LOPEZ VAZ 



There came into the said river of Plate in the yeere 

 1587 two English ships and a Pinnesse of the right 

 Honourable the Earle of Cumberland, which were bound 

 for the streights of Magellan, and ankored ten leagues 

 within the said river before a little Hand lying hard 

 by another called Seal-Hand. On which lland the 

 Captaine of one of the ships called Christopher Lister, 

 and his whole company landing, found the king of 

 Portugales armes graven on a rocke by the sea side ; 

 which are thought to have beene there engraven by one 

 Martin Alonso de Souza, who was sent by the king 

 Don Emanuel to discover this coast. Therefore I thinke 

 the Portugales have reason for that which they alleage 

 concerning the extension of the said coast of Brasil. 

 Wherfore the king of Portugall gave this land to 

 diverse of his gentlemen to inhabite. Most of the 

 naturall inhabitants of this countrey are very rude, and 

 goe Starke naked both men and women, and are man- 

 eaters ; for which cause they make warres one against 

 another to get men to eate ; they are stout and good 

 bow-men. The first place inhabited on this coast be- 

 yonde the river of Marannon is called Fernambuck so 

 named by the Indians, but in Portugall it is called 

 Villa de Olinda. Before you come to this place there 

 is a port called Parajua, unto which port not many 

 yeeres past the Frenchmen hearing of the troubles which 

 were then in Portugall Resorted, and built there a fort ; 

 whereunto certaine French ships made yeerely voyages 

 to lade Brasill-wood. But they of Fernambuck, with 

 the helpe of the Spaniardes, went and burnt five French 

 shippes within the port, and tooke the fort it selfe, and 

 the Frenchmen that were there fled part into the moun- 

 taines, and part of them were slaine ; so that since that 

 time the Spaniardes have inhabited there till this present. 

 Nowe to returne to Fernambuck inhabited by a Portugall 

 Captaine called Duarte Coelio, it is the greatest towne 

 in all that coast, and hath above three thousand houses 

 in it, with seventie Ingenios for sugar, and great store 



249 



A.D. 

 1572-^ 



[III. 787.] 



Fernambuck. 



A fort built by 

 the Frenchmeii 

 at Parajua. 



Parajua now 

 inhabited by 

 Spaniards. 

 Fernambuck 

 containeth 

 ^000 houses. 



