REPORTS OF GUIANA a.d. 



1594. 

 riches that was. I doe not heere set it downe, because 

 there is no place for it, but it shall appeare by the 

 information that goeth to his Majestie : for if it should 

 heere bee set downe, foure leaves of paper would not 

 containe it. 



The Letter of George Burien Britton from the 

 sayde Canaries unto his cousin a Frenchman 

 dwelling in S. Lucar, concerning El Dorado. 



Sir, and my very good cousin, there came of late 

 certaine Letters from a new discovered countrey not 

 farre from Trinidad, which they write, hath Golde in 

 great abundance : the newes seemeth to bee very cer- 

 taine, because it passeth for good amongst the best of 

 this Citie. Part of the information of the Discovery 

 that went to his Majestie, goeth inclosed in Alonsos 

 letters; it is a thing worth the seeing. 



The report of Domingo Martinez of Jamaica 

 concerning El Dorado. 



HE sayth that in 1593. being at Carthagena, there 

 was a generall report of a late discovery called 

 Nuevo Dorado, and that a litle before his comming 

 thither, there came a Frigat from the said Dorado, [HI. 666.] 

 bringing in it the portrature of a Giant all of Gold, of 

 weight 47. kintals, which the Indians there held for 

 their Idoll. But now admitting of Christianitie and 

 obedience to the king of Spaine, they sent their sayd 

 Idol unto him in token they were become Christians, 

 and held him for their King. The company comming 

 in the said Frigat, reported Golde to be there in most 

 abundance. Diamonds of inestimable value, with great 

 store of pearle. 



[The report 

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