A RUTTIER TO MAGELLAN STRAITS 



of Rio de Galegos, it ebbeth and floweth here 12 



fathomes. A man must have a great care how he goeth /« th^ ^^^^h 



in here for the cause abovesaid : but he must keepe ^^^^ ^^. 



himselfe out and not anker in it. ebbefh and 



From Rio de Galegos to the Streits of Magelan \h^ floweth \z fa- 



coast lyeth Northnorthwest & Southsoutheast : 8 leagues thomes. 



unto Cabo de la virgin Maria, which is the entrance into Cabo de la 



the Streit : and 4 leagues before a man come to this "^^^V^ Mana. 



Cape there are white clifFes with certaine blacke spots 



in them ; and they be caused with the falling downe of 



the water. Here is water inough, and thou mayest 



come to an anker hard aboord the shore, and hast a 



good defence for a Southwest wind. And the Cape it 



selfe is the highest land of all, and is like to Cape 



Saint Vincent in Spaine : and it hath on the East side a Ciudad de 



ledge of rockes, and a poynt of sand, with divers sands Sombre de 



which shewe themselves at a lowe water : thou must -^^^Qandish 



take great heede heere and give them a good bredth Port Famine, 



halfe a league or a quarter of a league off, until thou became he 



bring the Cape Westnorthwest, and then thou mayest fi^^^^ ^^ ^^f 



stirre away Southwest. And when thou commest to the P'^^^^^ u^- 

 1 -J 1 . 1 r 1 1 mtshed, and 



lower land and into tenne or twelve tathoms, then art t/^g fQ^^e it 



thou over against la Purificacion. And halfe a league selfe utterly 



within the land the citie o{ Nombre de Jesus was builded, (abandoned. 



East and West with the sayd cape right against a cliffe, ^"f ^."^^ ' 



which commeth from the sayd Cape, and goeth within ^^.^ ^^ j^^^^ 



the Streits. This Cape standeth in 52 degrees just. stood. 



And this is to be taken for a warning, that he that 



commeth neere this Cape, and passeth by it as I have 



said with the wind at Northeast, or any other wind off 



the sea inclining to the Southeast, must not come to 



anker, but presently be sure to passe by; because in ^°^^ ^'^^{ 



. ', . ^ . zvinds vais~ne 



Sommer this place is much subject to Southwest winds, ^^^^ ^^^^ /„ 



which blow right in : and they put a man from his Sommer. 



tackle, & make him to loose his voyage. And from ^^'^^ March 



March forwards there blow favourable winds from the {'^^jf^"^' 



sea to goe from this Cape to enter into the Streits, from faz>ourable for 



this said Cape the Streits go in to the Northwest 14 the Streits. 



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