THOMAS FULLER'S NOTES ad. 



1588. 

 long, adjoyning hard under the cape; about which beach 

 is the entrance of the Streights of Magellan, the which 

 Straights are in breadth sixe leagues over, from the 

 cape unto the South shore, lying South and by East. 



Item, From Cape Joy, being the entrance of the [HI. 829,] 

 streight of Magellan, unto the first narrow passage of The entrance 

 the sayd streight ; the course is West and by North, ^ ^ ^^^^ 

 and East and by South, and are distant 1 8 leagues ; the 

 land being in breadth from the one side to the other 

 one league. 



Item, From the first narrow unto the second narrow 

 passage, the course is West & by South, and East and 

 by North ; and the distance is 12 leagues : and in 

 breadth the one side is from the other about two leagues 

 over. 



Item, from the second narrow unto the islands that 

 be called Elizabeth, Bartholomew, and Penguin ilands, 

 the distance is 5 leagues, and the course is Southwest 

 and Northeast : the islands being distant a league and 

 an halfe the one from the other. 



Item, From the sayd ilands unto Port Famine is 16 

 leagues : the course is Southsouthwest, and Northnorth- 

 east. Moreover, from Port Famine unto Cape Froward, 

 the course is South and by West, and North and by 

 East : and they are distant 8 leagues asunder. 



Item, From Cape Froward unto S. Jeromes river, is 

 1 6 leagues : the course is Northwest and Southeast. 

 Also from S. Jeromes river unto the uttermost land on The end of the 

 the South side, the which is called Cabo Deseado, the ^^^'^^S^^- 

 course is Northwest & somewhat to the Northward, and 

 are distant 30 leagues. So the whole length of the 

 streight of Magellan is 105 leagues. 



A note of the lying of the lands in the South 



sea. 



IN primis, There stand in the latitude of 52 degrees 

 and 50 minuts, three or foure ilands, about 8 leagues 

 from Cabo Deseado : the course is Northnorthwest, and 



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