A RUTTIER FOR BRAZIL 



fLeo ] 

 The Sunne being in < Virgo J> no current. 

 [Libra J 



T^, c u ' • J c v^ • I the tide hath his 



1 he bunne being in < oagittarius > o i 



^ r- • I course Southeast. 



[ Lapricorne J 



(^ Aquarius ] 



The Sunne being in -^ Pisces ^ no current. 



[ Aries J 



A ruttier or course to be kept for him that will 

 sayle from Cabo Verde to the coast of Brasil, 

 and all along the coast of Brasil unto the river 

 of Plate : and namely first from Cabo Verde 

 to Fernambuck. 



He ship that goeth from Cabo Verde to 

 Brasil, must goe Southsoutheast : and 

 when she is within 5 or 6 degrees of 

 the Equinoctial she must go Southeast 

 and by South. And if she have the 

 ternados, that is thundrings and light- 

 nings, then thou must go altogether 

 South, or that way and by that boord that doth profit 

 thee most. And take this for advise, that having the 

 general winds, & if the wind be at South or Southeast, 

 then go Southwest, or westsouthwest. And if the winde ^^^ ^hat will 

 be South, then goe Southwest, and by this way ^^y^^f^ Brasil, 

 but little, for it is not a way for thy profit, because ^^uhin^^oTr 

 the more thou goest this way, the more will be thy 70 leagues of 

 trouble, because thou mayest not come neerer the the coast of 

 coaste of Guinea then 60 or 70 leagues unto the sholde ^«^^^'^- 

 called Os baixos de Santa Anna. And being this distance 

 from the same, thou shalt cast about the other way 

 towards Brasil, and the wind will be large. 



Thou shalt understand that the ship that keepeth 

 this course to Fernambuck, and goeth in October or 

 after, and chanceth to goe to windward of the Isle 



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