A RUTTIER FOR THE WEST INDIES 



But if thou be neere to the land, then thou must 

 goe Northwest and by West, and thou shalt so come 

 along the coast, and thou shalt find the coast to bee 

 low land : and comming this course thou shalt have 

 sight of certaine little hilles not very high : then thou 

 shalt fall with the poynt called Punta de Antoni Serro : 

 and these hilles lye over the river of Medelin. And Rio de 

 if when thou art East and West, with The Volcan or ^^^^^^«- 

 hill that casteth out fire, any man doe aske thee, where 

 the harbour of Sant Juan de Ullua is, thou mayest 5- -^^^^ ^^ 

 truely answere. West and by South, and it standeth in ^^^-^^^ ^^ i^. 

 1 8. degrees and a halre. ^^/^^ 



The course to be kept from Nueva Espanna to 

 the maine of Spaine in Europe. 



COmming from S. Juan de Ullua to goe for Spaine, thou 

 shalt stirre Northeast untill thou be in 24. degrees : 

 and so beeing thou shalt goe East untill thou bring thy 

 selfe in the soundings of the Tortugas, and thy ground The Tortugas. 

 wil be white sand. I advise thee, that if it be by night, 

 thou goe East ; and finding the water to waxe shoalder, 

 then goe Southwest, with a care to keepe thy lead going, 

 untill thou loose ground, and come into great depth, 

 because thou mayest fall to the North of the Tortugas. 

 And going from this sound for Havana thou must 

 stirre Southsoutheast, because of the currents that carrie ^^^ currents 

 thee to the East. And if by this way thou have sight ^° ^^^ ^^^^^ 

 of an hie land, that seemeth to be like a loafe, make 

 account it is the loafe of Cabanas. And to the East P^^^ ^^ 

 of this loafe thou shalt see a land that hath a plaine. ^ ^^^^' 

 It sheweth to be low, even with the sea, and as smooth 

 as the sea : and from this land to the East the land is 

 lower and lower. And from thence to Havana thou Havana. 

 must goe East. And if the wind will not let thee go 

 that course, thou must turne up till thou be upon the 

 harbour of Havana. 



The marks of the poynt of Havana be these, that on 

 the East side it hath an hie blacke land, which is sloping 



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