Hiftorie of the Indies, lib./j.* 



Of the mount MM or ^///^Potozi, W/fe difcow ry< 

 thereof. CHAP. 6. 



THc mountaine or hill 'offotosJfb famous, fcituate 

 in the Province of Choreas^ the kingdorae of /Y- 

 ru, diftant from the Equinodtiall rowardes the South,. 

 or Pole Antartike, 21, degrees and two thirds : fo as 

 it falles vndcr the Tropicke , bordering vpon the bur 

 ning Zone, and yet this region is cxtreamely cold,yea, 

 more then old Cafliffm the kingdomecf S^/W~ and 

 more then Flanders it fclfe^although by reafon it (Iiould 

 be hote or temperate , in regard of the height and ele 

 vation of the Pole where itisfeated/The reafon ofthis 

 fb cold a temperature 5 js the height ofthe moumaitic^ 

 whereas colde and intemperate windcs continually 

 blow , efpecially that which they call Thamahavi^ 

 which is boiftrous and moft cold . It raines moft com 

 monly in Iunejulie,and Auguft. The ground and (bile 

 ofthis mountaine is drie,cold 5 and very vnpleafant/yea 

 altogether barren;,which neither engenders nor brings 

 forth any fruite,gra(Te,iiorgraine- itis naturally inhabi 

 table, for the intemperature of the heaven^and the bar- 

 rennes ofthe earth. But the force of filvcr , which 

 drawesvnto itthedefire of all things, hath peopled 

 this mountaine more then any other place in allthefe 

 Kingdom es,making it jfbfruitfull of all kindes of meats, 

 as there wantes nothing that can be defired , yea, in 

 great aboundance^ and although there be nothingbut 

 what is brought by carriage,, yet every place aboundes 

 fo with frukc, con faves exqulHte wings^lkes^jSe all o - 

 ther delicats,as it is not inferiour to any other part.This 

 mountaine is of colour durfff red, and is in forme plea 

 ting 



