Chap. VIII. 



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CHAP. VIII. 

 Guiana. 



NOrthward of Srafile, overagainft Uaragnan, lieth the Countrcy of Guiana s • , 

 not improbably fiippos'd to be fo call'd from the River ^oloT^ S? 

 ^ principalis of the Province, which yet is faid to have more and fir 



than any other part otMerica befides : It is by fome call'd The mUColl for th 

 cafon ,s uncertain, it being found to be a very fruitful and pleafant Coun^t 

 ft is Bounded on the :Eaft with the Mantle A Ocean, or Mare de l H J The 



L/f 77 N°»hu hath the great River Orenoaue , and on the South 



that of the A^,, or 0„«« . which laft Name, as we have faid before it de' 

 me. itonFrancifco Orellana, who is faid to have firft difcover'd it in the Year ,<£" 

 It was anciently call'd Tobo, Topoi, and Tapera. H3 * 



De^! S ?rr y li " hon J bothfi L d « of ^Aiuaur, extended from the fourth 

 Degreeof Southern Latitude, tothe eighth Degree of Northern, yet enjoyeth a 

 temperate and good A,r, not ogprelTed with any exceffive Heat . which ii chkfly 

 attributed to the Breeds or Eafterly Winds, almoft perpetu lly abo t Noon 

 blow, ng upon Towardsthe Sea . fidc k js for thc *J 7^ and Noon 



Countrcy in the more Inland parts mountainous and fwell'd with Hills but in all 

 « u ; generally of fuch a rich and fertile Soil, that for Fruits, or any outward Com 

 mod.ues.of the Earth, it yields not to any other Province of the L World, bu 1 

 her far excelleth the mod, having as it were a continual Summer, without Win. 

 ter or Autumn, the Trees never uncloth'd or made bare, Fruits always ripe or 



fZfir^""^' t C M n ad ° WS T* Pafturesalwa X s verdant and greenf and, 

 as we faid, fo excellently well watcr'd with Rivers, that no Countrey in the World 

 feems comparable to ,t in this refpeft. But fince the feveral Occurrences of Orella. 

 m s Expedition will give much light to the more particular knowledge of thefc 

 Parts, we thought good to infert this following Relation thereof. 



Sect. II. 

 A Relation of the fourney of Francifco Orellana. 



Francifco Orellana travelling with Gonfalvo V^arro from Quito, to find out the 

 Countrey Cmdirumarca (where the Natives, according to the information of 

 a ftrangc Jmencan, went Arm'd with Golden Plates) he came after a great 

 deal of hardlhip to the River Maranon, where f^rro building a Brigantine, put all' 

 S ck * n t ma, ™ d Mcn i«to the fame, as alfo all his Baggage under the Com- 

 mandofOr^, whom he commanded to forage for fome Provifions, of which 

 the Army that was to follow along the Shore, had great want j but Orellana was in 

 few days driven down fo far, that he faw no hopes of getting up again in a years 

 time and Engag'd daily with the Indians, which came aboard of him in little Boats, 

 at aft he went afhore and conquer'd a Village, in which he found Provifions.fome 

 ^old, and Gems of great value : not long after which he was in great danger, by 

 reafon of a River, which with grtat force fell into the Channel in which he Sail'/, 



and 



