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fol._n 450_o cusco_n fol._n 456_o los_fw-la charcas_n fol._n 462_o collao_n fol._n 466_o chile_n fol._n 471_o chile_n proper_o so_o call_v fol._n 472_o magellanica_fw-la fol._n 473_o paraguay_n or_o rio_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr plata_fw-la fol._n 475_o rio_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr plata_fw-la proper_o so_o call_v fol._n 476_o tucuman_n ibid._n la_fw-fr crux_fw-la de_fw-fr sierra_n fol._n 477_o brasile_v ibid._n st._n vincent_n fol._n 495_o rio_n de_fw-fr janeiro_n fol._n 496_o de_fw-fr spirito_n santo_n fol._n 497_o porto_n seguro_fw-la fol._n 498_o los_fw-la isleos_n fol._n 501_o bahia_n de_fw-fr todo_fw-es los_fw-es sanctos_fw-la fol._n 502_o pernambuco_n fol._n 505_o parayba_n fol._n 508_o maragnan_n fol._n 511_o the_o lordship_n tamarica_fw-la rio_n grande_n siara_n and_o para_n fol._n 517_o a_o relation_n of_o the_o proceed_n of_o the_o netherlands_n west-india_n company_n in_o brasile_n to_o the_o year_n 1658._o fol._n 518_o the_o journey_n of_o rodulphus_fw-la baron_n with_o the_o 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spaniard_n so_o to_o name_v they_o it_o be_v very_o dangerous_a to_o come_v too_o near_o they_o but_o to_o have_v sight_n of_o they_o be_v of_o great_a use_n to_o man_n at_o sea_n for_o by_o pass_v these_o rock_n and_o leave_v they_o on_o the_o southeast_n they_o certain_o know_v that_o they_o be_v now_o enter_v the_o strait_n of_o bahama_n that_o be_v that_o they_o have_v leave_v the_o ocean_n and_o be_v fall_v in_o among_o those_o many_o island_n which_o do_v as_o it_o be_v barracado_fw-it and_o block_n up_o the_o eastern_a coast_n of_o america_n towards_o nombre_fw-fr de_fw-fr dios_n and_o terra_n firma_n as_o they_o call_v it_o through_o which_o the_o continent_n be_v sometime_o dangerous_a by_o reason_n of_o contrary_a wind_n and_o always_o such_o that_o it_o require_v the_o skill_n and_o care_n of_o a_o experience_a pilot_n to_o conduct_v the_o ship_n well_o thither_o the_o rest_n be_v abacoa_n twelve_o league_n long_o yuma_n twenty_o league_n in_o length_n and_o eight_o in_o 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pearl-fishing_a than_o the_o other_o two_o sect_n iii_o trinidado_n trinidado_n situation_n of_o trinidado_n the_o island_n of_o trinidado_n be_v first_o discover_v by_o columbus_n anno_fw-la 1447._o in_o his_o three_o voyage_n and_o by_o he_o so_o call_v as_o some_o guess_n from_o its_o three_o point_n or_o promontory_n but_o that_o seem_v not_o so_o probable_a in_o regard_n it_o be_v otherwise_o call_v la_fw-fr trinidad_n or_o insula_fw-la sanctae_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la and_o therefore_o be_v likely_a to_o have_v be_v denominate_v upon_o a_o religious_a account_n it_o lie_v nine_o degree_n or_o thereabouts_o distant_a from_o the_o line_n at_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o river_n orenoque_n and_o be_v separate_v from_o the_o coast_n of_o paria_fw-la over_o against_o which_o it_o lie_v by_o a_o straight_a that_o be_v three_o mile_n over_o and_o which_o for_o the_o dangerousness_n of_o pass_v it_o columbus_n the_o first_o discoverer_n of_o it_o call_v bocca_fw-it del_fw-it draco_n the_o length_n thereof_o from_o the_o most_o southern_a angle_n call_v punta_fw-mi del_fw-it andrada_n to_o the_o north-east_n call_v punta_fw-mi del_fw-it galera_fw-la be_v reckon_v twenty_o five_o league_n those_o that_o reckon_v fifty_o may_v be_v suppose_v to_o mistake_v league_n for_o miles_n and_o the_o breadth_n about_o eighteen_o island_n chief_a commodity_n of_o the_o island_n the_o air_n of_o this_o place_n be_v so_o impure_a that_o it_o be_v account_v the_o unwholsome_a island_n of_o all_o the_o indies_n nevertheless_o the_o soil_n be_v not_o unfertile_a as_o bring_v forth_o sugarcane_n cotton_n maize_n tobacco_n of_o the_o best_a kind_n with_o other_o commodity_n of_o the_o general_a growth_n of_o the_o west-indies_n beside_o store_n of_o good_a fruit_n and_o cattle_n and_o one_o part_n of_o the_o island_n call_v terra_n de_fw-fr beaumont_n produce_v great_a plenty_n of_o pitch_n but_o not_o of_o the_o best_a kind_n and_o there_o have_v be_v discover_v several_a vein_n of_o gold_n and_o other_o metal_n the_o native_n some_o say_v be_v ancient_o call_v cairi_n or_o carai_n and_o be_v distinguish_v into_o several_a clan_n or_o tribe_n each_o under_o the_o government_n of_o a_o casique_fw-la or_o petty_a prince_n but_o most_o of_o they_o dread_v the_o spaniard_n cruelty_n desert_v the_o island_n and_o settle_a themselves_o in_o guiana_n and_o at_o present_a both_o this_o place_n guiana_n and_o el_n dorado_n have_v of_o custom_n one_o and_o the_o same_o governor_n who_o place_n of_o residence_n here_o be_v st._n joseph_n the_o chief_a if_o not_o only_a town_n of_o the_o island_n it_o stand_v southward_o upon_o the_o carone_n here_z most_o of_o that_o tobacco_n be_v make_v which_o be_v sell_v among_o we_o for_o spanish_a in_o the_o year_n 1595._o sir_n walter_n raleigh_n possess_v himself_o of_o it_o be_v then_o but_o a_o petty_a village_n of_o about_o forty_o house_n and_o take_v prisoner_n the_o then_o governor_n antonio_n berreo_n who_o in_o all_o 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distinguish_v california_n how_o distinguish_v have_v before_o make_v mention_n of_o california_n as_o it_o be_v by_o some_o take_v for_o that_o large_a portion_n of_o northern_a america_n which_o lie_v most_o southward_o and_o also_o utmost_a west_n of_o all_o that_o be_v know_v of_o the_o new_a world_n and_o have_v treat_v of_o those_o several_a province_n which_o be_v general_o reckon_v to_o be_v comprehend_v in_o it_o except_v california_n strict_o take_v as_o it_o be_v general_o grant_v to_o be_v a_o island_n viz._n quivira_n cibola_n and_o nova_n albion_n lie_v on_o the_o continent_n though_o there_o want_v not_o those_o who_o make_v nova_n albion_n only_o the_o north_n part_n of_o california_n we_o shall_v close_v up_o our_o discourse_n of_o these_o island_n that_o lie_v northward_o of_o the_o equinoctial_a line_n with_o the_o aforesaid_a california_n special_o so_o call_v which_o be_v by_o many_o thought_n and_o describe_v to_o be_v but_o a_o peninsula_n or_o half_a island_n 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