THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



The Isle of 

 Santa Cate- 

 lina. Rio 



Grande. 



A ruttier which declareth the situation of the coast 

 of Brasil from the Isle of Santa Catelina unto 

 the mouth of the river of Plata, and all along 

 up within the sayd river, and what armes and 

 mouthes it hath to enter into it, as farre as 

 it is navigable with small barks. 



Rom the Isle of Santa Catelina, (which is 

 in 28 degrees of Southerly latitude) unto 

 Rio Grande is fortie leagues. This river 

 by another name is called Ygai. The 

 Island of Santa Catelina is sixe leagues in 

 length : It hath two small Hands on the 

 North side betweene the maine land and 



Puerto de 

 Biaza, or 

 Laguna. 



Isla de raparo. 



Rio Grande. 



Certaine 

 Hands 12 

 leagues distant 

 from the mouth 

 of the river of 

 Plate, which 

 are 3 in 

 number. 



it: and on the South side it hath a shoald of rockes, 

 which lyeth hidden very neere unto the poynt of the Isle. 

 You are to passe betweene the firme land and the poynt 

 of the Isle. 



From Santa Catelina to the haven of Biaza, which by 

 another name is called la Laguna, are twelve leagues : it 

 is a good haven within : but you must stay the full sea to 

 enter into it, because it hath shoaldes in the mouth, and it 

 may be knowen by a small Island which lyeth a league 

 into the sea which is called La Isla de Raparo, that is The 

 Island of succour or defence, and you must ride there to 

 search the chanell. 



From this harbour unto the river before named there 

 is no haven for a ship to harbour it selfe. And Rio 

 Grande hath many shoalds in the mouth thereof. It is a 

 river that none but very small shippes can enter into. 

 And this river divideth the countrey of the people called 

 Carios from other nations which are called Guavaes. And 

 from this river unto the entrance of the mouth of the 

 river of Plate it is al a plaine land, and very low : you 

 must saile all along two or three leagues into the sea from 

 the shore, untill you come to certaine Islands which lye 

 twelve leagues from the mouth of the river of Plate. 



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