VOYAGES TO NEW MEXICO 



The Spaniards of S. Augustine have slaine three 

 hundred of the subjects of Potanou. One Potassi is 

 neighbour to Potanou. Oratina is he which the French 

 history calleth Olata Outina. 



Calauai is another casique which they knowe. 



Sundry Voyages made from Nueva Galicia, and 

 Nueva Viscaia in new Spaine, to the 15. 

 Provinces of new Mexico, and to Quivira and 

 Cibola, all situate on the backeside of 

 Guastecan, Florida, and Virginia, as farre as 

 37. degrees of Northerly latitude : with a 

 description of the rivers, lakes, cities, townes, 

 nations, fertile soyle, and temperate ayre in 

 those partes ; and most certaine notice of 

 many exceeding rich silver mines, and other 

 principall commodities. 



A discourse of the famous Cosmographer John 

 Baptista Ramusius, concerning the three 

 voyages of Frier Marco de Nica, Francis 

 Vasquez de Coronado, and Ferdinando Al- 

 orchon next following : taken out of his 

 third volume of Navigations and Voyages. 



He right honourable Don Antonio de 

 Mendo^a being sent by Charles the 

 Emperour to be viceroy of Mexico and 

 Nueva Espanna, and having understood 

 that Don Ferdinando Cortez had sent 

 many ships along the coast of Nueva 

 Espanna to discover countries, and to 

 find out the Isles of the Malucos, began himselfe to 

 desire to do the like, as viceroy of Nueva Espanna; 

 and hereupon they fell out : for Cortez said that he 

 was general and discoverer of the South sea, and that 

 it belonged to him to set forth those voyages. On 



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