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features; of the mountains only Mt. Vunque appears. The names on the map are 

 Monkey Key, luist Bay (Pto' Frances), the Spout (a cascade not far from Pta 

 Bacalao). West Hay (Pto Ingles) and Sugarloaf Bay (Vaqueria). Woods cover the 

 east half; the treeless west half erroneously includes the still well wooded Villa- 

 gra valleys. Plate W'l is a Special of Cumberland Bay, of which PI. XVII gives 

 a good view, and PI. Will shows the Commodore's camp in the valley later 

 named in commemoration of his visit. Masatierra was the rendezvous of Anson's 

 scjuadron and brought salvation to the remnants of the crews, of which the greater 

 [)art had fallen a victim to scorbut. The winter months of 1741 were spent here 

 and the ships refitted. 



Am'omo 1)E Ui.i.o.v's narrative is accompanied by a panorama of the south 

 side of Masatierra showing Mt. Yunque, Mt. Piramide, Co Negro and Damajuana, 

 but other details cannot be identified. The map (Plate IV) is a rough sketch. 

 Three bays have names, Puerto del Ingles, Englishman's harbour, very likely 

 named to commemorate Selkirk as the cave called "Robinson's grotto" is found 

 here, Puerto Grande de Juan P'ernandez (Cumberland Bay) and Puerto de Juan 

 P'ernandez (Pto Frances). Some other (nameless) coves are indicated, e.g. Pangal. 

 Three rivers empty in the harbours. 



I do not know the circumstances under which the survey by F^RANCISCO 

 Am.\I)()R de Amava was made. It resulted in a map published in 1795 which 

 has formed the basis of the charts still in use, but it may not have been known 

 to Tho.mas Sutcijffe, whose book "Crusoniana" (1843) is accompanied by a 

 map with more details than the older ones; with regard to the coast line it 

 is inferior to Anson's. Sutcliffe was Governor of the islands in the 1830's, There 

 are many names, but as I have not seen Amaya's original map I do not know 

 which are new. Cumberland Bay is called Port of Juan Fernandez; W^est Bay, 

 Ulloa's Puerto del Ingles, Selkirk Bay, and East Bay F'rench Bay. Sugar-loaf Bay 

 (V^aqueria) is called Sandal Bay, an interesting name; perhaps most of the sandal- 

 wood was obtained here in Sutcliffe's time. West of this place we find Desola- 

 tion Bay, a well chosen name; now called Bahia Juanango. Herradura, undoubt- 

 edly an old S{)anish name, is known now as Bahia del Padre; La Punta is Pta 

 de la Isla. The east ca[)e, now Pta or Cabo Hueso de Ballena, is called Pta de 

 Juanango. On the south coast we find Caravajal (Carvajal), Loberia, Villagra, 

 Chamelo and Monkey I. These names are, however, misplaced. Sutcliffe's Carva- 

 jal is Bahia Tierra Blanca, a name placed by him inland at the foot of the hills 

 (where it belongs), the two bights on both sides of "Loberia", B. Chupones and 

 B. X'lllagra, are nameless; the former is also called Tierras Amarillas on some 

 charts, a name used by Sutcliffe for a tract of land back of his Tierras Blancas. 

 X'illagra is located east instead of west of Mt. Yunque, and Chamelo used for 

 the coast now called Playa Larga. The interior shows some topographical features; 

 a mountain range can be followed from east cape to beyond the misplaced Yunque, 

 and north of this is a short row of hills, corresponding to Cordon Central, which 



' Abbrcridtions. I'>. r.ahia bay, C. - Cordon (range, ridge), Co = Cerro (mountain), L. = 

 Loberia scaling grounds, M.-Morro small islet, rock), Pta = Punta (point, cape), Pto = Puerto 

 (port, harbour, (). =Quebrada j-iarrow valley, gorge), V. = Valle (valley). 



