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map of Diogo Homen which best preserves 

 their original Portuguese form: 



C. de S. AgostinJio.— This name origi- 

 nated with the Portuguese expedition of 

 1501, which also used the name of 'C. da 

 Santa Cruz' for the same feature. 



Parcarohy. 



R. do Extremo.— On the plaiisible hy- 

 pothesis that the 'Pernambuco' of the map 

 was situated to the north of the present 

 city, this would be the river Capibaribe. 



Pe7-namhuquo.— This name in the form 

 'Pernambua' appeared for the first time in 

 a Portuguese map referred to the year 

 1518. 



E. das Virtudes.—Frohahly the canal of 

 Itamaraca. 



B. das Pedras.—'Rio Goyana. This name 

 appears for the first time in the Maiollo 

 map of 1519, but dislocated to the north. 

 Sebastian Cabot went, in 1526, from Per- 

 nambuco to the Rio das Pedras to take 

 water, passing by the Rio das Virtudes, 

 which apparently was not suitable for the 

 purpose. This last name appears in the 

 Turin map of 1523. 



8. Miguell.— Another map by Diogo 

 Homen, dated in the same year, has instead 

 'c. de spicell, ' which had already appeared 

 in the maps of Maiollo and of Turin. 

 This seems to be Cape Branco to the south 

 of Parahyba. 



B. de S. Dominguos. — Rio Parahyba. 



B. de Pitiacua de treicam. — Bahia da 

 Traicao (Bay of the Ambuscade). The 

 name probably refers to some historical 

 event before 1534, as it appears in the 

 Chaves map in the form of ' Bpitiaca, ' and 

 in that of Viegas as 'b. da treicam.' The 

 name is generally attributed to an event 

 that took place in 1556, but erroneously, 

 as these maps prove. 



Orotapica, Orapi.—These two names in 

 the vicinity of the city of Natal (Rio 

 Grande do Norte) are the last of a group 

 of Indian names that extend from the Cape 



S. Agostinho, and probably indicate that 

 to this point extended the more or less 

 friendly relations of the whites with the 

 Indians. 



Tierra de S. Boque.~ln the vicinity of 

 the cape of the same name. 



C. do Parcelf.— Probably the Cape Cal- 

 canhar, the extreme point of the continent. 

 B. Apracelada.— {The bay of reefs.) 

 P". Primeira.— {The first point.) 

 B. de Tartarugas. — (Turtle Bay.) Bahia 

 de Aguamare ( 1 ) The Desceliers map 

 has 'Grande baya' but before the Ponta 

 Primeira. 



B. de S. Dommgos. — Rio Agu ( ?) 



B. Dangra.—ILio Mossoro (?) 



C. Corco. — This name appears first in 

 the Maiollo map of 1519 and continues to 

 that of Brue of 1834, where it is identified 

 with the Ponta do Retiro Grande between 

 the mouths of the Mossoro and Jaguaribe. 

 The Desceliers map gives here 'Serres de 

 S. Michel, ' a name that persisted until after 

 the Dutch invasion. 



B. dos Arecifes. — (River of Reefs.) 



B. dos Fumos. — (Smoke River.) This 

 name appears in the Maiollo map. It is 

 probably on the coast of Aracaty in Ceara. 



C. Branco.— Ponta, de Mueuripe ( ?) 

 Tierras de S. Lucas. — Vicinity of Forta- 



leza (or Ceara) ( ?) The name is applied 

 to a gulf in the Maiollo map. 



31. Fermoso. 



M. Delli.— The other map of the same 

 year by Diogo Homen gives ' M. dely ' ; Mai- 

 ollo, 'M. de elli.' It is probably the Serra 

 de Mamamguape which, though situated in 

 the interior, is an imposing feature of this 

 part of the coast. Maiollo places close by 

 the name 'Maralion.' 



G. dos Negros.—Gull of Ceara ( ?). This 

 is in the region of the 'r. negro' and 'm. 

 negro' of the Juan de la Cosa map. The 

 'C. Negri' of Maiollo and the 'c. negro' of 

 the maps of Freducci, Turin and Diego 



