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The Expedi- 

 tion of G*r- 

 cias Loajfa, 

 Jlcazova , 

 and other*. 





The Voyages 

 of Hawkins, 

 Dra^f, and 

 Candijb. 



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A M E%I C J. Chap. III. 



Magaglianns was follow'd, Juno 1515. by Garcias Loayfa, who Sailing into the 

 Straights near the Promontory Virgines, endur'd great Colds 5 in the Haven Sf. 

 George he found (lore of green Cinamon : The People he reported to be of 

 fo monftrous a ftature, that they might well be accounted Giants $ fome of 

 whom went naked, others wore a Net of Feathers made faft about their Waftes, 

 and others a loofe Garment all over their Bodies, Loayfa gave this Countrey, 

 inhabited by Giants, the Denomination of Terra del Tatagoni. He judg'd the 

 Straights of Magellan to be a hundred and ten Spanifr Miles long between the two 

 Promontories, Virgines at the North Sea, and Defeado at the Southern Ocean. 

 Within lie three Inlets, which have feven Leagues in breadth. 



Simon AlcazpVa Sailing hither nine years after Loayfa, fhunn'd the Land on the 

 left-fide of the Straights, becaufe it lay moft under Water, and was fore'd by his 

 Men to return to the Haven Leones, where he and all his Seamen were put to 

 death. 



Not long after theBifhop of Placentia fitted out three Sail, which entring the 

 Straights, Anno 1 540. loft their Admiral • the Vice-Admiral Wintering at the In- 

 let Las Zorras, (fo call'd, becaufe they took many Foxes on a Champain Countrey 

 without Trees) return'd to Spain without any farther fuccefs ; the third Ship with 

 much ado arriv'd alfo at Jrequipa. 



The Englijh Captain, Richard Hawkins, alfo Sailing hither, found the Land on 

 the South fide of the Straights , moft broken, and in fome places a few Huts. 



Anno 1578. Sir Francis Drake Sailing hither along the Coaft of Srafile, Landing 

 on an Ifland in the Mouth of the Straights, killed above three thoufand Birds. Sail- 

 ing from hence he was miferably tofs'd in the South Sea, and difcover'd about the 

 middle of the Straights, that the Current out of the Southern and Northern Ocean 

 met at the place where a great Bay bends Southwardly : To three Ifles he gave 

 the Name of Elizabeth, Bartholomew, and George, and drove three Weeks without 

 making any Sail, in fnowy, mifty,and iainy Weather, falling amongft dangerous 

 Rocks, and atlaftAnchor'din the Haven Health, which he focall'd, becaufe his fick 

 and wearied Men being refrefh'd there, he fet Sail from thence and returned home. 



Captain Tljomas Qandifh following Sir Francis Drake eight years after, found near 

 a Creek within the City fhilip-fladt, built there by the Spaniards, to fecure the Paf- 

 fage out of the Northern to the Southern Ocean for themfelves ; to which purpofc 

 they held four hundred Men in Garrifon in the faid City, which lying near a plea* 

 fant Wood, was defended by four Bulwarks, each fortifi'd with a Brafs Gun : But 

 the Spaniards not being able to endure the Cold, nor get in their Harveft, which 

 was continually fpoil'd by the Natives, were fo pinch 'd with Hunger, that after 

 three years ftay many of them dy'd in their Houfes, which caus'd a filthy Stink, 

 and confequently a vile Diftemper, not unlike the Small-pox. at laft twenty three 

 of them, amongft whom were two Women, judg'd it convenient to bury their 

 great Guns, and march away with their Mufquets . a whole Year they travelled in 

 great want, feeding on the Leaves of Trees, wild Roots, and Fowls which they 

 now and then kill'd . at laft they refolv'd to travel by Land to ^to de la Plata, but 

 never any news was heard what became of them, onely one Spaniard, call'd Ferdi- 

 nand, being ftray'd from the reft, was taken by Qandifr, to whom he gave the fore* 

 mentioned Relation. Gmdijh entring Thilip-Jladt, found a Gibbet, on which hung a 

 Malefactor in Chains, a Church, the Houfes full of famifVd Bodies, and four 

 Brafs Guns, which he digg'd out of the Ground. From hence he ran to a frefh* 

 water River (which difembogues into the Straights,) whofe Banks are inhabited by 

 cruel Cannibals, and the Countrey all about plain Pafture Grounds, whereas moft 



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