A RUTTIER FOR BRAZIL 



If thou chance to come in the height of 1 9 degrees Markes on the 

 I" and seest lowe land to the Northwest off thee, then ^°!'^!^ ^'^"^^ °f 

 thou art on the North side of Spirito Santo, and thou ° 



mayest make accompt that it is the land lying over 

 Criquare, and over the river called Rio dolce, that is the 

 river of sweete or fresh water. If thou come along the 

 land thou shalt find certaine high hilles : but trust not the 

 first that thou seest only. For besides the rest thou 

 shalt see a round hie hill which is at the capes end, which 

 is called la Sierra de mestre Alvaro. Take heede that ^-^^ situation 

 going for this land thou looke to the North and thou °fj^ ^^^^'^^ ^^ 

 shalt see a river called Rio dos Reyes Magos: that is, jiz,aro. 

 The river of the three kings. And comming to the Rio dos Reyes 

 Southward thou shalt see presently the mouth of the bay ^^g°^- 

 to open. At the end of this hill on the South side, thou 

 hast a point of a rocke, which is called A punta do 

 Tubaron. And on the South side of the bay it hath 

 two or three blacke hie hilles, and in the middest of 

 the bay thou shalt goe in westward. 



I advise thee that in going in thou take heede of a 

 sholde which lieth in the mouth of the bay : thou must 

 leave it to the Southward of thee, and then plie to double 

 a certaine Island which lieth within, and thou must leave 

 it to the Northward of thee : and when it beareth on the 

 North or Northeast, thou mayest come to an ankor : for 

 all is cleane ground. 



And if thou chance to come by this course, and fallest 

 in 20 degrees, and seest many hilles, and one among the 

 rest very high and craggie : it is called A Sierra de Guari- ^ Sierra de 

 parim, that is, the hill of Guaraparim, and seest another ^^^^'^P^^'^^ 

 hill on the North side, which is called A Sierra de Pero ^ ^Sierra de' 

 Cam : both these lie on the South side of Spirito Santo. Pero Cam. 

 And from these hils thou shalt see a little hill named 

 Guaipel. And when thou seest these hilles, thou shalt 

 see three little Islands together, lying to the Southward : 

 And then from these thou shalt see another rockie, bare, 

 and round Island : and to the land off this Island thou 

 shalt see a great bay. If thou wilt thou mayest ankor 

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