THOMAS FULLER'S NOTES 



A note of our time spent in sailing betweene 

 certeine places out of England, 1586. 



N primis, We were sailing betweene Eng- 

 land and the coast of Guinea from the 

 2 1 day of July unto the 26 day of August 

 unto the haven called Sierra leona, where 

 we watered and stayed untill the 6 day 

 of September. 



Item, Wee departed from the coast of 

 Guinea for the coast of Brasil the 10 day of September, 

 and wee had sight of the coast of Brasil the 26 day of 

 October, being sixe leagues to the Northwards of Cape 

 Frio : and from thence wee were sailing unto the iland 

 of S. Sebastian untill the 31 and last day of October, 

 where wee watered and set up our pinnesse : and we 

 ankered on the Northwest part of the iland in tenne 

 fadoms, and stayed there untill the 23 day of November. 

 Item, The 23 day of November we departed from the 

 iland of Sant Sebastian, keeping our course South and 

 by West unto the port that is called Port Desire, 

 where we arrived the 1 7 day of December ; in which 

 port we graved our shippe : and we stayed there untill 

 the 28 day of December, where we ankered in 5 fadoms. 

 Item, The eight and twentieth day of December wee 

 departed from the Port of Desire toward the Streight of 

 Magellan, where wee arrived the third day of January : 

 and wee remained in the Streights untill the foure and 

 twentieth day of February ; where we watered in many 

 places on the South side, having the winde all that 

 while betweene the Westsouthwest and the Northwest. 

 Item, We departed out of the Streights the 24 day 

 of February toward the iland of Mocha, which island we 

 had sight of the 14 day of March. 



Item, The 14 day of March at night we ankered in 



the bay of Marroccos ; where we rode in 9 fadoms water. 



Item, The 15 day of March we ankered in the iland 



of Saint Marie, on the North part of the island in 



367 



A.D. 



1588. 



[III. 833.] 



Of our abode 

 tenne dayes 

 where we 

 watered. 



Of our abode 

 foure y 

 twenty dayes, 

 where we 

 watered. 



Of our abode 

 eleven dayes, 

 where we 

 graved our 

 ships. 



Of our abode 

 two y fftie 

 dayes, where 

 we watered. 



Of our abode 

 foure dayes. 



