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where people were disposed to acquire these documents either to serve as guidance for 

 hostile entreprises against Spain, or, in låter times, to be used as material for cartographical 

 works. 1 



The derroteros of which I have been able to obtain information are the following. 



In the Bijksarchief at the Hague there is a manuscript with the following title: "BB. 

 Instructien en Journaalen van Brasiliaansche en Oostindische Reijsen zeedert 21 April 

 1623 tot 28 August 1681". This has an introduction in the shape of instructions for 

 Jacques L'Hermite, and probably some of the documents included in the volume were 

 collected to serve as a guide to his expedition with the "Nassau Fleet", 1623 — 1626. Some 

 of the writings contain, as regards the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, only brief 

 statements as to the times for the voyages of the galleons, as to the length of the voyage, 

 and other things that are well-known from other sources. Of greater interest are the 

 following Sailing Directions, which are here reproduced in extenso: — 



Roteiro vande Spagniaerts vande Haven vande Nati vidas tot het Eijlant van Mindanao, fwelch 

 bij alle de Piloten beedicht wesende, Is verclaert wesende 1500 mijlen. 



Van Porto de Navidael tot het Eijlant S to Thomas 180 



Van S to Tomas tot Ilha nublada 12 



Van Ilha Nublada tot Roquopardida 80 



Van Roquopartida tot Abrolego 570 



Van Abrologo tot de Heles 300 



Vande Heles tot de Quarais 17 



Vande Quarais tot de Jardis 35 



Vande Jardis tot de Matalotes 120 



Vande Matalotes tot Ilha des Aresises 30 



Vant Eijland de Aresises tot Mindanao 150 



Dit was het advis vande Piloten vande Armada vande Hoocht dat de Landen lagen: 



Porto de Navidad 19 1 / 3 gradt 



La Isla de Santomé 18 3 / 4 » 



La Isla Nablada 1 8 1 / 2 » 



La Isla d'aroqua Partida 17 1 / 2 » 



Las Alrelogos 13 3 / 4 » 



Os Reis a la parte de Norte 9 » 



Os Qurais a la parte de Sud 10 » 



Os Jardins a la parte de Sud 20 » 



Os Matelotes 20 » 



A Ilha dos Aresises 20 » 



La porto de Mindanao da Vanda do Norte 11 1 f i » 



La Baija de Malaga in dit Eijlant 7 s / 4 » 



This derrotero was probably written down by a certain Joris Adriaenszoon, who 

 is said to have gone out with the ship "Swarte Teunis", to have been taken prisoner 



1 Guillaume Delisle says that as material for his map of Asia (1723), which also embraces the north- 

 western part of the Pacific Ocean (see Fig. 22 below), he has used inter alia "un grand nombre de routiers 

 de terre et de mer". 



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