5oz AMERICA. Chap. VII. 



St. Francifco to the Promontory Frio • but beaten from thence by the Tupinambas and 

 Tupinacbias, they went to the County Los Ijleos, which they Invaded in fuch a man- 

 ner, that the Tortuguefe were not onelyforc'd to leave feveral Sugar-Mills, but alio 

 the whole Countrey. 





Situation and 

 Defcription 

 of Tedoi los 



Sitnilos, 



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Sect. VII. 



Bahia de Todos los San&os. 



Ext to Ifleos borders Bahia de Todos los SanHos, belonging to the Tortuguefe. 

 The Inlet which borrows its Denomination from all the Saints, gives 

 Name to this eminent County. The Bay great and wide, and in the 

 middle from twelve to eighteen Fathom deep, lies in thirteen Degrees Southward 

 of the Equinottial Line. The Coaft rifes white along the Sea fide. The Current ac- 

 cording to the courfe of the Sun runs fix Moneths towards the South, and as many 

 towards the North. The opening of the Inlet is on the South,but it flows upNor- 

 therly, and contains two Leagues and a half in breadth 5 feveral frefh Rivers dif- 

 charge their Waters into the fame : The utmoft and biggeft Ifland Taperica breaks 

 off the Waves which come rowling in from the Ocean. Thofe that Sail into the 

 fame muft have the Ifland on their left Hand, and the Main Coaft on their right, 

 which is known by a Promontory, on which the Fort Antonio, and the old City 

 Villa Veja are built, near a little Bay with a Foreland on the North, from which the 

 Main Coaft circling like a Half-Moon ends near the Point Tapagipe, which juts 

 out from (Babia Todos los Sanclos. The Caftle Tapejiepe ftands on the utmoft Point, 

 where the Countrey winding towards the Eaft makes the Inlet larger, from 

 whence a narrow Channel runs up into the Countrey, and there makes a Lake 

 which extends North and South : from the Mouth of the Lake the Coaft reaches 

 Northward to the River Titanga, which comes gliding out of the Eaft, and in its 

 Paffage receives feveral Streams, on whole Banks ftand divers Sugar-Mills. From 

 fitanga the Coaft extends a League Northward, then Wefterly with a crooked 

 Elbow, in whofe circumference lie two namelefs Ifles clofe under the Shore • this 

 Elbow ends in a blunt Point, about half a League from which lies the Ifland Mare, 

 a League long, in the Mouth of the River Pitanga. To the Northward from hence 

 a River difembogues in the faid Inlet. More Southerly appears Monks-IJle, from 

 whence the Coaft extends it felf Northerly, where feveral Iflands appear at an 

 exa&diftance from the Coaft ,• the firft beyond the fore-mention'd blunt Point, 

 is Birapebiara -, the next, which lies clofer to the Shore, forto Madero . next comes in 

 view along Ifland in the Mouth of a River, from whence the Countrey extends 

 Weft ward, and fronts the Ifland De Fuentes, as doth alfo the River Tambaria, which 

 comes out of the North, but empties it felf with a crooked Arm near the reft . from 

 hence the Coaft with two little Bays runs North-Weft to the Stream Gereftpe, in 

 whofe Mouth,which is pretty large,appear three Ifles on a row, the utmoft whereof 

 is call'd Qaraibe, the middlemoft <Pycca, the innermoft hath no Name, but divides 

 the River into two Channels ; from hence the Coaft bends with feveral Inlets, in- 

 to which fall divers Rivulets towards the South, from the River Cachoera } full of lit- 

 tle Ides, oppofite to which ftand feveral Sugar-Mills. Again ft Cacboera appears the 

 Ifland Mm, and more Southerly Taperica, between the (harp Point Tapagipe and 

 the Caftle Antonio. Near the fore- mentioned the City St. Salvador was built by Tho- 

 mas de Sofa, who weighing Anchor from Lisbon, Anno 1549. Landed fafely near 

 Villa Veja, and about half a League from thence pitched upon a Hill, and took order 



forthwith 



