A SECOND RUTTIER 



And he that wil seeke from this Cape to discover Punta 

 de Naga beforesayd, must stirre away Southwest and 

 by West, untill hee bring himselfe Northeast and South- 

 west with the same point, and then he must stirre away 

 South to fetch the said point. 



The signes of Punta de Naga. 



THe said point or Head-land is an high point of 

 Land, and plaine upon the toppe like a table, and 

 without it there are two litle rockie Islands ; and upon 

 the North side of the said point is another point called 

 Punta de hidalgo, and upon the top thereof are 2. picked ^^^^ 

 rockes like unto the eares of a Hare. 



The course from the Canaries to the West 



Indies. 



hidalgo. 



F you set saile from any of the Islands 

 of the Canaries for the West Indias, 

 you must stirre away 30. or 40 leagues 

 due South, to the ende you may avoid 

 the calmes of the Island of Fierro : ^-^^ ^'^^'^^^ '^f 

 and being so farre distant from the said 

 Island, then must you stirre away West 

 Southwest, untill you finde your selfe in 20. degrees, and 

 then saile West and by South untill you come to 15. 

 degrees and J. And from thence stirre away West and 

 by North ; and so shall you make a West way by reason 

 of the North westing of the Compasse : which West ^^^_ variation 

 way will bring you to the Island of Deseada. 



The markes of the Island of Deseada. 



THis Island Deseada lieth East Northeast, and West 

 Southwest, having no trees upon it, and it is pro- 

 portioned like a Galley, and the Northeast ende thereof 

 maketh a lowe nose like the snowt of a galley ; and 

 by comming neere it, and passing by the Norther ende 

 thereof, you shall perceive white broken patches like 

 heapes of sand with red strakes in them : & the Southwest 



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of the 

 compasse. 



