A GEOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS 9I 



separates "Anson's vale" from "Lonsdale" (now Valle Colonial). A name not 

 found on any other map is "Kay's town", the settlement in Cumberland Bay. 

 This name was given by Sutcliffe in commemoration of one JOMN Kay who, 

 through his technical skill, greatly furthered the textile industry in England and 

 whose biography appears in "Crusoniana", The Salsipuedes ridge and the ridge 

 between Pto Ingles and Vaqueria are marked, while the conspicuous crest unit- 

 ing Yunque and Salsipuedes has disappeared altogether. The topography of the 

 western section is poor, only Tres Puntas placed in correct position. The name 

 "Puente" is misplaced, but certainly refers to the elevated isthmus between Car- 

 vajal and Herradura. 



Some later surveys and maps. 



From time to time the Chilean Hydrographic Office despatched a vessel to 

 the islands as part of the work on a "derrotero" for the entire coast of the Re- 

 public. The reports were published in the Anuario Hidrografico de la Marina de 

 Chile. Lopez (1876) mainly repeats older statements with regard to distances, 

 size of the islands, altitudes etc., ViEL (1878) concentrated his attention on 

 the possibilities of making Masatierra productive, Vidal Gormaz (1881) little 

 more than copied Lopez. The chart was not much improved. More information 

 on the nature of the coast, the serviceableness of the harbours and anchorages, 

 landmarks etc. are found in the compiled "Instrucciones nauticas" of 1896. For 

 Cumberland Bay the original Spanish name Bahia San Juan Bautista is used, 

 and some other early names are preferred, Bahia del Este, B. del Oeste, Pan 

 de Azucar (Sugar-loaf, also Cerro Alto) and B. Pan de Azucar (Vaqueria), etc. 

 Gunther's report of 1920 has little to add to the Instrucciones. A new chart 

 had now been published and is reproduced in a very small scale. The distances 

 between certain points indicated by Giinther agree rather well, with regard to 

 the east section of Masatierra, with those on my map, while considerable dif- 

 ference is noted in the length of the long, narrow western section, 12.96 km ac- 

 cording to Giinther, 10.25 on my map, so that the total length between Pta de 

 la Isla and Pta Hueso Ballena becomes 22.2 and 18.5 km, respectively. 



From American, French and English sources the well-known editor of geo- 

 graphical and nautical works L. Friederichsen of Hamburg compiled a new map 

 to accompany Ermel's popular account of his visit to Masatierra (1889). The 

 central portion is much disfigured, but the general trend of the mountain ranges 

 more or less correct, the details, however, erroneous in many cases. Most of the 

 names used are Spanish. Some are still in use on the British and Cliilean charts, 

 where, however, Punta is used for Cabo: C. del Padre, C. Tunquillar (Tinquillar), 

 C. Lemos, Morro Juanango, C. de los Negros (now also called Pta Suroeste), 

 B. de la Vaqueria, C. Salinas, Sal si puedes, C. San Carlos, C. Loberia, C. Bac- 

 alao, C. Pescadores, C. Frances, Corrales de Molina (a series of hanging gorges 

 E of Mt. Yunque), Morro Vifiillo, Bahia Chupones, C. O'Higgins. Some of the 

 names on Friederichsen's map are now forgotten: Bahia de la Fe ( = B. Juanango), 

 El Palillo (west head of Pangal), C. Madurgo (W of the east cape, here called 



