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Parana in which he had gone, two hundred Leagues, and pafs'd by 







dt la Plata. 



the Stream Tarana } 



many Ifles, when he went out or the lame into tnc scream Paraguay ♦ wncrc ucing 

 fct upon by the Countrey People, who were bufie in Tilling the Ground, he loft 

 fo many of his Men, that he was fore'd, without any farther Exploit, to return 

 wich the Portuguese Pilot, Diego Garcia, who Sailing up the fame River, had met 

 with Gabottus in Paria-, and becaufe both had gotten fome Silver, they call'd the 

 River, from that Metal, De la Plata. The farther Difcovery whereof lay neglected 

 nine years after, when <Peter Mendo^a Sailing with eleven Ships, carrying eight hun- 

 dred Men, to thelfland Gabriel, built the Fort 'Buenos Jyres h on the South fide of it, 

 where many People dying of Hunger, little was done. 



Jhares Cabeca not long after following Mendos&'s footftcps, difcover'd and peo- 

 pled the Province Pjo de la Plata. The Mouth of the River La Plata Laurence Bikker 

 defcribes thus : 

 zaurenceBik- " Beyond the Cape Santa Maria (faith he) lies the flat Ifland Cafiilbos, having 

 pun,, of^t " fcarce a Tree upon it ; but on the North fide a Rock, not unlike a decay 'd Caftlc ; 

 ic to the Southward of which appear two other Cliffs ,. directly before the Mouth 

 " lies the ftonie Ifland De Lobos, on which nothing is to be found but Sea-Wolves . 

 " towards the Eaft a ftonie Bank runs a good way into the River, known by the 

 n breaking of the Water upon the fame. 



The Promontory Maria is low and barren, but within the fame the Land rifes 

 high before the Ifles Bores and Maldonado, which laft hath a good fandy Shore, Har- 

 bor, and frefli Water between the Rocks • but Flores rifing with two Hills, pro- 

 duces nothing but Brambles. 



The Stream Solis alfo difcharges its Waters in La Plata, near the Place where the 

 Mountain SeredoYics. 



The left Shore of La Plata begins at the Promontory Antonio, and is cut through 

 by the Rivers Ortis and Los Santtos, where the Town Buenos Ayres is built on a 

 lmooth Shore. 



Martin del Sarco proceeding in the Defcription of La Plata, faith that it is dan- 

 fmption of gerous, by reafon of the many Shelves that are in the fame. The Ifles in the River 

 are as followeth t thofe that bear the Name of St. Gabriel arc five in number ; 

 Garcia Ifle is full of Trees, and for its fertility was peopled by Peter de Mendo^a, 

 and afterwards by Juan Orti^ Car ate : But lefs fruitful are the Ifles Be La^aro, where 

 the River Vrayg unites with La Plata, being before fill'd with the Waters of Salvador, 

 which receives the black Stream Negro, which gliding flowly from Morafles, is very 

 full ofFifli. Moreover, L<a Plata hath eleven Arms, each very deep and full of 

 Ifles, inhabited by the Guaranins. 



About a hundred Leagues farther the Qberandies have fetled themfelves on plea* 

 fant Ifles, lying not far from the City St. Fe, built on the Point which makes the 

 River Bermeio, where it falls into La Plata. 



Farther up lies the Province A?ia } partly well inhabited for its fertility, and 

 partly overflowed. 



Next appears the Rock Pennapobre, and not far from the Town Guayra, La Plata 

 falls very high from the Rocks. 

 Thermal But as concerning the Natives of this Countrey, it is inhabited by divers forts of 



People of this *2 " ' 



countrey. People, differing from one another both in Cuftoms and Language. On the South 

 fide of the fore-mention'd River, from the Promontory Antonio to Buenos Ayres, 

 dwell the Quirandies, a flout, but cruel People, who with the Flefli ofmany a Spa* 

 niard oftentimes keep a merry Feaft. Farther into the Countrey run the Juries and 

 Diagnitas. Along La Plata lie alfo fcatter'd the Tenbues, a civil People, who live 



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