THE WEST INDIAN PORTS ad. 



1587. 

 store of Lyme, Stone, Sande, and Tymber, if occasion 

 should serve. 



Cartagena. 



CArtagena is a Citie, and the principall place of the 

 Bishopricke ; it lyeth fourtie leagues from Santa 

 Marta : it standeth in scant 1 1 . degrees. The sayd Citie Cartagena 



is situated upon a sandy banke or bay like unto an Hand : ^]^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^ 



. ^ /» . uC£i'ccs scant. 



it hath about 450. dwellers therein. There are very faire 



buildings therein : as concerning their houses, they are 



made of stone, and there are three Monasteries, of which 



two of them are of Friers which are within the city, the 



one called Santo Domingo, and the other called Santo 



Augustin, and the other which is called Saint Francis, 



which standeth without the citie about 30. paces off. 



And for to goe unto the said Frierie, you must goe upon 



a Causey made of stone, and water on both sides. This 



citie hath great trade out of Spaine, and out of The new 



kingdome of Granada, and out of the Hands there adjoyn- 



ing, from Peru, and from all the coast of this firme land, 



and of the fishing of the pearles of Rio de la Hacha, and 



of Margarita : it is a very sound countrey. 



This Citie hath a very good Harbour, and sufficient to 



receive great store of Ships : this said Harbour hath two 



entrances in, the one of them lyeth halfe a league from 



the Citie, where all the Ships doe enter into the sayd 



Harbour : the mouth or entring in of the sayde Harbour 



is 1400. yardes or paces in bredth, and very deepe water. 



The other entring in which is called La boca chica, or litle 



mouth, lieth a league beyond this place to the westwards. 



It is 900. yards in bredth, and in the entring in thereof 



there lieth a channel in the midst of it, which is 200. 



yards broad, and 20. or 15. fadome water, some places 



more, some lesse. And to enter into the Harbour you 



must go through this channel, and the land doth double 



in and out. And at the entring in of the sayde Harbour, 



after you have past this Channell, you must beare up to 



the shoareward neere unto the Hand of Cares, and looke 



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