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[III- 617.] Directions from Cape Tiburon to Cabo de Cruz 



in Cuba. 



F you will saile from Cape Tiburon to Cape de Cruz 



in Cuba, you must stirre away Northwest, and you 



Sierras de shall see the Sierras or mountaines de Cobre : and from 



thence you may goe along the coast West towardes Cabo 



de Cruz ; and before you come at it you shall see The 



Sierras de great Tarquino, and from this Tarquino you shall have 



arqmno. ^^ Cape de Cruz 30. leagues, and this great Tarquino 



is the highest land upon all that coast ; and then by 



and by you shall see the lesser Tarquino, from whence 



to the foresayd Cape you have 12. leagues, and so 



shall you goe discovering the coast, untill you come to 



Cabo de Cruz. 



Markes of Cabo de Cruz. 



CApe de Cruz is a low Cape full of shrubs ; and from 

 thence Westward you shall see no land ; for the 

 distance or bay is great between the sayd Cape and the 

 Isles called Los Jardines. 



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Directions from Cape de Cruz to Isla de 



Pinos. 



F you sayle from Cape de Cruz to seeke the Island 

 of Pinos, you must stir away Westnorthwest. And 

 note, that if in this course you happen to sounde, doe 

 not feare; for you have nine fathoms. If also going 

 this course, you meete with certaine little Islands upon 

 LosCaimanes. the larboord side, which are called The Caimanes, or 

 The crocodiles, having sight of them, stir away North- 

 west, and so shall you finde the Island of Pinos. And 

 if by seeing the sayde Islands called Caimanes you are 

 amazed, you shall knowe by the latitude, whither they 

 bee the Jardines or no : for if you finde your selfe in 

 one and twentie degrees, then bee you sure they are 

 Los Jardines. The Jardines, and then stir out againe South, till you bee 



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