THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



The moun- 

 taines of 

 Tamaclipa. 



Markes of Rio Hermoso or The beautifull river. 



IF you wil seeke the river called Rio Hermoso, 

 looking well within the land, you shal see three 

 homocks of an high hill, and those two which are to 

 the landward within, are rounder then the other which 

 is neerest the sea, for that it is longer and bigger, and 

 lyeth North and South, and you shall be 4. leagues at 

 sea when you shall see them : and they are called The 

 sierras, or mountaines of Tamaclipa ; and from thence 

 to the river of Panuco there is no high land, but all 

 lowe and even with the sea, and full of palme trees 

 and other trees. 



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Markes of the river of Panuco. 



F you fall with the river of Panuco (betweene 

 which and the foresayde Villa rica standeth the 

 Island called Isla de Lobos or The Isle of scales) the 

 markes bee these. From the mouth of the river it 

 maketh a great bay without, and at the ende of this 

 bay upon the Northside there is oazy, low, and bare 

 ground altogether without trees, and at the out ende 

 of the oazy lowe place upon the West side it maketh 

 a low homock like to a Lizards head : and when you 

 see the aforesayde cliife, you shall bee in the opening 

 of the mouth of the sayd river, and then shall you see 

 a little low tower having on the top of it a crosse, 

 which the fishermen call Marien : and this barre hath 

 on it 2. fathom water, and 2. and \, and you neede 

 Iso tide at the not to Stay for the tyde, for that it floweth not there : 

 river of and that you may the better knowe whether you bee 



in this bay which I have mentioned, or not, you shall 

 see certaine hils at West Southwest, which are called 

 Las sierras de Las sierras de Tarquia ; and forthwith also you shall 

 Tarquia. ggg ^]^g oazy place that I speake of, which goeth to the 

 mouth of the river where standeth a towne called S. 

 Luis de Tampice, and from thence to Panuco you 

 have 9. leagues by land. 



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Panuco. 



S. Luis de 

 Tampice. 



