A.D. 

 1595. 



A river called 

 Cabota. 



The river of 

 Amana and 

 the kingdome 

 of Tivitivas 

 are both men- 

 tioned by Sir 

 Walter 

 Ralegh. 



A people 

 sprinkled with 

 poulder of 

 gold. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



himselfe to any place that he spake of. This discovery 

 of the Mine I mentioned to my company, who 

 altogether mutined against my going, because they 

 something feared the villany of Abraham Kendal, who 

 would by no meanes go. I then wanted my lost 

 pinnesse, and was constrained to send 14. men in my 

 ship-boat for this discovery, with most of the discreetest 

 men in my ship, & gave them their directions to 

 follow, written under mine owne hand. They went 

 from me, and entred into one of the mouthes by 

 the broken lands, which river goeth under the name of 

 the great River Orenoque, the foreland wherof was 

 called Capulio bearing South & by West, wanting a 

 fourth part, from the point of Curiapan aforesaid, being 

 4. leags distant. They found the maine (as China is 

 reported) full of fresh Rivers running one into another, 

 abounding with fish, and a land al woody, seeming to 

 have great store of strange beasts and foules, & very 

 populous. They entred into a small river called Cabota, 

 the people named Veriotaus, a courteous people. The 

 next river they passed was called Mana in the kingdome 

 of Tivitivas, where the king offered to bring a Canoa 

 full of this golden oare, and to this purpose sent a Canoa, 

 which returned and brought my men this answere, that 

 Armago Captaine of the towne of Orocoa and the Mine 

 refused them, but if they would come thither, hee 

 himselfe would make them answere. Upon this my boat 

 went, and at his appointed place hee met them with some 

 100. men in Canoas, and tolde them that by force they 

 should have nothing but blowes, yet if they would bring 

 him hatchets, knives, and Jewes-harps, he bid them 

 assure me, he had a Mine of gold, and could refine it, 

 & would trade with me : for token whereof, he sent me 

 3. or 4. Croissants or halfe moones of gold weighing 

 a noble a piece or more, and two bracelets of silver. 

 Also he told them of another rich nation, that sprinkled 

 their bodies with the poulder of golde, and seemed to be 

 guilt, and farre beyond them a great towne called El 



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