THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Cabo Franco. 



El Puerto dc 

 Plata, 



Baracoa. 



Isla de 



Tortugas 



otherwise 



called 



Hinagua. 



The Lie of 



Jaico. 



Las sierras de 

 Cabanca. 

 Cayo Romano. 

 This word 

 Cayo in the 

 Biscaian 

 tongue signi- 

 Jieth a flat or 

 a shold. 



Cabo de 



Cruz. 



you see the land, it seemeth unto you a small island 

 at full sea like a round mountaine, then is it The cape 

 del Enganno : and from thence stir away West and by 

 North toward Cabo Franco. 



Markes of Cabo Franco. 



CAbo Franco is a low Cape even with the sea, and hath 

 these markes * And from thence stir away West, 

 and you shall see an high mountaine, and on the top 

 thereof a cloudie homock like the top of a hat : and at the 

 foote of this hill is the haven or harbour called El puerto 

 de plata. And if you will goe into this port, you must 

 leave the Island on the West side, and then take heede of 

 that which you see, and borrow on the castles side. And 

 from thence to goe with the olde chanell, you must stirre 

 away Northwest, untill you come out of sight of lande, 

 and then stir away West and by North, and so shall you 

 goe with the lande of Baracoa, and here are hilles very 

 high, which make the teats which looke like 3. crownes. 

 And you shall passe betweene the Isle of Tortugas, or 

 Hinagua, and the Island of Jaico : and from thence run 

 alongst the coast Northeast and Southwest ; and having 

 doubled the outmost high hill or mountaine, you shall see 

 in the midst thereof a round hill, and upon the Southwest 

 side by the sea you shall see a lowe even lande foure or five 

 leagues long, and a lowe point, and this point of the hill is 

 called La sierras de Cabanca ; and then beginneth the bay 

 of Cayo Romano : and ahead the sierras you shall see 

 a rounde loafe which is in the midst of the same bay, 

 and ahead of that you shall see a hill flat on the top like a 

 table sixe or seven leagues, which hill is not very high, and 

 from these hilles to Cayo Romano you have ^yq. and thirtie 

 leagues, and you must stirre the one halfe of the course 

 Northwest, and the other halfe Northwest and by West, 

 and so shall you make or see the sayd Cayo Romano upon 

 the larboord side of you. Note, that from Cayo Romano 

 to Cabo de Cruz you have three leagues, and they lie 

 North and South one from another. 



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