A.D. 



1590. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



ropes. There are 7. or 8. Indians commonly which 

 guide these canoas, besides the Master which keepeth 

 the helme, and the passengers. We are commonly 

 two moneths in going up this river. It is 150. leagues 

 to the landing place. And there the marchants unlade 

 their marchandise, which serve for all the cities and 

 townes which are in this newe kingdome of Granada. 

 And the marchants lade the canoas backe againe from 

 thence with great store of silver and golde which is 

 gotten out of the mines for Cartagena, and there it is 

 shipped for Spaine. And likewise here is great 

 quantitie of treasure laden in the sayd canoas which 

 is for the kings custome and other dueties which are 

 paid : But they are but a moneth or three weekes going 



The richest downe the river to Cartagena. These are the richest 



mhes^ in all j^i^es in all Peru. And thus I rest. 



From Santa Fee de Bogota in the new kingdome of 

 Granada in Peru the 10. of May 1590. 



The Licentiate John de Labera. 



A letter of Hieronymo de Nabares to the 

 licenciat John Alonso dwelling in Valladolid, 

 written from Panama to Sivil the 24. day 

 of August 1590. touching the gainefulnes 

 of the trade to the Philippinas, and the 

 extreme feare they have of the Englishmen. 



Ot long agone I wrote to your worship 



from Panama by the way of Havana : 



giving you to understand of my being 



here, & of the state of these countreys. 



After I departed from Spaine, in 37. 



dayes wee arrived at Cartagena : and 



from thence I tooke shipping to goe 



to Nombre de Dios, which is 80. leagues from 



Cartagena : and in 4. dayes wee got thither. And 



from thence I went to Panama : where I have remained 



these 20. dayes, till the shippes goe for the Philippinas. 



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