâ—rges of China described 364. â—1â— Bargu a Tartarian Prouince 7â— Barlouente Ilands of the West Indies which they be 930.40 Barlouente Ilands their Natiue Commodities 938. What will not grow there ibid. Barley as white as Rice 544.30 Barmake Fish Rockes in the Caspian Sea 245 Bartholomew martyred and where 49.50 Barter of Commodities without money vsed in the Indies 943.1 Bascia the Prouince where 74.1 Their Inchantments and Iewels 74.1 Basil martyred at Sebaste 69.40 Bafilius an Englishmans Son found in Tartary 36.30 Basiliwich what in Russian 221 marg Basons beaten before great men 353 Bastards giuen to Suiters as part of the Dowry in Island 646.50 Baths medicinable in Ormuz 72.1 Baths hot in Island 597.50 And cold 647.50 Baths in Greenland boyle flesh and bake bread and how 610.30 They keepe the Hauen from freezing and draw wild fowle thither ibid. Baths hot medicinable in Groneland 519.50 Baths hot and cold in Peru 894.20 Bath-stoues in Russia pay Tribute 429.30 Vsed insteed of all Physicke 459.10 Batampina the Riuer what it signifies 265.1 Runnes through the midst of China ibid. Bategaria or Latton Vessels made in China 177.20 Bats of West India still bite the same man how their byting is cured Their fight with the Sparrowes 995.50 Baughleata the Land 234 Bawbiata the Iland 234.10 Bay of Saint Nicholas 218.60 223.50 Bay of Saint Nicholas first traded vnto by the English 462.50.463 40. When the Netherlanders first waded thither 464.20 Bay of Nanquin 260.30 The strong Current therâ— ibid. Bay of Bâ—xipalem 260.60 Of Calnidan 261. â— Bay of Saint Iohn in Newfound Land 809.30 40 Baia de Sibabas 284.60 Beads of Pearlâ— vsed by the King of Malabar 104 40 50 Beads prayed vpon in China 408.50 Beads vsed in the Russe Church 453.10 Beala the sirname of the Russian Emperours in whom it expired 746 30. Whence tâ—ken â—â—9 40 〈◊〉 it attayned to the Empire 4â—â— 1 The estate of that Family ibid. Beare-baytings in Russia the 〈◊〉 4â—7 30 With man who are rewarded with being made drunk ibid. The 〈…〉 the Beare assaile 〈…〉 ibid. Beares of West Indâ—â— described â—77 50. His arâ— to feed 〈◊〉 the Aâ—ts â—78 20.30 Beares driuen by cold into Villages â—15 â—0 〈…〉 22â— 50 Beare Iland or Cheâ—â—â—-Iland â—64 30. The 〈◊〉 of the Compasse there â—8â— 40 Beare 100. pound of fat taken out of one of their 〈…〉 Lumps for Oyle 502.20 Strangâ— Stories of Beares seâ— from page 4750 c. vsque ad 504. c. Their Densâ—in the 〈…〉 They eate Buckes and 〈◊〉 Beares liuer venemous 506.30 They goe into the Sea vpon the Ice 30. miles 507 20 They 〈◊〉 one another 510 Beares swimming in the Sea 510â— â—aepe Beares at Sea 27. leagues from shore they liue vpon Sea-fish 55â— 40. Assault cowards 561. Eate dead Whales 734.1 A Story of their courage 475. â—0 481.30 The manner of killing them 484. â—â— Beares white in Greenland 703.10 Beares powdred and â—aten by the English â—63 Vnpowdred are vnholesoâ—e 570.50 Beares will 〈◊〉 the Sea 598.50 Beares swell further then they see 486 40 None in Island â—57 30 Beards the Indians haue none 992 10 Beard fiue foot long blessed 250.10 Beaâ—â— goe to Heauen 277.1 Of each kindâ— and beleeued to bee in 〈…〉 1027 40 Beasts of the West Indies their kinds 962.963.995.10 20. How the sea◠〈◊〉 kind could câ—me there 〈◊〉 errour 9â—3 20. in marg Beasts strange 〈◊〉 in Lapland 213 30 Beasts 〈◊〉 with fish 527.20 Beasts consulted with for Oracles 395.601 Beasts drowned in the Snow great 〈…〉 647.20 Beaueâ— the best where 416.20 Beauers in Greenland 707.40 Beduines 〈…〉 Arabs 122.20 Beds of the West Indians 995.10 Bed stâ—ade prouided by the Bride in Russia 454 Bees of the West-Indies their shape working and Honey 963.40 Beeneâ— worshipped and Bieâ—e 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 meat 104.60 Their heires worne for preseruatiues 104.40.50 Beggars the Lawes against them in Island 666.20 They were to be gelt ibid. Beheading is the most abominated death in China and why â—05 60 Beitstâ—d 〈◊〉 Norway 660.10 Belâ—sownd and Whaâ—â—-fishing there 467.1 Belâ—â—inging â—inging on the New Moone 275.30 Bels 〈◊〉 in mens yards 138.60 Bels heard vnder ground 197.50.198.10 Bels vsed by 〈…〉 353.60 Bels cast 〈◊〉 China 334.20 Bels with wooden Hammers in China 383. â—0 Belâ— to the Desart 74.30 Bellowes 〈…〉 not metals so well 〈◊〉 naturall wind 944.20 Belgiâ—n the Mountaine 111 10. The countries about it conquered by the Tartars 112.20 Benedictus Goez his Voyage to China hee speakes the Persian tongue 311 20. He takes the habit of a Merchant is inraged by the 〈◊〉 Mogore ibid. His companions ibid. Assaulted by Theeues 311.312 His tedious Iourney 312.30 comes to the King of Cascaâ— 313. Goes to the King of Quotan his Goodâ— seized on ibid. Refuses to inuoke Mahomet 313.20.30 Sets on to Cathay 313.50 Danceth ibid. Comes to 〈◊〉 disputes 314.10.20 Heare 's of his fellow Iesuits ibid. Boldly professes himselfe a Christian ibid. Is lost in the night and how found againe 315.1 Growes rich by trauell ibid. Sends Letters to his fellowes is sent for by them 315.50 Is distressed ibid. Dies 316.1 No Priest his Acts ibid. Bengala the Kingdome the Commodities of it 94.10 Bengala conquered by the Tartars 93.40 Beniamin Woods two ships in China 309.20 Ben. Ioseph his Voyage 466.50 Benson a Lieutenant leades three hundred English 〈◊〉 Sweden 772.20 His and their danger in Iuiâ—land 773.774 Berga the Towne by Norway 61â— 10 Bergen the famouâ— Mart of Norway the Language altered there and why 644.60 Bermuda Iland called Garza the furthest Iland yet found in the World 989 Bessarabia what Countrey 633.1 marg Bestede in Island the residence of the Danish Gouernour 653.20 Betre Bescle Betel Tembul or Arecca an herbâ— excellant for the teeth 105.50 Bewtie preferred before Nobilitie where 80.1 Bezar-stone what beasts beare it and where 967.20 968.1 Whereabouts in their seuerall bignesses colours and
of West India not so fierce as ours ordinarily hunted by men 963.30 Liquos the people where 168.1 Liâ—ets Ilands in Greenland 719.10 Literate Sect of China their fiue Doctrines 397 Lithuania their Marriages Religion fewnesse of Chuâ—ches worship of Snakes Hunting c. 629 Lituania what Townes the Russe haâ—e in it 438 60. The Natiues destroyed and Russes placed there 439.1 Liturgie or Seruice of the Russianâ— 450. Read at the Altar ibid. Liuonia lost to the Pole by the Russe 438.60 Lizard or Crocodile a strange ease of one of them 883.20 Loafe diuided in the Russians Marriage the Ceremonie and meaning 454.30 Loadstone found in the Indies 890.50 Loadstone a Palace built of it 801.30 Loadstone communicates more strength to Iron touched with it then the Stone it selfe hath 857.10 Lobsters in New found Land 586.10 Lodiga Lake and Towne in Russia 794.40 Lofoot on the Coast of Finmarke 5â—1 10.581.40 Logicke the Chinois waâ—â— it 348. â—â— Lomsbay described 474.40 London Coast by Fretum Dauis the Latitude 845. â—â— Longitude how the Degrees are to be reckoned 856.60 An vncertaine reckoning ibid. Longitude of Places how to bee found by Art and Instruments 839.840 Longiâ—ude the Degrees are longer or shorter as they are farre or nearer to the Poles 500 50 Lop a great Citie where The Desart of Lop 75.20 Spirits duell there ibid. Lor in Persia 70 50 Lords Prayer in the beginning of the Russian Seruice 450 Lords Spirituall named before the Lords Temporall in Russiâ— 709.20 784.1 783. 787 Loretto in Italy the Towne Temple and Idolatry there described 631. â—0 Los Reyes the Iurisdiction and Limits the Soyle moystened with vapours the natiue Commâ—dities Latitude of the chiefe City distance from Toledo number of Housholds excellency of the Climate the Vniuersitie Monasteries c. 892. Number of Women and Negroes Villages in the Countrey with their Latitudes and differences of Commodities Mines Complexions of people c. 893. Vermition and Quickesiluer Springs Bathes admirable high wayes 〈◊〉 venemous Wormes c. 894. Fâ—uitfull Villages vnder it Earthquakes c. 895. The Ilaâ—ds Ports Points Capes c. 896.1.10 Vide Peru. Los Frayles the Iles in the Wâ—st Indies Los Testigos the Iles in the West Indies 866.30 Los Angelos or Tlascala the Bishopricke in the West Indies the extent the Commodities of the Soyle and Townes thereabouts the numbers of Spaniards in them 872.30.40.50 The Riuers and Townes in it 873.10 20 Los Martyres the Iles by Florida 869 40 Lost things an Officer for them 86.1 Lots vsed by the Chinois 309.1 318 20.40 If the Lots bee vnluckie they beate their Idols 319 Lots the Emperour of Russia elected by them 769. The manner ibid. Lots in China 196. The maner ib. Lots determiners of Controuersies 434.20 Lot law in Russia 755.30 Loutea what Office and how Created in China 184.20 200. â— Lownesse in Greenland our Kings Armes set vp there 717.30 Lowsie Loue in Island 647.1 Lubeckers pay no Custome to Denmarke why 631 Lucayos Iles of the West Indies where their Names Altitudes Distances 865.10 See Lequios Lumleys Inlet in America the Latitude 811.1 Lusus the Chinese his Legend 334.1 Hee put Lice into his flesh againe ibid. His Shrine 334.20 Lutheranisme in Island 645.10.50 Luxitay an Iland 256.60 Luzon the Kingdome 309.30 The Chineses slaine there by the Spaniards ibid. 310 M MAcao in China how farre from Malaca 410 Maces and Rods borne before the China Officers 187.10 Magastar the great Iland 106.40 Magdalene the Riuer in the West Indies the head Current mouth length and Latitude 885.20 Called Rio Grande ibid. His Head 890.1 Magellane Straights the Spanish Indian Prouinces in them where the Straight begins the Altitude 899.60 The Ports Capeâ— Bayes Ilands and their Latitudes What degrees of Latitude this Straight is betwixt Sir Iohn Hawkins Iudgement of these Straights 900. Whence they had the Name of Magellanes why the Nauigation through it is dangerous the Riuers Points Capes Ilands and their Latitudes by it 901 Magellane Straights 282.10 Magellanus Martyred ibid. 285.50 Magellane Straights the distances and Seasons of Nauigation from Castile thither 859.50 Difficult to passe 860 Magi that came to Christ. See Tarsa Magicall Image in Russia 757.30 Magicians knaueries 92.50 Magistrates called Lords or Fathers 388.10 Their immediate addresse to the King ibid. Magistrates how honoured in China 393.10 Being deposed they loose not all Honour They haue Temples Altars and Images erected to them 393.20 Magistrates of China the sixe Chiefe 388.30 Their manner of proceedings ibid. Their habites and Ensignes 390.10 Magistrates of China Sacrifice like Priests 397.20 Magnificat at Euening prayer in the Russian Church 450.40 Maguey the wonder Tree of West India described it yeelds Water Wine Oyle Vineger Honey Sirrop Threed and Needles and how they get all these out of it 957.10.20 Mahumetanisme the extent 317.50 Mahumetanes in the Moluccas and the Philippinaes 905.20 How they gate thither and further ibid. 30 Mahumetanes many in China 399.50 But ignorant and contemned ibid. When they gate in ibid. Mahumetanes visiting of Tombes 234.20 Counted holy therefore 235.10 Mahumetane distinctions for liberty to drinke Wiâ—â— 71.1 Maisters much honoured in China 395.10 Maister of the Ceremonies in China 300.50.388.40 Maister of the Horse in Russia his Greatnesse and reuerence 425.10 Malabar called India the Greater 104.30 Foure Kingdomes in it 104.30 Malaca how farre from Macao 410.20 Malucaes Ilands the Warres there betwixt the Spaniards and the Portugals 282.20 Maluccas the Nauigation thither from Spaine 860.10 The distance and Seasons ibid. Mameys an Indian fruit described 957 Mamoses the old people of Curland Idolaters barbarous c. Their Rites Marriages Burials Habites Hospitalitie c. 628 Manaâ—e a West Indian Fish described how taken hee hath a Stone good against the Stone 987.988 Manati a Fish that giues sucke 930.40 Their description Mancherule the chiefe Citie of the old Tartars 15.30 Where they still elect their Great Chan ibid. Mandarines their honour in China 370.30 Sets vp Flags before his House and Arches triumphall ibid. Some examples of their Noblenesse 371. Disposed in all Cities 372. There be sixe of them chiefe 372.30 Mangat or Marcopia the Citie 634.30 Mangi what part of China 404.20 Mangi accounted barbarous by the Chinois 345.1 Mangi hath nine Vice-royes vnder the Great Tartar 99.50 Mangi or China 95.30 The securitie of it sometimes ibid. Inuaded by the Tartars 95 60. And taken 96.10 The name of Mangi discussed 96.10 in margine And see especially page 102. liâ— 56 Mangi the Kingdome 89.10 It is the nine Southerly Prouinces of China 342.30 Mangu Chan his message to the King of Franckes 29.30 His golden Bull and the authoritie of it 29.40 Mangu chosen Cham of Tartarie 25.10 Kils Siremen 25.30 His conference with Frier William 27.30 His description ibid. His Court and Firing ibid. 30. His proud Answers 28.1 Mangu Chan his Proclamation concerning a Disputation of Religion held before him 41.50 His
of Pinega Sharkai Gooba which is the great Bay of Hayuburi They land the third time A great Riuer Flote-wood A sore tyde vpon the shoare Cape Swetinos William Gourdan goeth on shoare Two Russe Crosses A deepe Bay Westward of Cape Swetinos They goe on Land againe An house of Wood. They goe on Land the sixth time Aâ—undance of Muskitos Crosses found and cerâ—ayne Russes at the mouth of Pechora The depth of the Bâ—â—re of the Riuer of Pechora They passe ouer the Barre and ride in six fathoms wâ—ter They â—oe vp the Riuer of Pechora ouer The Dâ—y Sea Dâ—lgoi is seuen leagues vp from the Barre The Boluan or East head land of the Riuer Pechora The channell trendeth South-west An Iland neere the mouth of the Riuer They find one of the chiefest entrances of the Riuer They come to a Ferme house of a principall man of the Towne The Towne is called Pustozera Pechora runneth through Siberia and farther Two Coches or Lodias bound for Mougunzea He buyeth two Falcons The stocke of goods left in Pustozera 24. Lodias bound for Mugunzea which is to the Eastward of Ob. They safely passe the Barre of Pechora Colgoienâ— Iland 69. degrees 20. minutes Falcons 70 degrees 40. minutes 72. degrees 34 minutes 74. degrees 30. minutes 74. degrees 57. minutes They arriue at Cherie Iland 30. Lodias 50. Cayucks or fishing Boats haunâ—ing the Riuer Pechora They arriue in the Port of Pechoraâ—he â—he ninth of Iuly Two Crosses standing on the sand Pinega Ship endangered by Ice Our men arriue at Towne of Pechora People afraid of the English White Partridges and Foxes Commodities The Fleet of Mongosey of 26. Lodias Or Mongal From Pechora to Colmogro is a moneths trauel by Riuer Small Pewter Dishes a great commoditie August 1. Huge Ice Omeli Fishing They land on the I le of Colgoiene Geese Two Hawkes taken Cherie Iland Thomas Edge See sup c. 2. Morses fearefull August 26. Pechora Oustiug A Poud is 37. pound or the third part of a hundred weight An Alteen is fiue of their Pence a Groat of ours A great fishing of Salmons beginning the first of August Trauelling Deere Fish in stead of Bread Oust Zilma Perm Elephants teeth whence and which way Dolgoie Iland in the Soosoie Mora The Boluanou Matpheyoue Ostroue Youhorskoie Share The Meedanetskoie Zauorot where Hainburie is The two Ilands called Zelentsee or the Greene Ilands Dolgoie Ostroue or the Long Iland Karskoie Gooba Meastnoy Ostroue or Meastnoy Iland A Riuer Mootnoya Reca or the Thicke or troubled Riuer Two Lakes The Nâ—uoloke or Ouer-hall Zelenoy Osera or The Greene Lake Zelenoya Reca or The Greene Riuer falleth into Ob. The Riuer Ob. The Zauorot in the Riuer of Ob. Tawze Reca Taes Tawze Gorodoc or Castle Mongosey The Samoyede on the Mayne ouer against Vaygats trauell in the Winter to Mongosey We may learn of these Samoyeds the trade of Mongosey at Mezen more perfectly Mezen a Town of great traffick for Furres Mezen Peozareca Peaskanoy Nauoloc Oust-selma Pustozera The Boluanou Pechora The former part of the Voyage is omitted to auoide tedious repetition Toxar Pustozera Iuly Cola in Lappia Arkania Molgomsey Pole baptized Russe Frost in August Slobodca Mart. Iugoria Sunne returneth Generall Fast for three dayes very strict Russes fraud February Samoyeds quarrell Variation The report of a Russe a great Traueller of the way from Pechora to Ob. Medemskoy Zouorot Zyelensa two Ilands Breit-vinnose Socolia Lowdia A long Point From Medemskoy Zauorot to Ob is 16. dayes sayling An Iland Ob is full of Ilands broad and shoald The people of Pechora and the Russes are vnwilling that we should goe to Ob. The Riuer Yenisce Samoyeds Horses Ploughes The Riuer of the Tingusseys Tangut mentioned by Polo a large Kingdom Northward from Cathay or China The Riuer Pâ—sida Gunnes March Pâ—stozera in 68. degrees 30. or 35. minutes Aprill The report of a Permack Yenissey beyond it the land trendeth due East Pesida Riuer Catonga Riuer runneth out of Cathay Stones like Gold and Siluer in the mid-way betweene Pisida and Catonga May. The Riuer Ice breakes vp Foure dayes iourney betweene Pustozer and Oust-zilma Oust-zilma is in 66. degrees 30. minutes there grow faire Barley and Rie Iune 17. Soymas depart for Molgomsey Iuly Tom combustion Intelligence of the Countrey Course of Pechora Modeneskoy zauorot Meastnoy Ostroue Scola Lowdia Yowgarkoy shar Carskoy Gouba Mowtnoy a Riuer Sharrappa Shar Yowcozoua Naromzia Riuer Ob. Zylena Riuer Taz Zauorot Taz Riuer An Iland in the mouth of Taz The Towne Powre Riuer An Iland called Trowgan The Riuer Hâ—utike runneâ—h out of Cathay August They depart from Pustozera Gloubocke in 69 degrees 12. minutes Collocolcoua Mezyou Sharry Oliuer Brunell Indiga September Knocke Iohn Danieloue Stolbe Churua Nose Arkania Colmogro This piece of an Elephants Tooth was sent into England The Sea Naromzie In another Letter from Pechora August 16. Chrystall vpon the Vaygats Yowgorsky Shar Cara Reca Moetnaia Reca The Voloc or necke of Land Zelena Reca Obi Riuer Taes Riuer Yenissey Riuer Tinguissey a people A White Citie Great ringing of Bels. Horses People in Armour They are not farre from Cataia and China They were first receiued into a Permacks House August Nouember His Voyage ouer-land to Slobotca and Colmogro Mountaynes Cameni or Rockes He arriueth at Slobotca the 9. of December in 16. dayes Thomas Ligon He arriueth at Colmogro the 12. of Decemb. Snow bettereth their Trauell The fourth of Ianuarie Mosse food for the Deere The manner of trauelling with the Samoieds Their Tents Hard-soft lodging Poore Samoieds Dangerous Wolues Slobotca Trade with the Samoieds of Ougoria Eight or nine hundred Samoieds come to Pustozera The false suggestions of the Russes against vs. March Aprill 1612. May 20. the Ice brake vp Our men intreated to winter at Oust-zilma Oust-zilma Iune 3. Sixteene Soymas depart for Molgomsey Fishing for Bealugos vnder the Boluan Manner of killing them The Russes vpon the Ice vse to kill the Morse as they doe their Bealugo but their rope is longer and a barreâ—â— made fast at one end to buoy it Samoieds pouertie Bealugo made meate in Italie Iuly 13. A Boate sent by Riuer to Pustozera to fetch home Master Logan and his Company into Russia August The Gloubuc Promoi Coskoi September North-west windes cause high Tides on this Coast. Much Snow Candinos Danilo Stolb in Lapland Archangel Colmogro Medeniskoie Barre Vaygats Iland The Riuer Ob. The Riuer Tas Molgomsey a great Mart. Ougoria and Naromzai Store of Morsses They returne from Ougoria in Ianuarie Moetnaia Reca Zelenai Reca Ob Reca Tas Riuer An Iland in the mouth of Tas A Towne A necke of Land The Riuer Torowhan The Riuer Hawtick The Riuer of the Tingussies Two or three Riuers from Tingussie to the mouth of Yenisce The Riuer Pisida The Riuer Catowga Ships with two or three sailes Horses about the Riuer Catowga Bereseua Verchio-towria Tumen Tobolsca Surgout Tom. Many Nations come downe the
others Countries New Ambassadors in case of new successors Place of Ambassadors meeting Case of Shipwracke Neither party to aide the Pole e. Confirmation Names of the CoÌ„missioners Ambassadour from Catay and from the King of Altine See sup pag. 527. 552. None able to translate the China Characters Easterne Tartar Nations Russian Presents Tarchan of Labaia Sirgos Three Leopards c. for a Present His requests Relation of two Russe trauellers of their Voyage to Catay Tomo a new Castle beyond Ob. See sup pag. 527. Kirgis Mutalla Sheromugola Q. Manchika Wall of Catay The gate and guard See for better vnderstanding hereof Goes other Iesuites Relations in the second Booke * Such are the Tartars dwellings or fleetings rather with their beasts Their Iournal or daily iourneyes from place to place Huge Lake King Altine Vlusses or Tartarian Hords Yellow Mugals or Moal-Tartars Mugalla or Taâ—taria Orientalis from Bughar in Bactâ—ia to the Sea Their buildings Friers Idols Candles Candle burning withouâ— flame Rites of Religion Corne. Fruits People and attyre Distilled wine Cutuffs or Patriarkes Lobas or Friers Continencie shauing Three Kingdomes Ortus Talguth Shar Blacke Mugols or Cara Catay Shrokalga in Catay Walls of Catay Tower-becons Cara Catay But fiue gates in the wall Shirocalga Short Ordnance Yara Tayth Shirooan White Castle Catay greatest Citie of Catay If Catay be the same with China as before in Goes and the Iesuites is obserued many difficulties arise But this Russian Relation and that of Chaggi Memes seeme to agree to place some Catay North from China if this did not speake of the wall The Tartar names so differ from those of the Portugalls that it is hard to reconcile them And the Iesuitâ— make foure moneths trauell from the wall to Pequin which is here but a few daies except we say the Russes entred the wall at the North East part of it which the shortnesse of their iourney admits not Perhaps this chiefe Citie was but the chiefe of that Prouince where the Vice-roy resided and they were willing to make the most of their trauells Russiâ—a fide Yet the neerenesse of the Sea there also causeth scruple I suppose rather that these Russes entred China but a little way and receiued the Vice-royes Letter only there obserued with Ragall Rites and had much by Relation of that little which they tell How euer I haue here offered this to thy view at more leisure to vse thy more iudgement Merchants Kartalla Riuer Ob. This doth cleer the doubtfull passages pag. 760. Sealed with the Golden Seale How to finde out Ob from Pechora Ouson Riuer Vgorskdi and Sibierskie A shipwracke at the mouth of Ob. An Island neere the mouth of Ob. The way to discouer Ob by Sea Mattpheone or Matthewes land Aâ—ter our stile 1584. Caninos Medemske Carareca Carska Ob. Caninos Colgoieue Noua Zembla Naromske Mattuschan Yaâ— The Sands The two Seas that is the North and the East Sea The bignes of the Cliffe or Isle of Mattuschan Anthonie Marsh sent two of his men vpon the discouery of Ob by land with foure Russes Bodan Master Marsh his man brought to Mosco Russian iealousie of discouery A warme Sea beyond Ob. Mastâ—r Thomas Linde Third Volume of English voyages pag 446. See of these voâ—â—ges Hak. Tom. 1. Some thinke that the Mexican Kings Mutezuma the last professed that they were strangers were hence deriued D. â— Colon de vita patris Chrisâ—oph Col. 6.13 See Hak. tom 3. pag. 5. This Map some say was taken out of Sir Seb. Cabots Map by Clem. Adams 1549. Ramus Tom. 2. See Hak. Tom. 3. pag. 7 All the Coast to Florida discouered by the English from 67. deg 30. min. as he writ to Ramusio R. praefat Tom. 3. as likewise he was cause of the Russian and Greenland discoueries See sup l. 2. c. 1. W. Purchas Thorn and Eliot first finders of America Mosc and Turkie Companies Master Cartwright had bin in Persia and Turkie See the former Tome Buquhamnes Orkney The Start 59. degrees 30. minutes Faire I le Two small Ilands 57. degrees 55. min. no variation Variation eleuen degrees Westward No variation Guls and Pigions 59. deg 51. min. A great Iland of Ice Groneland A maine bank of Ice Black water as thick as puddle The Cape of desolation 60. deg 37. min. Store of Guls. America descried â—n 6â— degr and 30. min. Warwicks Foreland supposed to be an Iland The greatest hope of the North-west passage A current Westward in sixtie one degrees A current likely to set to the West A maine bank of Ice in 60. degrees The North coast of America seemeth to be broken land Blacke puddle water America againe discried in 63. deg 53. min. The loathsome noyse of Ice Sayles ropes and tackling frozen Thick fogge freezing as fast as it fell Mutinie 68. deg 53. min They returne froÌ„ the North. Mutiners punished A great Iland of Ice cracked like a thunder-clap and was ouerthrowne Great store of Sea Foule vpon the Ice An Inlet in 61. degrees 40. minutes The return out of the Inlet The variation 35. degrees Westward An Iland on the coast of America in 55. deg 30. min. The Godspeedâ— stroke vpon a piece of Ice Many Ilands The variation 22. degrees to West A Storme 55. deg 31. min. Variation 17. degr 15. min. They discrie the land again â—5 deg 20. min. A pleasant low land being all Ilands 55. degrees The variation 18. deg and â—2 min. Westwardâ— Temperate ayre Grâ—at hope of a passage 〈◊〉 three places 〈…〉 Rocks strangly vanishing A great Rocke A Whirlwinde taking vp the Sea They were entred 30. leagues into an Inlet in 56. degrees They returned for England This Book was also subscribed by W. Cobreth and Iohn Drew The lands end May 1605. Iohn Cunningham Iohn Knight of whom after Flecâ—rie Variation obserued A race of a tide Variation obserued Busse Iland wrong placed First sight of Groenland Cape Christian. The shoare full of Ice Cape Desolation Compasse varied Black water Sight of the Lion Iune 1605. Ilands of Ice Mightie incumbrance of Ice A mightie current setting North North-west A huge high Iland of Ice Noyse by the fall Our people determined to returne backe againe Former discoueries A mightie banke of Ice Another banke of Ice The Lions departing from vs. A mightie current Sight of Land Mount Cunningham Queene Annes Cape Queene Sophias Cape Christians Foord Our anchoring Our first landing in Groinland Our first sight of the people Boat of Seale skins Our entring into their Tents Eaters of Dogs Of the other sort of Boats There is one of these Boats in Sir T. Smiths Hall The manner of killing of their great fish or Seales Their comming to our ships Obseruation of the latitude Obseruation of the tides Our departing in the Pinnasse from the ship The Sauages begin to sling stones at vs. They sling stones againe Denmarks Hauen The people come againe The subtiltie of the Sauages My Boy shot with a Dart.
c. must be vnspeakably more then here there can be and yet here is more variation then about Iapan or Brasil Peru c. Caries Ilands * This Map of the authour for this and the former Voyage with the Tables of his iournall and sayling were somewhat troublesome and too costly to insert Alderman Iones Sound Sir Iames Lancasters Sound They see Land and find themselues embaied Cumberlands Iles. Cockin Sound Scuruy Grasse Six men Plenty of Salmon Baffins death The King satisfied touching the passage Hubbarts hope * This easily appeareth in obseruing his Voiage comparing that before of 〈◊〉 Gaul therewith Some of our Merchants are said not to be so willing for like causes with this discouerie Captaine Candish Land trending in 47. degrees The mouth of the Straight where he entred 30. or 40. leagues broad The straight to be discouered in 30. dayes The Ship Santa Anna. The Streight of Noua Spania thirtie dayes iourney in the Streight * I found this Worke translated in M. Hakluyts Papers but I can scarsly call it English it had so much of the Spanish garbe in lieterall and verball affectation and obscuritie I haue examined it with the Spanish Originall and compared it also with the Latine Translation with great paines for thy greater pleasure profit correcting and illustrating the phrase and sence being before very rude obscure and in very many places vtterly sencelesse But hauing none to write for mee but my owne hands I rather chose to amend this as I could then to translate it anew I haue seene it also in French The Latine is exceeding false in some numbers as 2000. for 20000. diuers times c. which I note for their sakes which reade that and haue not the Spanish I haue not contracted â—â—is as I haue done diuers other Relations because it is a briefe contraction of the Spanish-Indian Contractation presenting the Spanish Proceedings Colonies Townes Officers and Gouernment Spiritual and Temporall in the Indies This Author hath written eight Decades of the Spanish Acts in the West Indies which giue great light to those parts but would be too long for this Worke. Ramusio vncharitably taxed for he doth but blame the folly of Spanish Authors which are more curious to set downe the names c. of those which haue there done any thing though but rebellions then the description of the beasts fishes fowles plants Earth Heauen c. in the Indies for which hee there commends Ouiedo Chap. 1. Of the bounds and diuision of the West Indies l The Spaniards haue surpassed all Nations of the World in Nauigation of high built ships Remember that a Spaniard speakes it Pallos is to say staues or stickes m The Spaniards did not or would not know any Passage n How the degrees of longitude are reckoned What is discouered and nauigated The English haue discouered far more From 81. in Greenland and from 78. in Groinland to 57. of South latitude A maruellous effect of the Loadstone Don Antonie Ossorio discouereth a great secret of the Loadstone Chap. 2. Of the Nauigation of the Indies How many Nauigations there bee to these Indies Difficultie in going out of the Barre of Saint Lucar In what times these Nauigations are to be made Monsons The voyage of the Fleets till they come to the place wher they goe What thing the Brises are They take water alreadie in the I le of Guadalupe where the Courses are diuided Which is the best Nauigation from that Cape of S. Antonie to S. Iohn de Vlua a Of little Venice b Or of the Needle The voyage of Hunduras and Guatemala c Or little black Moore Chap. 3. Wherein hee prosecuteth the Nauigations of the Indies The Fleets doe returne to Castile by another way When the fleets ought to depart to come for Castile Whither the Fleets doe goe from Cartagena d Or take away sleepe The ships of Hunduras reknowledge the Cape of Saint Antonie When the Fleets of Noua Espanna doe depart thence The voyage of them of Santa Martha and Venezuela Nauigation from the Auana to Castile Nauigation from the Ilands of Azores vnto Saint Lucar Nauigation to the Riuer of Plata Nauigation of the South Sea Nauigation of Panama to the Citie de los Reyes Nauigation of thâ— West Indies Chap. 4. Of the Indies of the North. Here was inserted a Map of the North parâ—s of America But Master Briggs hath in the former booke giuen you a farre farre better to which I referre you Which bee the Indies of the North and which of the South Wherefore it was called New Spaine Great pastures in New Spaine * The weathermost or vpper Ilands Chap. 5. Of the bounds of the iurisdiction of Saint Dominicke Chap. 6. Of the Iland Hispaniola and of Cuba Cazabi bread Ten Spanish Townes The Citie of Saint Domingo * Peso is foure shillings English Salualyon of Yguey The Village of Zeybo El Cotuy Azua Who carried to the Indies the sugar Canes La Yaguana Concecion de la Vega. The wood of the Crosse of the Valley Saint Iago de los Caualleros Puerto de Plata Monte Christe La Isabella La Verapaz Saluatierra The Maguana Villanueua El Bonao La Buenauentura 14000. Spaniâ—rds there were in the Hispaniola at her beginning Ports Points most notable Puerto Hermoso * Or Gnats Where they tooke armes the first time against Indians Cuba S. Iago Baracoa Bayamâ— Puerto del Principe Sancti Spiritus El Albana or the Hauana Puerto de Carennas Wherefore it was called the Slaughters * Or Slaughters f Or Red. Chap. 7. Of the Ilands of Iamayca S. Iohn the Lucayos the Caniballs Siuill Melilla Oriston inhabitings of Iamayca Cape of Moranta The first ciuill warre among the Spaniards was in Iamayca n Or Lizards o Or Negrillo p Or open the eye S. Iuan de puerto Rico. S. Iohn The Arrecibo Guadianilla S. German The tree Tabernacle The hauens of this Iland Who carried the Ginger to the Ilands of Barlouento The Ilands of the Lucayos Where the Channell of Bahama is Admirable Current Baxos de Bimini Guanahani the first Land that was discouered in the Indies * Or Indian â—anibals What a Caniball signifieth The Canibaâ—â— Men hunters Frier vnwholsome food The discouery of the Iland of the Trinitie the yeare 1498 Arrogancie of Americus Vespucius Wherfore men do say that the fishing of the Pearles passed from the Iland of Cubagua to the Margarita Iland of Cubagua * Or the Friers Chap. 8. Of Venezuela riuer of Hacha new Florida and Gulfe of Noua Hispania which is the rest that remaineth of the limits of this Counsell Wherefore it was called Venezuela or little Venice The Citie of Coro Our Lady of Carualleda S. Iago de Leon. Xerez Segouia Tucuyo Trucillo The Lake Maracaybo The ports and points of the Gouernment of Venezuela Riuer Morauion The Iland of Cubagua Strange Hogs An earthquake in the coast of Terra firme the yeare 1530. very admirable
445. 1583. Sir H. Gilbert Hak. to 3. p. 143. 1585. Master Dauis Hak. to 3. p. 98. seq 1586. 1587. Fretum Dauis Hak. Tom. 1. pag. 297. 25. 1553. 1578. 25. 1594. These Voiages follow 1595. 1596. I haue by me a French Storie of Spitsbergh published 1613 by a Dutchman which writeth against this English allegation c. but hotter arguments then I am willing to answer William Hudson Discouereth to 81. Degrees Whale Bay Hackluits Headland Hudsons Toutches Thomas Welden 1609. Thomas Edge the Author 1610. Ionas Poole first Namer of Greenland * See Bâ—ffins North-west Discouerie Vnicorne a Sea fishes Horne 1611. First Whale-killing Biscayners vsed 500. Morses killed Shipwracke by Ice Hull Ship Cherie Iland Ship ouer set 1612. Hollanders Allen Sallowes Spanish Ship Woodcocke Imprisoned 1613. Beniamin Ioseph Fifteene ships Intâ—rlopâ—rs Hope Iland 1614. Thirteen â—hâ—ps and two Pinnâ—ssâ—s armed Eighteene Dutch ships 80. Degrees discouered Sherwin and Baffin 1615. Fast in Ice in Iune fourteene dayes King of Denmarke demands Toll Vn English English to serue Dutch Spanish Dane against their owne 1616. Edges Iland 1617. Witches Iland Hull men 1618. Zelanders Marmaduke Sir Iohn Cunningham East India Aduenturers ioyne Dutch assault the English 1619. 1620. 1621. 1622. Shipwracke * The ordinarie growne Whale Finnes Small eyes Some kinds haue greater Stow mentions one taken on Tenet shoare the eye of which was a Cart-loade a man might stand in the hole vpright The like wee may ghesse of the throat c. Nature being herein luxuriant and diuersified You may see this Story of the Whale-killing presented liuely in the Map which Captaine Edge hath liberally added to this Relation Whale Finnes Eight kinds of Whales known 1. Grand bay Whale 2. Sarda 3. Trumpa Spermacoete 4. Otta Sotta 5. Gibarta 6. Sedeua 7. Sedeua Negro 8. Sewria Antiphrastical appellation I haue found this description of Greenland with other notes written by Ro. Fotherby Deere Yet in China euen neere the Sea and farre neerer the Sun betwixt 30. and 40. the Winters are extreme â— Foth * Prolegomena ad Hudsoni Detect edit Amstelodami per Hos. Gerard. 1611. A thing not continued cannot bee effected All things are effected in conuenient time The first finding is hard but the second attempt is easier A comparison of the heate vnder the line with the cold vnder the North Pole The resoluâ—e intent and opinions of William Barents Iune 5. The particulars beeing knowne to many of our Mariners I omit Langenes Lombsbay Admirals Iland Cape Negro Black point Williams Iland Sea-horses oâ— Morses Beeren-fort white Beare terrible Iland of Crosses Cape Nassaw Cape Trust. Ice point Gold Stones Orange Ilands Morses described There returne backe againe Oliuer Brunell Blacke Iland Crosse-point Saint Laurenâ—â— Bay Sconce point Colgoyen Matfloe and Delgoy They meet with their companie States Iland Iames Hemskerke famous for the Gibralter exploit Image point Samoyeds land Traen Bay They goe oâ— Land Images They speake with Samoyeds Sea open Samoyeds apparell Haire person stature Their King Their Sleds Departure Image Hundreds of ill shapen Images States-Iland A Beare killâ— two men Her stoutnesse They kill the Beare Twist-point Matfloe and Delgoy Iune Three Sunnes and foure Rain-bowes The like hath beene seene in England about the time this worke entred the Presse Ice Greene water Beares or Cherie-Iland Egges Danger escaped Variation of the Compasse Great white Beare Fight with her Beares skin 12. foot long Dead Whale 80. Degrees and 11 minuts Another fight with a white Beare Beares skin 13. foot long Red Geese Egges Red Geese breed their young Geese vnder 80. Degrees in Greenland Fable of Barnacles Note Beare assaults them Variation of the Compasse 16. Degrees Store of Birds Iuly Cherie-Iland They part companie Willoughbies Land conceited from some Maps Noua Zembla Admirals Iland Crosse Iland in 76. degrees 20. minutes Two Beares Their sent Variation 26. degrees perhaps 16. August Point Nassaw Trust-point Ice 52. fathom deepe Snow Beares assault Icie thunder Beare killed Orange Iland Point Desire Earth on the top of Azure Ice Boat broken with Ice Inclosed with Ice Escape of three men Ship lifted vp and beset with Ice Another danger Rother broken September Riuer of fresh water and Wood. Ship fastned in Ice They determine to winter there How God in our extremest need when we were forced to lie all the Winter vpon the Land sent vs Wood to make vs a house and to serue vs to burne in the cold Winter Three Beares It freezeth in the salt water two fingers thicke in â— night House builded Hard and violent frost Ground not to be thawed May-pole of Snow Extreme Snow Hence it may seeme that the course of the Tides and Sea is from the North. Beere melted Sea couered with Ice Beare assaultâ— the ship Barrels and Iron hoopes broken with Ice All come to the House Fight with Beares White Foxe Beares fat for Lampe Nouember Sun Moone Sun riseth South South-east and goeth downe South South-west not full aboue the Earth Foxes succeed Beares They see the Sun no more after the third of Nouember Stilo nouo or our Octob. 24. Moone continually seene in the Sunnes absence Darknesse Bread shared and Beere Beere strength lesse with frost Ship ballast couered with water Fox-trap Wine shared Drinke water Ill washing Bathing and purging Store of Snow Fox-skin-caps December Lye still in Cabins Stone heated to heat them Cold and Smoake Ice cracking noyse Ice in the House Clock frozen Doore digged open Cold stronger then fire and Sacke Sea-coale fire Swounding stifling by the Cole-vapour and closenesse Benefit of cold Shooes on feet frozen within They weare no shooes Clothes on their backes frozen Cold blisters Extreame and terrible freezing Sunnes comfort House inclosed with snow Sun in Tropicus Capricorni 24. Decem. Stilo nouo Cold Christmasse Ill signe indeed Cold inuincible Burne before freeze behind Snow higher then the house Snow-steps Fire conquered heat smelt before felt An. Dom. 1597. Ianuary Vane Three Kings of Cullen King of Noua Zembla Day-light espied Beares in the ship Oculus Tauri Aurora blusheth to lie so long in bed Cold relenteth Sunne appeareth againe Ian. 24. Sun fully seen How the Sun which they had lost the 4. of Nouember did appeare to them againe vpon the 24. of Ianuary which was very strange and contrary to all learned mens opinions Difference of longitude betwixt Venice and their wintring place Note for deg of longitude Beares returne with the Sun Sicke man dieth The Summer Beare February They goe out at the chimney Heat of the Sunne Beare slaine 100. Pound of fat taken out of a Beare vsefull for Lamps March Note Sol in Aries Shoots of Felt and Rugge Aprill Beare assault the house Beares Den. May. Burgers of Noua Zembla Bucke Beares Liuer venomous Iune Beare slayne They depart The Letter is omitted It was subscribed by Iacob Hemskerke Peter Peterson Vos Master Hans Vos Laurence Willimson Peter Cornelison Iohn Remarson William Barents
Gerrat de Veer Leonard Hendrickson Iacob Iohnson Scheadam Iacob Iohnson Sterrenburg Orange Iland Open Scutes Dangerous attempt to draw the Boat ouer the Ice W. Barents dieth Enclosed again with Ice and againe Trust-point Extreame cold The stretching of the Land from the house where we wintred along by the North-side of Noua Zembla to the Straights of Wey-gats where we past ouer to the Coast of Russia and ouer the entrie of the white Sea to Cola according to the Card here insuing Three Beares One Beare carryeth another in his mouth and eat it Strong Beare Iuly Huge Beare Admirals Iland Cape Plancio Langenes Cape Cant. Strange Birdâ— breeding in strong cold Two Russian Lodies or Lodgies No Raine Scuruy-grasse or Leple leaues cure their scowring and Scorbuticall infirmitie August Pitzora Compasse deceiueth by ill Neighbourhood Russian Compasse Lapland Russian Houses Laplanders miâ—rable life Slutterie a fast breaker Kilduin September Trees a rare sight Coola Thâ—ir Scute and Boat layd vp for a Monument how much more worthily then the old worlde Argo Intelligence from Samoyeds 1595. Barkes going from Pechora to Gielhsidi wintering there Gielhsidi won from the Tartars 1592. 1592. No Ebbe not Floud September 9. Gombornse-skare The long North bottom Swafster Whitsarke Hernoldus Hooke Sound Hauen in Groneland Skagen Ford. Beare Ford. A great fishing for Whales A great Swalth Allabong Sound Store of Oxen. The Icie Mountayne The Hauen of Fendebother Note Corse Hought An hunting of white Beares More Easterly all Desart The Towne from Hernoldus Hooke West-ward The Towne of Godoâ—ford A great Church with a white Crosse on it Peters Wike Wartsdall Boy in the Norsâ— tongue signifieth a Towne A Monasterie Rompnes Ford. A Nunnerie Wegen Kerke Hot waters in Groneland A place called Vose belonging to the King Saint Nicolas Church Emestnes Ford. Southwoders Wicke Bloming Granwicke Daleth Garden A great Wood Oxen Kine and Horses Excellent Stone that fire cannot hurt Eight great Orchards belonging to the Cathedrall Church Swalster Ford. Ericks Hought Skogel Kerke Fossa Sound Breda Ford. Larmut Ford. Ice Dorpe The Skerlengers Many Horses Oxen and Kine Iuer Boty the Author A great Wildernesse called Hemel Hatsfelt to the North of the West land Mines of Siluer white Beares white Hawkes all sorts of Fish Groneland not so cold as Iseland or Norway Fruits Punuâ— and Potbarse Trolebothon Trolebothon a great Wildernesse The Commodities of Gronland Good counsell for trauelling to Gronland Tynder-boxes for fire Courses for Gronland A storme in the North. Whitsarke Ericks Ford. A storme in the South· The first and second Paragraphs were published in Latine by Hessell Gerardus An. 1612. here a little contracted the last I found in M. Hakluyts Papers Arica or Oneeko Wichida White Sea to the North of Russia Samoieds Oysel and Vstiug Mart Townes for the Samoieds The first Voyage vnto the Samoieds countreyes The second Voyage Many Deserts and diuers great Riuers Riuer Obi. Great wealth to be gotten by the Trâ—de to the Riuer of Obi. Conditions of the people Gouâ—rnment Dyâ—t No Bread Shooting Apparell Houses Great wealth obtayned by continuance of this Voyage L. Boris that Theodore Emperour The Russes pronounce th as ph Imperiall priuiledge The first Voyage set out by Boris Godonoua They submit themselues to the Moscouiteâ— Trauâ—il beyond Obi. Elkes or Lâ—shes Raine Deere Dogs equal in swiftnesse to Harts Samoieds shooting * Stiuer Castles builded Sinke of bad people Siberia and Siber * Then Malefactors of Amsterdam at the Prison c. This Iournall to the North-east was hardly obtayned by some friends in Court The great danger for imparting this Iourney Osoil Iauinis 17. daies iourney distant from Osoil against the streame Iugoria Riuer Petsora Neem Riuer 3. weekes iourney from Iauinis From Neem to Wisera 5. dayes iourney From Wisera to Soil Camscoy 9. dayes Volga by the Tartars called Etil Soil Camscoy The Riuer Soiba The Riuer Cosna Mountaines in three parts Coouinscoy Camen Cirgniscoy Camen Poduinscoy Camen Vergateria Toera Riuer Vergateria the first Towne of Siberia 1590. Russian Gouernour Fiue dayes iourney to Iaphanis Tabab a mighty Riuer 200. leagues from Toera From Iaphanis to Tinna 12. dayes iourney by sled Many trauell farre beyond Oby toward the East South Tobolsca the chiefe Towne of Siberia Tobolsca on the Riuer Yrtis Tobol Riuer Tassa Riuer Pohemy a Towne Yrtis Riuer Olscoygorod razed Zergolta a town builded in an Iland of the Riuer Oby Noxinscoy Castle 200. leagues aboue Zergolta They trauell 400. leagues into the Inland beyond Noxinscoy The Reigne of Boris Godonoua The Citie Tooma Tartar King Ostachies a people Tara a Towne Iorgoetum Besobia Mangansoiscoigorod Narim and Tooma beyond Obi. Reyne Deere and exceeding swift Dogs vsed insteed of Horses and fed with Fishes Telta Riuer to the East beyond Obi. Comgof-scoi Castle Ten weekes trauell Eastward from Obi. wherein the Tingoesies were first discouered Tingoesie a people dwelling in Companies vpon the great Riuer Ieniscè The Tingoesies deformed with swellings vnder their throats a disease attending drinkers of Snow-water Mountaines on the East side of Ieniscè casting out fire and brimstone The ouerflowing of Ieniscè in the spring as it may seem from melted Snow Reason why Waygats is stopped with Ice Ice 60. or 50. fathoms thicke in the Streight of Waygats The fiâ—st voyage Eastward beyond the Riuer Ienisce Many Nations dwell toward the South which are in warre one with another Such are the Zagatay Tartars as before in Goes is seene The second voyage East beyond the Riuer Ienisce Certaine people taken The Riuer Pisida Bells The description of the people dwelling vpon the Riuer Pisida Such are the people of the East both Tartars and Chinois The third voyage beyond Ienisce Eastward The â—owling of brazen Bells of which they haue in China and perhaps in the North parts aboue it Horses in Pisida Vessels sayling downe Pisida with square sayles They came not home till Autumne The plesantnesse of this Countrey in Aprill and May. The opinion of thâ— Author of this Story The fourth Voyage to the Riuer Pâ—sida The â—owling of Brazen Bells Mountaynes casting out flames of fire The fift Voyage by Obi and the sea-coast to the Riuer Ieniscé Lucas Captain of the Discouerie by Sea Taes Riuer falleth into Obi. The Riuer Torgalfe falleth into Ieniscé An Ouer-hall of two leagues only The right way to discouer the North-east parts Note Mezen Pechora Montâ—aia Reca The Voloc 〈◊〉 Ouer-hall Zelena Reca Obi Riuer Taes Riuer and Castle· Toorou-hansko â—eemouia Tingoâ—sie Riuer Yâ—nisey Riuer The Boulashies Seeahee Yenisey the greater and lesse Imbaki Ostaki Geta Riuer Summers trauell from Tingosey to Geta. Vessels of greater burthen drawne with the Rope a thing vsed in China Cherie Iland Ionas Poole Six Biscainers Crosse Road. May. Bigs Hole Kildin in Lappia Olena Iune Cape Comfort A ship of Amsterdam Callinos They goe on shoare Ten Lodias of Pinega bound for Noua Zembla A good Harbour Stephen Burrow Three Lodias