Chap. V. *A M E %^I C A. %6i 



The Mouth of the Haven Jcapulco gapes a full League North and South, and 

 within exceeding large, hath a nook call'd Boca Grande , where the Ships Ride fafe 

 at an Anchor : More Eafterly appears a Land Inlet, (by the Spaniards call'd Puerto 

 del Marques) fecur'd againft all Winds . near which is the City of San Diego, to 

 which belongs a Fort, with fix Bulwarks , lying on a Promontory . the main of 

 the City is one large Street , confiding of fair and ftately Houfes, and leading di- 

 rectly to the Haven $ the Church which is of an oblong fquare, hath a high Steeple 

 in the middle. 



A Dutch Admiral, one Joris Spilbergen, after he had done the Spaniards all the mif- spmngmU 

 chief he could along the South Sea , ran with five Sail under the Fort Acapulco, 

 which fir'd ten Guns at him 5 whereupon, the Dutch Admiral Manning a Boat, 

 with a white Flag, they agreed upon a Ceflation , and the Spaniards went aboard 

 of t the Admiral , to whom Pedro Ahares , and Francifco Menendus , having been a 

 confiderable time in Holland, and fpeaking the Language of that Countrey very 

 perfe£t, promis'd that all his Demands fliould be fatisfi'd 5 yet Spilbergen was fuf- 

 picious that the Spaniards had a defign upon him, wherefore he came and lay clofe 

 under the Caftle with his five Sail, and made ready his Guns : But this fulpicion 

 was foon clear'd, when jihares and Menendus proffer'd to ftay as Hoftages, till the 

 Governor of the Town fent the Admiral thirty Oxen, fifty Sheep, fome hundreds 

 of Poultry, Coals, Oranges, Cittrons, and the like frefli Provifions . as alfo Wood 

 and Water ; during which time, the Prifoners being fet at liberty, feveral Perfons 

 of Quality came to vifit the Admiral , amongft whom was Captain Cajlilio, one 

 that had ferv'd twenty years in the LtiK-Qountrey Wars 5 and Melchior Hernando, Ne* 

 phew to the Vice-Roy o£ ]S(ew -Spain , who defirous to fee the Ships that durft fet 

 twice upon 0{odrigo de Mendofe, Admiral of the King of Spain 1 s mighty Fleet, flood 

 amaz'd that fuch little Frigats durft Ingage with fo many great Spanijh Ships j and 

 carry'd the Admiral's Son to the Governor of the City,call'd Georgia Terr o, who ci- 

 villy entertain'd him : Eight days Spilbergen fpent here at Acapulco, admiring the 

 courteous Entertainment of the Spaniards, and the more, becaufe that having News 

 but eight Moneths before of the Dutch Fleet fetting out, they had in that fhort time 

 made all things ready for refiftance , the Fort having feventeen Brafs Guns, and 

 four hundred Soldiers, befides many Noblemen and Reformades, whereas at other 

 times there us'd not to be above forty Men, and four Guns in the fame. 







Sect. II. 



Mechoacan. 



THe next Province of New Spain is the Biflioprick of Mechoacan. which hath S2? , > 4 , 

 on the North-Eaft, Tanuco . on the Eaft, Mexicana y properly fo call'd ; on <***<*"*• 

 the South part, TlafcaUa ; on the Weft, the Main Ocean, or Mare del Zur ; 

 and laft of all, more dire&ly Northward, Xalifco, which is a Province of J^ew GaU 

 Hcia : The Name fignifieth in the American Language, as much as J Fif? Countrey .' 

 and fo it is, having many fair Lakes and Rivers in it, abundantly well ftor'd with 

 Fifli. The Countrey fo exceedingly pleafant and healthful, that 'tis ufual for fick 

 Perfons of other Provinces to come hither to recover their health, only by the be- 

 nefit of a good Air. The Soil fo abundantly fertile of all forts of Grain, that of 

 four mcafures of Seed , it hath been often obferv'd, they have reap'd the next Har- 

 veft, more than fo many hundred meafures of the fame Grain. Very well Wooded; 

 and by reafon of its many Rivers and frefli Springs, equally rich in good Pafturc : 



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