A RUTTIER FOR BRAZIL 



advise thee that being in the height of 13 degrees and 

 a halfe, thou come not neere the land, for it hath a 

 bay very dangerous. 



And if thou goe from Bahia to Fernambuck, then I 

 advise thee that thou take good heede of the coast on 

 the Northeast and Southwest, and thou shalt goe East, 

 if the winde will suffer thee to goe East : and so goe 

 thirtie or forty leagues off to the sea. 



I advise thee that thou beare not in with the land 

 of Fernambuck, but in the height of 9 or 10 degrees, 

 because that in 1 1 degrees thou shalt fall with the bay 

 called A Enseada de Vazabaris. Also if thou come 

 from Portugal and fallest with the land in eleven de- 

 grees, beare not in with it, neither come neere it, for 

 thou mayest hurt thy selfe in so doing : but thou shalt 

 shunne it, and goe to the Southv/ard. For if thou lie to 

 the North thou shalt bring thy selfe into some trouble. 



This Bay of All Saints standeth in thirteene degrees. 

 And from thence to Fernambuck thou hast a hundreth 

 leagues : and the coast lyeth Northeast and Southwest. 

 And from thence to Rio das Ilhas, that is, the river 

 of the Islands the coast runneth Northeast and South- 

 west, I meane taking a quarter of the North and South. 



The course for Baia das Ilhas, that is, The bay 

 of the Islands, v^hich lie on the sayd coast of 

 Brasil, & the marks for the finding of them. 



F thou goe for Baia das Ilhas thou 

 must looke for it in fifteene degrees 

 lacking a quarter. 



If thou be minded as I sayd to goe 

 for these Isles, if it bee from March for- 

 ward, thou shalt fall with the land in 15 

 degrees and a halfe, and though it be in 

 15 degrees and f, it is all the better. 



And if thou have sight of certaine high hilles, that 

 seeme to reach to the skie, these hilles are called As 

 Serras Raiemores. Then having sight of these hilles, 



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A dangerous 

 bay in 13 

 degrees and a 

 halfe. 



[III. 721.] 

 The height of 

 the bay called 

 A Enseada 

 de Fazabaris. 



Baia de todos 

 Santos in i 3 

 decrees. 



Baia das Ilhas 

 lieth in i 5 

 degrees lack- 

 ing a quarter. 



