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at an equal diftance, vi^. of fifty Leagues, both From San Fe, as they call it, or 

 St. Faiths in the Province of La Plata abovefaid, and from St. Juan de la Frontera in 

 the Country of Chile, and almoft in the Road-way from Potoft and thofe parts of 

 Peru, to Buenos Ayres and the North Sea, 



5. Qhocinoca^ 6.Sococha^ 7. Calebtnda . 8. Morata, and others, but belonging 

 for the moft part to the reduced Natives. 



Sect. IV. 



La Crux de Sierra. 



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LJCruxde Sierra is a little Territory (at lead in comparifon to fome others) f?>*<*<* 

 lying towards Peru,znd reckon d by fome for one of the Provinces of Tern : ^" '' 

 It lieth betwixt the two great Rivers Paraguay and Guapay, a hundred 

 Leagues diftant, as 'tis faid, from Charcot, to which yet in fome Caufes it is fubor- 

 dinate. 



The Soil of this Countrey is abundantly fertile in all forts of American Fruits, 

 befides good plenty both of Wheat and Mai^, and fcarfity of nothing ufeful for 

 Man's Life, unlefs it be frefii Water in fome places* 



The chief Towns of this Province, are 1. San Crux, fituate at the foot of a great chia P 

 Mountain or Hill, but opeing upon a large Plain, whofe thirfty drinefs is well re. &*" 

 frefli'd by a certain Brook' or Torrent, which iflucth out of a neighboring Moun- 

 tain, and a few Leagues diftant from the Town maketh a pretty Lake, which Tup; 

 plieth the^Countrey thereabouts, both with frefli Water and Fifli in good plenty. 



2. Barranea, a Town fuppos'd to be not above threefcore Leagues diftant from 

 Potoft. 



3. Nova <%ioia, once a Colony of Spaniards, but fack'd arid fpoil'd by the Salvages 

 of thefe Parts about the Year 1548. and the firft Difcoveror of the Countrey,namely 

 Nunno de<Sbaves, treacheroufly murder'd by a Native, fince which time 'tis faid to 

 have been deferted. 





ovr.s 

 Ik,- 



C H A P. VIL 

 Brafile. 



B^afile by Capralis call'd San Crui, becaufe it was difcoverd on the Day dedi* %^™** 

 cated to the holy Crofs, but generally Braftle, from the red Wood, which it **?*? 

 produces in great abundance, extends, according to the Account of the 

 Portuguefe, between the Ki\ as 1 JMar anon and De la Plata : But according tb the Di- 

 vifion which Pope Alexander the Sixth made upon the Approbation of the Kings of 

 Cajlile and Portuguefe, Brafile extends not fo far . for it begins in the North along 

 the Stream Para, and ends at the River Capybora, two Leagues beyond the Town 

 St. Vincent : Eaftward it is wafh'dby the Northern Ocean, and on the Weft fepara. 

 ted from Peru by defolate Mountains : It lies between 4 and 22 Degrees of Sou- 

 thern Latitude. Hiftoriographers differ much concerning the firft Difcoverer . but 

 Without contradiction the firft honor belongs juftly to Americ us Vefyut ins , whobcino- 

 fent out by Ferdiaand, King ofCaJltle, in the Year 1497. arriv'd firft with four Sail 



Yy a: 



