A RUTTIER TO MAGELLAN STRAITS 



And it is a lowe land with white clifFes. This harbour 



is in 44 degrees. And as a man goeth thither, after Take good 



hee bee in 43 degrees or more, hee must have a care ^.^^^^ of these 



to looke out for certaine small rockes which lie neere 



the land, and lie North of the harbour. 



From this harbour to Cabo de Matas, or The cape ^^'^^ ^^ 

 of shrubs, are 30 leagues North & South, halfe a point ^^^^^' 

 to the East and to the West: and betwixt them there 

 is a great bay very long : And to the Northwest 1 8 

 leagues from Cabo redondo is a river lying East and 

 West : and it is called Rio de Camarones, or. The river ^^^ ^^ Cama- 

 of shrimps. You shall know when you fall with this ^'^"^■^* 

 river, by seeing many white spots upon the water, and 

 they are small shrimps. 



From this river to Cabo redondo the coast lieth ^^^° redondo 

 Northwest and by North, and Southeast and by South, ^/^^/f ' 

 This cape is in 45 degrees and a halre large. j^^g^^ 



From this sayd cape to Cabo Blanco and Barancas Cabo Blanco 

 Blancas that is to say, to The white cape and white and Barancas 

 cliffes are 32 leagues' lying North and by East and f,^^^^^^' ''' "^^ 

 South and by West: and they stand in 47 degreel j-jji^ -,'2-.] 



From this Cape the coast lyeth towards the North 

 side Northwest about three leagues all full of white clifFes 

 steepe up : and the last clifFe is the biggest both in length 

 and height, and sheweth to be the saile of a ship when 

 it is under saile. These white cHffes are 6 in number. 

 And this Cape hath in the face thereof a certaine round 

 land that sheweth to bee an Island afarre off: and it hath 

 certaine poynts of rockes hard by it. And two Cables 

 length from the land is 25 fathomes water. Above these 

 white cliffes the land is plaine and even : and it hath 

 certaine woods. There is much people in the countrey : ^^^P^^ ^0 ^^ 

 of whom I wish thee to take good heed. ^ taken heed of. 



From this Cape the land lyeth North and South ; which 

 is the first fall of the Cape : and in the face thereof it hath 

 a poynt of rocks, which shewe themselves. And on the 

 South side of this Cape is a good harbour and road, and ^ S°°^ '^^^- 

 there is a Bay in the middest. 



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