Regiomontum The Capital of Lithuania is Vilua In Livonia or Liefland are the Towns of Riga Reuel and Torpach it belongs almost wholly to the Suede being yielded to that Crown by the Treaty of Oliva in the Year 1660. The Capital of Massovia is Warsaw of Podlassia Bijelsko Caminiek and Bar are in Podolia and Vlodimer in Volhinia Leopolis an Archbishoprick is the Metropolis of Russia-Nigra Samogithia is also a Province of that State but hath neither Town nor Castle The Rivers of that Country are the Vistula or Weisel that passes by Cracocovia Sandomeria and Dantzick The D'una passing by Riga into Lithuania The Boristhenes or Nieper bounds these States on the East having its mouth in the Vkraine the Country of the Cosacques who are under the Dominion of the King of Poland but none of the best Subjects The Catholick Religion is the strongest in these States but the Calvinist and Lutheran are professed there also A Table of the Longitudes and Latitudes of the principal places in Poland and Lytuania Prussia Royal to Poland  Lat. Long. Dantzick 54 2 41 5 Elbing 54 1 42 4 Marienburg 53 5 42 1 Newenburg 53 3 41 5 Gulm 53 1 41 4 Thorn 53 0 41 4 Prussia Ducal to Brandenburg Brandenburg 54 3 43 4 Koningsburg 54 3 44 0 Alterburg 54 2 44 4 Tilse 54 5 45 4 Memmel 55 4 45 0 Samagotia in North Russia Midnick ab Nomie 55 3 46 1 Rosienne 55 2 46 5 Heligaw 56 0 44 4 Birce 56 0 48 5 Tauragen 55 1 46 1 Curland in North Russia Mittaw 56 3 47 3 Goldingen 56 4 45 4 Windaw 57 0 45 0 Liba 56 2 44 4 Plenen 57 1 46 2 Lithuania Palatinate de Poloczk Poloczk 55 2 53 3 Rosian 55 0 55 2 Drissa 55 5 52 1 Pal. de Witepsk Scasnistere 55 0 54 2 Witepsk 55 2 55 4 Witlisst 55 4 57 0 Vla 55 0 54 3 Horodeck 55 4 55 3 Pal. of Vilna Breslaw 55 4 50 4 Vilna 54 3 29 1 Froki 54 3 48 4 Milkemirs 55 0 48 4 Opixty 55 1 49 0 Pal. of Troki Troki 54 3 48 4 Pubinki 54 5 49 2 Kowne 54 4 47 4 Grodne 53 4 47 3 Lida 53 5 49 0 Wilkewiska 53 1 48 3 Bielica 53 4 49 1 Asuriana 54 2 49 4 Pal. d' Minsk Minsk 53 5 51 4 Borislaw 54 0 53 2 Pal. of Novigrodeck Novigrodeck 53 3 49 3 Skenim 53 0 49 0 Hasko 53 0 51 4 Mir 53 2 50 2 Pal. de Mesillaw Mesillaw 54 0 58 0 Orssa 54 2 56 0 Mohilow 53 4 56 0  54 3 47 3 Rohakzo 52 5 55 0 Rzeczyca 52 0 56 0 Pal. of Bressici Bressici     Pinek     Horodeck     Kolne     Nassovia Warsaw 52 1 44 1 Pultansk 52 4 44 3 Czersko 51 5 44 3 Wiskow 52 2 44 2 Nar 52 3 46 1 Wishegred 52 3 43 0 Poland Pal. of Plotsko  Lat. Long. Plotsko 52 3 42 4 Plousko 52 5 43 0 Doberin 52 3 42 2 Reppina 52 5 42 3 Pal. of Inowlocz Inowlocz 52 5 41 2 Wladislaw 52 4 40 4 Fredrelaut 53 2 40 4 Pal. of Posua Posuan 52 2 40 3 Rogosua 52 4 39 5 Welin 52 5 38 5 Krziwin 52 0 40 3 Miedzersee 52 2 38 2 Pal. of Kebish Ghesna 52 3 40 5 Kaelish 51 5 40 5 Navle 52 5 40 1 Lawdic 52 1 41 1 Colo 52 1 41 3 Pal. of Brest Brestie 52 3 42 0 Kraswick 52 4 41 1 Pal. of Rava Rava 51 5 42 3 Gabni 52 2 52 3 Gostinin 52 2 52 4 Pal. of Seradia Serad 51 3 41 0 Telun 51 1 40 5 Krzepick 51 0 41 0 Pal. of Lencici Lencici 52 1 41 4 Bresini 52 3 42 5 Pal. of Saudomira  Lat. Long. Lawichest 51 3 45 0 Saudomire 50 3 44 4 Visliczca 50 1 43 3 Malogocz 50 4 42 5 Zarnaw 51 1 42 5 Radom 51 1 44 0 Pal. of Cracaw Cracow 50 0 42 3 Zacor 49 5 42 0 Nowopol 50 5 41 5 Sandecz 49 4 43 1 Brecz 49 4 43 4 Pal. of Lublin Lublin 51 0 45 1 Czetiche 51 3 44 4 Kazimeeres 51 0 44 4 Lukow 51 4 45 4 Pal. of Bielsk Bielsk 52 4 47 1 Grodeck 62 1 56 2 Aguston 53 4 46 4 Goniutz 53 2 46 1 Drogierin 52 1 46 2 Pal. de Chelia 51 0 46 3 Dubur 50 5 77 1 Kranoslow 50 5 46 0 Pal. of Belez 50 1 47 4 Krilow 50 3 17 2 Pal. de Lemburg Terpold or Low 49 4 46 5 Halicz 48 5 47 5 Premislaw 49 3 45 3 Sanock 49 1 45 1 Sniatin 48 3 48 4 Pal. of Lusuck or Vithinna Mlodzimeers 50 4 47 4 Constantino 51 1 49 5 Horoskle 50 5 52 5 Lusuck 50 4 49 0 Pal. of Kaminieck 49 5 48 4 Barr 49 1 51 2 Bourack 49 0 48 3 Pal. de Bracklaw 52 4 48 5 Minieza 49 2 52 2 Vkrain or Cossacks Country Base Podolia Bialcerkew 50 0 54 4 Grudeck 50 0 53 2 Kiovia 50 4 55 2 Czyetkassia 49 3 56 3 Kudack 48 5 59 3 Krilow 49 2 47 3 Isles of y Tar-Treasure 48 0 58 1 Dutche de Czennihow Moryn 51 2 56 4 Kozel 50 2 57 4 Czernihow 51 5 57 0 CHAP. XVIII The Isles of Europe ENGLAND SCOTLAND IRELAND With the ILES Thereto Belonging ENGLAND SCOTLAND IRELAND The Island of Great Britain which comprehends the Kingdoms of England and Scotland is one of the biggest Islands in the Ocean The Kingdom of England is divided from Scotland that lies to the North by the River of Tweed and Cheviot Hills and from France by a narrow Sea called the Channel the chief Cities thereof are London on the Thames the Metropolis York and Canterbury its two Archbishopricks Oxford and Cambridg two famous Universities and several other great and populous Cities The chief Rivers of England are the Thames the Humber and the Severne This Kingdom is divided into fifty two Counties or Shires reckoning the Dominion of Wales which lies to the West thereof from which the eldest Sons of the Kings of England have their Titles of Princes of Wales Scotland a Kingdom to the North of England hath Edinburgh for its Metropolis St. Andrews and Glasgow two Archbishopricks and Universities and Aberdeen another University with many other Towns of less note the Rivers of Scotland are not very considerable except for Fishing The Orcades to the Northward of Scotland are many in number but only thirteen of them are inhabited and yet more Northerly are the Isles of Shetland belonging likewise to Scotland The Hebrides or Hebudes are to the West of Scotland and are above three hundred in number the greatest of which are Arran Skie and Mule The Isles of Anglesey and Man are to the West of England and the Isle of Wight to the South Ireland heretofore Hibernia lies to the West of England it is a great Island and hath many good Towns Dublin is its
Lyonnois between which and it are the Beaujolois the chief Town whereof is Ville Franche and the Maronnois that takes its name from the Town of Maron the chief Towns of Burgundy are Dijon the Capital Authun an ancient Town Chalons on the Saone Beaune Semur and Langres some place Sens and Auxerre here Champaign hath Burgundy to the South and Picardy to the North its chief Towns are Rheins Troyes Chalons on the Marne Bar on the Sein Bar on the Aube Nogent Chaumont in Basigny and Joinville Seeing Champaign joyns Picardy and that we began the Description of the Circuit of France by this we will end it here that we may view the middle of the Kingdom and describe the Provinces that lie there proceeding from North to South Brie lies to the West of Champaign its chief Towns are Meaux Province Lagny Bricomte-Robert and Montereau France properly so called lies West from Brie and hath Picardy to the North it comprehends the Prevostie and Vicecounty of Paris the Isle of France the Valois the Heurepois and the Gastinois Paris is the Metropolis of all this Kingdom the Residence of the Kings and one of the fairest Cities in the World In the Isle of France is St. Denis the burying place of the French Kings Poissi St Germain and Montmorency are the other more remarkable Towns thereof In the Valois are Crespi Senlis and Beauvois with the Beauvoisis is by some also placed there In the Heurepois are Melun Corbeil Moret in the Gastinois are Montargis Nemours Estampes Milly Chastillon and Fontainbleau where the French King has a stately House in a vast Forrest The Beausse hath for chief Towns Orleans Chartres Dreux Chasteaudun Vandosme Meun Nogent le Roy and Blois Perche hath for principal Towns Nogent Le Retrou Molesme and Mortagues Anjou hath Angiers Saumeur and La Fleehe Tourain hath Tours which gives it the name Amboise Loches Chinon where Rablais was born Loudun and some others Sologne hath Remorantin Gergeau and Sully Berry which is almost in the middle of France hath Bourges its chief Town Sancerre Yssoudun Vierzon Dun Le Roy and Selles The Nivernois hath Nevers The Bourbonnois hath Moulins Bourbon L' Ancy and Bourbon L' Archamband The Forrest hath St. Estienne de Feuran Mont Brison Feurs and Rouenne Auvergne is divided into the upper and lower in this are the Towns of Clermont Ryons Montferraud and the Castle of Montpensier in the upper St. Flour and Aurilhac Lymoisin hath Limoges its Capital Town Segur and Chalus which are in the upper and Tulles Vzerche and Brive in the lower called otherways La Marche Quercy hath for Capital Cahors the other considerable Towns are Montauban and Moissac Perigord hath Perigueux Sarlat Bergerac and Miremont Rouvergne hath Rhodez Ville Franche and Milland The Angoulmois Angoulesme Chateau-neuf Coignac and Jarnac where the bloody Battel was fought in time of Charles the Ninth which bears that name And this is a brief Description of all the Provinces of France We must now see what Rivers water it Those that run into the Ocean are the Garonne the Charente the Loyre the Sein and the Somme Into the Mediterranean Sea the Aude the Eraud and the Rhosne The Garonne hath its source in the Pyrenean Hills runs through Guienne passes by Thoulouze and Bourdeaux receives into it the Ariege the Lot the Tarn and the Dordogne and falls into the Ocean near to Bourdeaux The Charente passes by Angoulesme and Xaintes The Loyre hath its Head in Languedoc among the Mountains of Vivarezi from whence it enters into the Forrests and passes by Rouenne where it begins to carry Boats it runs through the Bourbonois the Nivernois Beausse Tourain and Anjou passes by Nevers Orleans Blois Amboise Tours Saumeur and entring a little into Bretaign and having washed Nantes it discharges it self into the Ocean carrying with it the Allier the Clein the Creuse the Cher the Vienne the Mayne and many Rivulets The Sein comes out of Burgundy waters Champaign the Isle of France and Normandy it passes through Paris and by Rouen and being encreased by the Marne the Youne the Oyse and some other Rivers it is embraced by the Ocean near Havre De-grace The Somme springs out of Picardy runs through it and forsakes not that Province till it lose it self in the Ocean after it hath washed Amiens Abbeville and several other Towns of that Country from whence the Escaut or Scheld springs also The Aude come from the Pyrenean Mountains and runs by Carcassonne and Narbonne The Eraud comes from the Sevenes and passes by Agde the Orb by Beziers The Rhosne has its source in Mount St. Gothard among the Alpes runs through the Lake of Geneva passes by Lyons Vienne Valence under the Pont St. Esprit by Avignon Beaucaire Arles and receives into it the Saone the Isere the Droume the Durance the Ardeche the Gardon and by its Branches having made an Island which is called Camargue from Cajus Marius corrupting Caii Marii Ager into Camargue it falls into the Mediterranean There are in France fifteen Archbishopricks and comprehending Avignon sixteen which are Rouen Tours Bourdeaux Auch Thoulouze Narbonne Arles Aix Ambrun Vienne Lyons Sens Rheims Paris Bourges and Avignon and above an hundred Bishopricks There are ten ancient Parliaments which are established at Paris Rouen Rennes Bourdeaux Pau Thoulouze Aix Grenoble Dijon and Metz and two new ones the one at Tournay for the French Conquests in the Netherlands the other at Besancon for the Franche Comty Its Isles in the Ocean are Belle-Isle on the Coast of Bretaign Neirmonsteir on the Coast of Poitou the Isles of Re and Oleron on the Coasts of Aunis and Xaintonge In the Mediterranean are the Isles of Hieres of St. Margaret and St. Honorat on the Coast of Provence Its Mountains besides the Alpes and Pyrenees are those of Auvergne and Sevenes which the Ancients called Montes Cebennae the name not much as yet altered There are besides Mount Jura or St. Claude which is towards Switzerland and Mount Vogese or Faucilles towards the Diocess of Langres The Catholick Religion is the publick established Religion in France yet the Protestant is permitted there And thus Reader you have a short draught of a large and flourishing Kingdom under the Dominion of a great and powerful Prince Before we proceed to Italy we must pass over into Savoy which is inclosed within France This Dutchy belonging to a Prince who carries the Title of it hath to the North the Lake of Geneva and Switzerland to the East Piemont and Dauphine to the South and West the chief Towns of it are Chambrey its Capital City Montmelian and Foussigny The County of Morienne where St. John stands and the Tarantaise where Monstier is which are in the Alpes belong to the Duke of Savoy as well as Piemont and the Marquisat of Saluces of which we shall speak in the Description of Italy Geneva lying at the end of a great Lake that carries
60 3 31 0 Lindsness 59 0 27 3 Government of Bahus Bahus 58 1 34 0 Daleburg 58 4 34 0 Government of Bergenhus Eye 59 0 26 3 Stavanger 59 5 26 2 Bergen 61 0 26 4 Government of Dronthenhus Boe 64 0 28 0 Dronthem 65 3 32 3 Maelstroom 68 3 32 3 Government of Wardhus North Cape 71 2 48 1 Wardhus 70 5 54 2 Suedeland West Gothland Gotteburg 57 3 33 3 Lidk'oping 58 3 35 1 Scofde 58 3 35 4 East Gothland Linkoping 58 3 38 3 Noâ—koping 58 3 38 4 Soderkoping 58 4 38 3 Isl Oeland Borckholme 57 0 39 0 Isl Gothland Wisby 57 4 41 3 Westermaine Soudermain and Firme-land Nikoping 58 4 39 4 Koping 59 4 39 0 Phillipstad 59 5 36 2 Carolstad 59 3 35 4 Kolen 60 2 34 0 Vpland Stockholm 59 2 40 4 Vpsul 60 0 40 2 Enkoping 59 4 40 0 Gestricie Gevalia 61 0 40 0 Helsinge Dilsbo 62 0 39 1 Madelpaedie Tana 62 0 38 0 Trop 62 1 39 0 Agermain Bote 63 0 40 0 Nord Mating 63 0 42 0 MOSCOVIA Lapland or West Bothinia  Lat. Long. Vma Lapmark 63 3 42 0 Pitha Lapmark 65 3 43 5 Lula Lapmark 65 3 44 2 Torne Lapmark 65 4 46 0 East Bothinia Vlaburgh 65 3 47 0 Cajaneburg 65 1 51 4 Salo 64 4 47 0 Carleby 64 0 45 3 Kyro 63 3 45 0 Finland Abo 60 4 45 4 Bierneburg 62 0 45 0 Gronenburg 61 3 48 3 Niland Raseburg 61 1 47 0 Savolax  Lat. Long. Indisalmi 63 3 50 2 Nislot 51 4 53 3 Caereha     Vakelax 60 4 51 2 Wiburg 60 3 53 2 Kexholm Kidilia 61 3 56 0 Kexholm 61 3 55 0 Ingria Notteburgh 59 5 55 4 Jamagored 59 0 52 3 Livonia Narva 59 0 52 3 Revel 59 3 48 3 Pernaw 58 5 47 3 Derpt 58 3 51 0 Riga 57 1 47 4 Kockenhaus 57 0 49 2 Dunenburgh 56 4 50 2 CHAP. XV. Great Russia or Moscovy THAT Prince whom we call the Great Duke of Moscovy is by his Subjects called Czar which is as much as to say Emperor and he may very well take that lofty Title seeing his State is one of the greatest in Europe and reaches even to Asia and he is so absolute a master of the Lives and Fortunes of his people and his Empire Despotick on the East it is bordered by Tartary the Great on the South by the Lesser on the West by the States of Poland and Suedland and by the Ocean on the North it comprehends Great Russia which is divided into many Provinces Mosco is the Capital City of the State and gives its name to the whole Empire which it receives from a River that washes it it is built of Wood and contains above forty thousand Houses The other remarkable Cities are Sandomiry Molodimer Novogord and many more Upon the White Sea which is a Bay or Gulf of the Northern Ocean are St. Michael Arch-Angel and St. Nicholas at the mouth of the Divina which is one of the greatest Rivers in Russia the other Rivers are the Boristhenes at present the Nieper that falls into the Black Sea the Tanais now called Don which discharges it self into the Palus Maosis or Delle-Zabache The Volga heretofore Rha which having its spring head in that Country after a long Course carries its Streams into the Caspian Sea The Moscovites follow the Religion of the Greek Church A Table of the Longitudes and Latitudes of the principal places in Russia or Moscovia Lapland Moscovites  Lat. Long. Kielit 68 3 58 0 Joskena 68 1 66 1 Cape Cadenus 68 0 72 0 Kenio 65 0 55 5 Dukedoms of Karagopel 62 0 67 0 Dwina     St. Michael Arch-Angel 64 5 67 1 St. Nicholas 65 0 66 3 Lampat 66 0 71 0 Inhorn 68 2 73 4 Condinsky     Koma 62 3 77 2 Petzora 68 2 87 1 Samoides Strait of Wagote 70 0 87 3 Kingdom of Roym de Siberia Tobolska 97 3 65 0 Perma 62 0 84 ½ Oustiough upon Dwina 61 2 73 1 Wologdia 58 4 67 2 Bielaozero 58 0 63 0 Upon Volga R. Gero 57 3 66 1 Nisi Novogord 56 0 75 0 Wasilsgorod 55 3 77 1 Caesan K. 55 3 84 4 Bolgar 54 2 84 5 Astracan R. 46 2 87 3 D. Welodinie 55 4 70 2 D. Sasdale 56 0 65 3 D. Rosthow 57 2 65 1 D. Moskow 55 4 64 4 D. Resan 55 0 69 0 D. Worotin 54 2 63 1 D. Smolensko 54 3 57 2 D. Reskhow 56 0 61 2 D. Tiver 56 4 62 0 D. Novogrod Wiliki 58 0 57 1 Kielit 66 3 57 0 Kaudalax 68 0 59 0 Kola 70 0 57 0 Cape Caudenos 69 2 70 0 Kargapol 62 1 66 0 St. Michael Arch-Angel 64 4 67 0 St. Nicolas 64 4 66 0 Inhera 68 0 76 0 Streight of Waigates 71 0 85 0 Toboska 65 ½ 95 0 Perma 63 2 83 0 Oustiough 61 0 72 0 Wologda 59 3 67 0 Bialaozero 59 0 62 0 Jeroslau 57 3 65 0 Lesser Novogrod 59 0 71 3 Vasili gorod 59 0 73 0 Cazan 58 2 84 0 Bulgar 56 3 36 0 Astracan 49 2 83 3 Wlodimer 58 0 69 0 Susdal 57 1 68 0 Rostow 56 4 64 0 Moskow 55 0 64 3 Rezan 54 4 67 0 Worotin 53 2 64 0 Smolensko 54 0 57 0 Rzowa 56 0 59 0 T wer 55 4 62 0 Greater Novogrod 58 3 57 0 POLAND CHAP. XVI The Lesser Tartary THE States of the Prince of Przecop or of the lesser Tartars lie betwixt the mouths of the Boristhenes and Tanais and in that Peninsule which the Ancients called the Taurick Chersonesus bounded on the East by the Palus Meotis and on the South and West by the Black Seas on the Isthmus thereof stands the City of Przecop which hath given the name of Przecopites to that People and the City of Caffa is its Capital the Streight that joyns the Palus Meotis to the Euxin Sea was heretofore called the Cimmerian Bosphorus and is now termed the Streight of Caffa or Vospero and St. Johns Mouth The Tartars Przecopites are by Religion Mahometans CHAP. XVII The States of the King of Poland THESE States have the Territories of Moscovy on the East on the North those of Sueden and the Baltick Sea on the West Germany and on the South the Carpathian Mountain which divides them from Hungary and Transilvania they comprehend Poland Prussia Lithuania part of Livonia Massovia Podlassia Podolia Volhinia and Russia-Nigra The Capital City of Poland is Cracovia which is the Metropolis of the State the others are Guesn an Archbishoprick Sandomeria and many more less considerable Prussia Regalis belongs to the King of Poland and its chief Towns are Moriembourg and Dantzick which has a famous Port on the Baltick at the Mouth of the Weisel or Vistula Prussia the Ducall belongs to the Marquess of Brandebourg who does homage for it to the King of Poland its Capital City is Koningsberg or
Empire of the Sophy of Persia and is bounded on the West by the Turkish Empire on the East by that of the great Mogol on the North by the Tartars from whom it is divided by the River Oxus now Abiamus and on the South by the Gulf of Persia and the Indian Sea In a word it Reaches from Tygris to Indus and from the Caspian to the Persian Sea containing several Provinces Persia Sustana Parthia Media Affyria Hircania Paropamisa Margiana Carmania and Gedrosia all which have lost both their Names and Limits The Metropolis of these States is Hispahan or Isfaham a great and fair City containing many stately Palaces where the Sophy keeps his Court and usually resides It lies in Parthia now a days called Hierak The other Towns of that Province are Cassan Argistan Jex Saba and Targazin In the Province of Persia now called Farsy is the Town of Siras which is taken for the Ancient Persepolis burnt by Alexander Susiana which is called Cusistan hath for its Chief City Sus formerly Susa the Imperial Seat of Ahassuerus Media now a days Servan hath the City of Tauris which is the Ecbatana of the Ancients Assyria whereof the Turk possesses part hath Mosul for its Capital which is the Ancient Ninive the Metropolis of the Assyrians Hircania is called Diargument its principal Towns are Mazandaron and Strava Paropamisal at present Sablestan hath Candahar for its chief Town which gives also a name to all the Province Margiana or Elsabar hath Mexed for its principle Town where the Kings of Persia are Interred Carmania hath Chirman from which it takes its modern name Gedrosia or Circan hath the Town of Calamate The most Remarkable Isles of Persia are in the Gulf of that Name that of Ormus is near the Sreights and hath a Town of the same name Ruined at present The Isle of Baharem is famous by reason that about it they fish for and take the lovliest Oriental Pearls The Sophy of Persia is Mahumetan but follows the Doctrine of Aly Mahcmets Son in Law whom the Turks reckon a Heretick The Persians are of their Prince his Sect and civilized and polished and much of the humour of the French The Christian Religion is suffered there and in Hispahan it self there are Convents of several Orders as bare-footed Carmelites Capuchins Minims and many others CHAP. IV. The Empire of the great MOGOL GUINEA NIGRITA RVM REGIO EAST INDIA PORTUGALL THE Ancients divided the East-Indies into India on this side and India on t'other side of Ganges In the first called now Indostan which lies between that and another River named Indus is the Empire of the great Mogol It hath to the North Turquestan to the West the States of Persia to the South the Territories of several Princes which we shall hereafter mention and to the East the Kingdom of Bengala It is divided into several Kingdoms which carry generally the Names of their Capital Cities as Agra Lahor Delli Kabul Caximir but the Kingdom of Sinda hath Tatah for Metropolis The usual place of Residence of that Monarch is Lahor his Palace is Magnificent and he is the Richest Prince in the World in precious Stones He is Mahumetan and most of his Subjects follow the same Religion but there are many Christians and Idolaters amongst them and a Sect of Pythagoreans who hold it a deadly Sin to eat any thing that ever had life who are there called Bannians CHAP. V. The other States of the EAST-INDIES and what the PORTUGUESE and other Nations Possess there BEfore we proceed further we must take a view of the other Kingdoms of the East-Indies and of what the King of Portugal Possesses there that we may not be obliged to come back to the same parts again These Indies have two Peninsules which are divided by the Bay of Bengala That which is on the West side contains the Kingdoms of Decan Onar Barcelor Canara and some others with the Coast of Malabar in which are the Kingdoms of Calicut Cochin Coulan and others all bearing the Names of their Capital Towns They are Scituated on the Western part of this Peninsule Towards the Eastern is the Coast of Coromandel where are Negapatan Maliapor or St. Thomas and the Kingdom of Bisnagar Narsingue Golconde and Orixa which bear the Names of their chief Cities The two Coasts of this Peninsule are divided by Mount Gate which ends at Cape Comorin The Countrey scituated on this Mountain is called Balagate At the Entry of the other Peninsule which is to the East we meet with the Kingdoms and Cities of Pegu Siam Camboia and Tunquin and in the Penninsule is the Kingdom of Malacca with its City of the same Name which is the Southermost Extremity thereof In the Entry of the other Peninsule which is to the West is the Kingdom of Cambaya with a City of the same Name and another called Surrat which is very large and a place of great Trade and the Residence of our English President of India Thu Kingdam of Bengala is near the mouth of Ganges between the States of the Mogol and Pegu. The King of Portugal possesses the Isle of Diu near the Kingdom of Cambaya which has a Town of the same Name near the Kingdome of Decan the City of Goa one of the greatest Towns of the Indies and the Residence of the Archbishop and Vice-Roy some places on the Coast of Malabar and on the other side he had heretofore Maliapur a considerable Town where it is beleeved the Body of St. Thomas is In the other Peninsule formerly he held Malacca which the Dutch have since taken from him Besides these he hath several Islands and some places in others which belong not wholly to himself CHAP. VI. The Kingdom of CHINA SOme Authors make this Kingdom as big as all Europe so vast is its Extent It hath the Ocean to the East Cochinchina to the South and to the West the Indies and part of Tartary which it hath likewise in the North and from which it is seperated by that Famous Wall of Four hundred Leagues in Length It is divided into Fifteen Provinces the Names of which it is not very material to know There are above Two thousand Cities reckoned to be in this great Kingdom and of them Peking is the Chief and the Imperial Seat of their Kings That Throne was overturned by the Tartars who ruined this Empire and possest the greatest part thereof but the Natives have lately recovered their Liberty again and expulsed the Conquerers Nanquin Xanton and Amus are the most considerable CHINA TARTARIA Cities and the least is as big if not bigger than London There are in this Kingdom many Fair Navigable Rivers the chief of which are the Yellow and the Blew called in the Chinese Language Caramoran and Jansuguiam and Chincheo that passes by the Stately City of Amus The Chineses are Idolaters and Worship the Heavens and Stars with many Idols that they place in their Temples The Jesuites have
Converted many of them to Christianity and are very Active in making Proselytes in those Parts CHAP. VII TARTARY THE greater Tartary is one of the vastest Regions of the whole Earth It hath to the West the States of Muscovy the Ocean to the North to the East the Streights of Anian or Jesso according to some Maps and to the South Persia India and China Several Princes have Dominions in that great space of Land and among others the Prince of Niuche on the East-side who Invaded and Conquered China But the most considerable of all is the Great Cham. One of his chief Provinces in Cathay which some take for China and its City of Cambalu for that of Pequin so uncertain Men are in the knowledge of those distant Countries It is nevertheless sure that there are Vagabond Tartars divided into Societies called Hordes They Inhabit that place which is called Tartary Desert near which is the Kingdom of Astracan with a Town on the same Name on the Volga In these Countreys as 't is reported grows the Boranetz which is a Plant Animal that is half a Plant and half an Animal It is in Shape like a Lamb and fastned to a stalk about which it Nibbles and Eats the Grass which once failing it withers and dies The other parts of Tartary are Turquestan and Zagathy the chief City whereof is Samarkand the Imperial Seat of the Victorious Tamerlan Most part of the Tartars are Mahumetans there are many Idolaters some Jews and very few Christians among them CHAP. VIII The Isles of ASIA in the Ocean IN treating of the Tetritories of the Turk we spake of the Isles of Asia that are in the Mediterranean We must now mention those in the Ocean which belong to that part of the World but seeing they are so numerous that a large Volume would be too little to describe them all in we shall only touch at those which are the most considerable and of greatest Note amongst them The Maldives lie towards the Cape of Comorin to the South and West thereof there are many of them and they reach to the Line being divided into certain Parcels which are called Attollons and contain many small Islands separated by verry narrow Channels they are full of Coco-trees the Inhabitants are Mahumetans and subject to a King Zeilan or Zeilon is near Cape Comorin being Two hundred and forty Leagues in Circumference The Indians call it Tenasirim that is a Paradice of Delights there grows the Tree whereof Cinnamon is but the Bark and that in such plenty that there are whole Forrests of them Fair Emeralds and fairer Elephants are likewise to be had there Some would have it to be the Taprobane of the Ancients which others think to be Sumatra One of its chief Towns is Sitavaca the Residence of a Prince who takes the Title of Emperor of Zeilan to whom the other Kings are Tributary It is divided into several Kingdoms of which Candy that is in the middle of the rest is one of the chief The Portuguese had formerly some places there of which Columbo was the most Important But at present the Hollanders are possessed of that and much more than ever the Portuguese had The Natives are either Mahumetans or Idolaters Sumatra is divided by the Streights of Sincapura from the Peninsula of Malaccra Most part of the Modern Geographers take it for Taprobane the Equinoctial cuts it almost in the middle it is very large and some assign to it Thirty Kingdoms It s chief Towns are Achein Pedar and Batham The Inhabitants profess Mahumetanism and many of them are still Idolaters Great Java is near to Sumatra and is seperated from it but by an Arm of the Sea called the Streights of Sonda This Island is about Two Hundred Leagues in Length but not above Forty in Breadth It is Subject to several Princes who are Tributaries to another by them called Mataram that is to say Emperour It hath considerable Towns such as Bantam Palambuam Japara and Batavia called so by the Hollanders being formerly called Jacatra They took it in the Year One thousand six hundred and seventeen and have strongly fortified it and made it the Residence of their General and Principal Seat of their great East-India Trade The Inhabitans of the Island are for the most part Mahumetans Little Java is now called Cumbava and but little known some of its Inhabitans are Idolators Borneo lies to East of Malacca and Sumatra and to the North of Java This is one of the greatest Islands in the Ocean it is almost round and hath above 200 Leagues in Diameter It s Principle Town carries its Name Most part of the Inhabitans profess Mahumetanisme and the rest are plunged in Idolatry Celebes is to the East of Borneo and is much less than it the chief Towns thereof are one that goes by the same Name and Durate Gilolo is to the East of the former and is not so great it hath a Town of its own Name and another called Tolo The Molucca's so Famous for the Cloves Nutmegs and Mace which they disperse through the whole World lie under the Equinoctial betwixt Celebes and Gilolo The chief are Ternate Tidor Motir Machian and Bachian The Portuguese have had some places there which have been disputed by the English and Dutch and finally carried by the latter who have Engrossed the Trade of those Rich Spices Banda is to the South of Gilolo and furnishes also Nutmegs The Hollanders have the Possession thereof The Philippine Islands called so by the Spaniards in Honour of their King Philip the Second are so many in number that some Authors reckon above Ten thousand of them They lie Northward from the Mollucca's and Eastward from Cochinchina The greatest and most considerable of them is Luconia where the Town of Manilha is The other that are remarkable are those of Mindanao which hath a Town of its Name the Isles of St. Juan of Cebu Matan and Tandayo Betwixt this last and the Isle of Lucon is the Streights of Manilha Famous amongst Navigators Amacao or Macao is a small Island on the Coast of China where the Portguese have a Town of the same Name The Isle Formosa the Lucaios and some others are to the East of China The Empire of Jappan is composed of several great Islands on the the East of China the chief of which is called Niphon and its Capital Town Meaco though this present Emperour hath his Court at Jedo in the East part of the Island Many Jesuites have here lost their lives for Preaching Christ to that Idolatrous People To the North of this Countrey the Land of Jesso hath been lately discovered divided from it by the Streights of Sangar The chief Mountains of Asia are Taurus Libanus Caucasus and Imaus It s chief Capes are that of Comorin in the Indies Liampo in China Fartach Razalgate and Monzandaon in Arabia the happy and the Promontory of Tabin in Tartary It s principal Rivers are the Volga Araxez
we can say nothing with any certainty of them These People as well as those of Biledulgerid are Mahumetans and some of them Idolaters CHAP. XIII The Countrey of Negres and Guinea THat Countrey which is called the Countrey of Negres or Nigritia hath on the West the Atlantick Ocean on the North the Desarts of Lybia on the East Egypt Nubia and the Empire of the Abysins and on the South Guinea and the Kingdom of Congo It is about a Thousand Leagues in length and of a very considerable breadth The River Niger waters it and over-flowing like the Nile renders it fruitful It is divided into several Branches whereof the two chief are Senega Gambao or Riogrande which fall into the Ocean near Cape de Verd. That great Countrey is divided into several Kingdoms of which the most remarkable are Genehoa Tombut Senega Gago Gualata Melli Cano Agadez and betwixt the Branches of the Niger the Kingdom of the Jaloffes and Gambea They have generally either given or taken their Names from their chief Towns The People are of different Religions a great many of them are Idolaters and some few are Mahumetans they are subject also to different Princes Guinea hath to the East and North the Countrey of Negres in which some Geographers also place it towards the West and South the Ethiopick Ocean It contains the Kingdoms of Sierra Leona Sabon and Benin It hath no Towns of any note The Coast there is called by several Names as the Grain Coast the Quaqua Coast and the Gold Coast upon which the English Dutch and some other Nations have their Forts and Factories The Natives drive a great Trade with the Europeans who transport yearly into the West-Indies several thousands of these wretched Animals sold to them by their inhumane Lords and sometimes by their own Parents into perpetual Slavery This Countrey abounds in Gold the Natives for the most part are Idolaters and some of them worship their Kings CHAP. XIV The Kingdoms of Congo Cacongo Angola Malemba and Mataman THese Kingdoms are by some Geographers placed in Ethiopia but we distinguish them because under that name the Countrey of the Abyssins is chiefly understood The Kingdom of Congo hath to the East the Empire of Prester John to the North the Countrey of Negres to the West the Ocean of Ethiopia and to the South the Kingdom of Angola It is divided into several Provinces and its chief Town is called St. Salvador Next to that the most remarkable are Panho Batta Sanho Sunde Pemba which take or give their Names to their Provinces The River Zaire that comes from a Lake of the same Name runs through this Kingdom with a Stream famous for its swiftness and breadth That of Coanza makes the Isle of Loanda at its Mouth there is another River likewise called Lelunde In the Northern part of this Countrey there are People called Anzicains who are reported to eat Mans Flesh which is sold in the Shambles as Beef and Mutton with us COAST OF BARBARY From Tanger to Cape Bōn COAST OF BARBARY From Cape Bon to Damieta MALTA LEEWARD Islands SIAM MALACCA and the Indian ISLANDS The MOLVCCA Isles Isles of IAPAN The PHILIPPINE Islands FRANCHE CONNTY SAVOY TERCERA Islands CANARY Islands Islands of CAPE VERD PERU CHILI and MAGELLANICA ZANGUEBAR MONOMOTAPA The Kingdom of Caconga is to the Eastward of the former and there is no Town observed in it That of Angola is to the South of Congo its chief Town is Dongo Here are the Mountains of Cambambe Rich in Silver Mines and Cape St. Mary The Kingdom of Malemba is to the East of Angola and near the Lake Zambre that of Mataman is to the South of it The People of these Kingdoms are Idolaters but the Jesuites daily endeavour their Conversion CHAP. XV. Caffreria Sofala Zanguebar and some other Countreys THE Countrey of the Caffres or Hottentots named Caffreria hath to the East and North Monomotapa to the West and South the Ocean and reaches to the Cape of Good Hope Along the Coasts of it are good Ports No Towns are to be seen here the People are altogether barbarous having neither Laws Kings or Religion Near the Cape of Good Hope the Hollanders have planted a very Noble Colony which supplies in great abundance all Necessaries to their Ships as they go and come from the East-Indies The Kingdom of Sofala is upon the Indian Ocean its chief Town bears its Name and is built in an Island made by the River of Cuama Some Authors take this Countrey for the Land of Ophir whither Solomon sent to fetch Gold for Adorning of that stately Temple which he Built Zanguebar is to the North of it and extends it self upon the Indian Ocean which it hath to the East as far as the Kingdom of Adea which it hath on the North side and the Empire of the Abyssins to the West It comprehends Six Kingdoms to wit Mongalo Mozambique Angothe Quiloa Mombaza and Melinde each of them having a Capital Town bearing its Name The Inhabitants are Idolaters or Mahumetans with some few Christians The Portuguese possess Mozambique and Mombaza with some other places Continuing still Northward and along the Indian Sea we find the Republick of Brave consisting onely in one Maritime Town of the same Name which was pretty Rich before it was sacked by the Portuguese Next we find the Kingdoms of Magadoxo and Adel with their Capitals of the same Name the latter reaches to the Cape Guardafuy and the Streights of Babel mandel which Joyns the Ocean to the Red Sea The Kingdom of Abex is upon that Sea and under the Ottoman Empire It s chief Towns are Arguico Doncale and Suguam all three Maritime If there be any other little States they are so inconsiderable that it is not worth our while to stop and view them just when we are about to consider larger and more Famous Territories in the middle of Africa whereof we have now Surveyed the Confines CHAP. XVI NUBIA NUBIA hath the Nile on the East which divides it from Ethiophia that is likewise to the South of it The Countrey of Negro's on the West and Egypt on the North. Its Metropolis of the same Name is upon the Nile and the others deserve not the Name of Towns being but pitiful Villages The Inhabitants have been Christians and according to some Authors are so still but without any Exercise of Religio of which they retain nothing but the shadow and confused Knowledge CHAP. XVII Ethiopia or the Empire of the Abyssins SOme Geographers divide Ethiopia into the Upper and Lower and under this comprehend the Kingdoms of Congo Angola and some others whereof we have treated and those of Monomotapa and Monoemugi of which we shall speak And under the other they place the Empire of the Abyssins but because this retains particularly the Name of Ethiophia we shall use the same without perplexing our selves about that Division Ethiopia has to the North Nubia and Egypt to the
East the Kingdom of Abex and Zanguebar to the South Monoemugi and to the West the Kingdome of Congo and the Countrey of Negro's That vast Tract of Land which makes the Empire of the Abyssins is all in the Torrid Zone and reaches almost from the one Tropick to the other It s length from North to South is Six hundred Leagues The Nile crosses it and forms therein a Famous Island which the Ancients Named Meroe and the Moderns Gueguerre This great State is divided into a great many Kingdoms or Provinces which bear that Name The next to Egypt is the Kingdom of Cansila then streatching Southward these following are to be seen Barnagasso Tigremahon Bagamidri Amara Roxa Narea Zet and several others which I mention not as judging it useless to fill this Description with barbarous Names that are good for nothing The Towns here are mean and inconsiderable having neither beauty nor extent with pitiful Houses built of mud or clay and straw because there is but very little wood or lime in the Countrey Nor hath the King of Ethiopia fixed upon any Town for his usual Residence but goes from Province to Province having all his Court lodging in Tents of which he hath always Five or Six thousand carried about with him in his Retinue This is an odd way of living and yet he is one of the greatest Princes in the World he hath vast and large Dominions great Treasures rich Furniture and can send numerous and strong Armies into the Field He is abusively called Prester John his Subjects call him Adubvegue which signifies Emperour and some Moderns Negus as much as to say Monarch That Powerful Prince and all his Subjects profess Christianity but with some mixture of Jewish Ceremonies for they retain both Circumcision and Baptism Their Priests Marry but yet they have Monks They have a Patriarch who is the Head of their Church whom they call the Abuna and their Country is full of Monasteries CHAP. XVIII The Kingdoms of Monoemugi and Monomotapa THE Kingdom of Monoemugy hath to the North the Empire of the Abyssins to the East Zanguebar and Sofala to the South Monomotapa and to the West Congo Sofala whereof we have spoken depends on it and belongs to the same Prince His other Countreys are inconsiderable and the Towns that are more so are Beif Agag Camar To the Northward of this State rise above the Clouds the high Mountains of the Moon The Inhabitants are almost void of all Religion The Kingdom of Monomotapa hath the last Kingdom we spake of to the North and on all other sides the Countrey of the Caffres The chief City of it and Seat of the Prince is of the same Name it s other Towns are Mogar Mosata and Gale Under it are comprehended the Kingdoms of Toroa Inhambane and Inhamior Its Inhabitants are Idolaters whom the Jesuits labour to convert to Christianity This Rigion is watered with the Rivers of Cuama and Spiritu Sancto These are the more known Regions of Affrica which yet are so little so that what we can say of them deserves not the Name of a Description The chief Mountains are Atlas Sierra-Liona Mount Amara and the Mountains of the Moon The chief Capes thereof are Cape Verd the Cape of Good Hope and Guarda-fuy Its Rivers are the Nile that runs into the Meditarranean after it hath watered Ethiopia and Egypt The Niger that runs through the Countrey of Negres and falls into the Atlantick Ocean near the Cape Verd where it makes many Branches The Zambre that proceeds from a Lake of the same Name runs through the Lake of Zachaf and dividing it self into two Branches one whereof is called Cuama and the other de Spiritu Sancto both whereof are discharged into the Indian Sea and the River Zaire which falls with great Impetuosity into the Ethiopian Sea CAHP. XIX The Isles of AFRICA IN the Miditerranean are first the Isle of Malta the Melita of the Ancients Famous for the Shipwrack of the Apostle St. Paul and the Residence of the great Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem which bears its Name It is Seven Leagues Long and Four Broad Its Towns are the Valette the City the Bourg and St. Michael with the Castle St. Elme The Isles of Comin and Comminet Forfora Goze Lampadosa and Limosa belong likewise to the order of Malta The Isle of Pantalarea belongs to the Portuguese and that of Zerbi to the Turks In the Atlantick Ocean are the Canaries that belong to the Spaniards Porto Santo Madera and the Cape De Verd Islands which belong to the Crown of Portugal Porto Santo is near to Madera and in respect of it inconsiderable for Madera is large and fruitful producing good Wines and that Sugar which goes by its Name The chief City of it is Funchall and has a Bishop Suffragant to the Archbishop of Lisbonne The People are Civil and Roman Catholicks The Canaries which the Ancients called the Fortunate Islands because of the goodness of the Air and Soil are to the West of the Kingdom of Morocco they reckon Seven of them that are the chief to wit the Grand Canaries the Isle of Ferro the Isles of Taneriffe Lacerotte Palma Gomera and Fortventura The great Canary which hath given its Name to all the rest and got it from the abundance of Dogs that were found there hath a Town of the same Name which is a Bishoprick The Island of Ferro is considerable for that we have from thence taken our beginning of Longitude it being the most Westerly of these Islands There is here a Tree which so condenses the Air that it furnishes the Inhabitants with Water which is otherwise scarce enough with them Taneriffe is remarkable for a great Mountain which is thought to be the highest in the World called by the Spaniards Pico from thence we have the best Canary Wine The rest are but inconsiderable The Cape De Verd Islands so called because they are opposite to that Cape were known to the Ancients by the Name of Hesperides Gorgoniae and Gorgades The chief of them are Eight to wit St. Anthony St. Vincent St. Luce St. Nicholas St. Jago del Sal Mayo and Fuego That of St. Jago or St. James is the most considerable It hath a City of the the same Name the Bishop whereof is Suffragant to the Arch Bishop of Lisbon It s other Towns are Ribera a great place and much frequented St. Thomas St. Michael and La Praya which is its best Port. The Air of this Island is extreamly bad In the Ethiopick Ocean and near Sierra-Liona are the little Isles of Farellon and Massacoya Somewhat farther in the bottom of the Bay or Bight of Guinea is that of St. Thomas discovered on that Saints day whose Name it bears It is directly under the Equinoctial It s chief Town is Pavoasan Inhabited by the Portuguese The Princes Island is near to the former and was so called because the Revenue thereof was appointed
for the use of the Eldest Son of the King of Portugal The Isle of Farnandopo is to the North of that and near the Coast of Guinea and the Kingdom of Benin Beyond the Line we find the Isle of Annobon which last the Portuguese called so because they discovered it on New-years day The Isle of Ascension discovered on Ascension day and therefore so called is farther to the South in the Ethiopick Sea and is neither inhabited nor habitable for want of Water but it is abounding in Turtle or Sea Tortoise St. Helena for a like reason so named is of all the Islands in the World the most Remote from the Continent being about Four hundred Leagues distant from it It hath excellent Fresh Water and so Salubrious an Air that the Sick who land there recover their Health quickly It belongs to the English and all the Ships that come from the East-Indies and belong to England do commonly put in and take Fresh Water there In the same Ocean and towards the Cape of Good-Hope are the small Islands of Elizabeth Cornelia and Fera. Beyond that Famous Cape and to the East of Africa in the Indian Sea lies the Isle of Madagascar called also of St. Laurence or of Laurence Armeide who discovered it in the year One thousand five hundred and six on the day of St. Laurence It is one of the greatest Islands in the World containing about Six hundred Leagues in Circuit Two hundred and sixty in Length and in some places an Hundred in Breadth It s Length reaches from North to South from the Eleventh Degree of South Latitude to the Five and Twenteth so that it is almost altogether in the Torrid Zone the Southern end of it being onely without it over which the Tropick of Capricorn passes It is very probable that they who have taken this for the Cerne of Pliny and the Menuthias of Ptolomy are mistaken and that the Ancients never knew it It hath no Towns only Villages beset with Stakes the fairest of which is Fauzaire The Inhabitants have little or no Religion they have neither Temples nor Altars they Fear a God but Worship him not The French have made some Voyages thither and printed Relations of the same There are many little Isles about this of the chief whereof we shall only speak To the East of it are the Isles of St. Mary of Bourbon Maurice and Diego Roiz To the North Gade Agulha and Natal To the West Mohila Camora Mayota Johanna and St. Christophers Near the Coast of Zonguebar is an Island of the same Name having to the South the Isle of Monfia and to the North that of Pemba Near the Cape Guardafuy lies Zocotora with a Town of the same Name This is the Dioscorides of the Ancients it produces the best Aloes and Dragons Blood between this and the said Cape lies another Island called Abba del Curia It is to be observed that the greatest part of Africa is in the Torrid Zone and that the Line cuts it so exactly in the middle that it reaches as far to the South as it does to the North of it that is to the Five and thirtieth Degree of South and North Latitude however the much greater part is to the Northwards The End of the Second Book A NEW GEOGRAPHY The THIRD BOOK AMERICA CHAP. I. AMERICA WE are now come to the New World for so Men hath been pleased to call this Continent which is divided from Europe Asia and Africa because it hath not been knowen to us much above an Hundred and four score years It is held that Christopher Columbus a Native of Genoua first discovered it in the year One thousand four hundred ninety two yet it carries not his Name but that of Americus Vespucius a Florentine who five years after Columbus in the year One thousand four hundred ninety seven discovered Brasile which was the cause that all that part of the World is called America It is likewise called the West-Indies in distinction from the East-Indies in Asia It hath to the East the Sea called the North Sea Mar del Nort to the West the South or Pacifick Sea to the South the Streights of Magellan but its bounds to the North are unknowen to us and we cannot tell whether there be Seas or Lands By the Isthmus of Panama which makes it two Peninsules it is divided into the North and South America In North America and on the North Sea are Estotiland Greenland Terra de Laborador Canada or new France New England Maryland Virginia Carolina Florida New Spain Jucatan Honduras Nicaragua Costarica and Veragua And on the Vermilian Sea Anien Quivira and New Mexico In South America are Golden Castille Guiana Brasile Plata and Terra Magellanica all upon the North Sea and on the South or Pacifick Sea Chili and Peru and Tucuman in the middle CHAP. II. North AMERICA ESTOTILAND Greenland and Terra de Labrador or Laborador have no Inhabitants but Savages who live amongst Ice and Snow with which these Countreys are covered The Reader must not expect Towns here for there are none at all We are only to observe that Greenland is a Countrey lately discovered and that there was another of the same Name which cannot now be found though the Kings of Denmark to whom it belonged have in vain sent Ships in search of it It had Towns with Churches and Monasteries but no body can tell what is become of it whether the passage to it be blockt up by the Ice or that it hath been swallowed up in the Ocean Canada is called New France because the French discovered and planted a Colony in it the chief places thereof are Quebec and Tadoussac upon the great River of St. Laurence New England is a Rich and Flourishing Countrey with many Towns the chief thereof is Boston Inhabited by the English Maryland is Peopled by the King of Great Brittain's Subjects and belongs to the Lord Baltimore who holds it of that Crown Virginia was so called by the English because they discovered it in the time of Queen Elizabeth who was never Married In it is James Town and some others the principal product of this Countrey is Tobacco which from hence is carried into most parts of Europe Carolina is a late Plantation of the English not fully settled as yet New ENGLAND VIRGINIA NEW SPAIN GUIANA New Spain is one of the loveliest Provinces in this New World There stands the City of Mexico which gave the Name to a great Empire whereof Montezuma was the last King Fernando Cortez Invaded it in the year One thousand five hundred and nineteen took that Prince and Conquered his Countrey There are many other Towns in that Countrey the chief whereof are Mechoacan Los Angelos Vera Crux Valladolid and Guatamala Mexico the Capital stands upon a Lake it is large and well peopled being the Residence of a Vice-Roy and Seat of an Archbishop Jucatan is a Peninsule on the Bay of Mexico the chief Town whereof is Merida