A RUTTIER TO MAGELLAN STRAITS 



high, & lieth Northeast & by North, & Southwest & by 

 South : and it hath an Island 2 leagues into the sea, [III. 724.] 

 where ships may ride well. And from the river of 

 Martin de Sousa to Rio de San Pedro are 52 leagues, Rio de S. 

 and the coast lieth Northeast and Southwest. Pedro. 



From this river of San Pedro there lieth a point of 

 sand a good league off and more, and it lyeth on the 

 Southwest side of the port. And from thence to Cabo Cabode Santa 

 de Santa Maria are 42 leagues : and the coast lieth ^^'"^^• 

 Northeast and Southwest, and all is lowe land. 



Also on the Southeast side of Cabo de Santa Maria 

 there lyeth an Isle two leagues off into the sea, and it 

 hath a good harborough betwixt it and the mayne. And 

 note that the mayne is lowe land. 



The cape of Santa Maria standeth in 35 degrees, and 

 at the point thereof it hath an Island a league into 

 the sea. 



Hereafter followeth a Ruttier from the sayd 

 river of Plate to the Streight of Magelane. 



He cape of Santa Maria is in 35 degrees. 

 From thence to the Cape de Santo 

 Antonio, which is on the other side of 

 the river, are 30 leagues Northnortheast, 

 & Southsouthwest. And this is the 

 broadest place of the river. And this 

 cape is in 36 degrees and a halfe, and 

 it is a blacke grosse land. And thou must marke that 

 25 leagues a seaboord the mouth of the river there lie 

 certaine sands, which be called Baixos de los Castellanos. Baixos de los 

 He that falleth with the Cape of Santa Maria must Castellanos. 

 take good heede to go Southeast untill hee be in 1^6 

 degrees, and from thence Southsoutheast untill 36 degrees 

 and a halfe, giving the sayd sholds de los Castellanos a 

 breadth : and also taking heede of the flats of the cape. 

 And when hee findeth 40 or 45 fadomes, and russet 

 sand, then he must goe Southwest and by South, untill 

 he be in 40 degrees: where hee shall find great store 



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