be feeii a defcription of the Iflapi^/asTc^s firit cfctdSed bi 
theibip Caftricom, ^4643; vvj/n)r^^ 
corner of Japm reaches totjie jfotijctli^g^Nofthei^^ Laticudc; And 
inftead of finding theie dip^^ the Land Efo ye,t 
far Weft or North-we|ft*iya^^lt #$b^^ Sea-man fliew'd 
rhem to lye no roore than^ J|[miies off, Nortb^TOrd. For that Jap0' 
mfe made his Voyages fbi^falJe fron^^^ in this Mapp 
Jwith Ayto Mathma^, the Capital Cit^ of Efo, here noted with B : 
And the fame related to tlidn thecoiKfition of this Country of 
viz,.lio\N that it was under the dominion of the En^peror ofjapa/g, 
and what Towns and Nati6ns\vercjn it. Fur ther,the lame Journal 
notes, that this Ship daJlmom Mkd from the North-eaft-corner of 
^apa;^ to the South-corner of ii/i, at D ; whence the Land reaches 
Nortl]-eaft and by Eaft to E , where they found a Straight, which 
they called the Straight deVries^ which, in the Authors judgment, 
they fliould rather haVe called tlie Straight Aniaft • as they alfo met 
with the Land fcituat^ Eaft off this Straight, marked F, to which 
they gave the name of; the Companies hand^ whereas it fhould have 
been calPd the Wejl^corner of Jmerica^ ii having hitherto been al- 
wayes fo placed and named , except that the Straight Anian hath 
beenreprefented fomewhat more Northerly. They ^iled through 
this Straight as far as the Sinmov Bay and viewed all the Sea- 
coafts as far as H, being the Latit. of 49 degrees, where they faw a 
very high Mountain lying at about 50 degrees, from whence they 
failed back, without doing any more that's known. He that is defi- 
rous to fee the Del ineation of this Land JE/J, Japrty and Corea^ may 
find it on the little Mapp here inferred. 
1 8. As for a more particular defcription of this Land and Coaft, 
they met generally every where with good Anchoring ground, 20 
or more fathoms deep ; the Coaft very plentiful of Fifli, among 
which there were Whales and Salmons; the fliore high and mountain- 
ous, efpecially remarkable for one exceeding high Hill, which the 
I^latives fignified to be very rich in Silver. In the fame place there 
grow very tall, ftreight and thick Firr-ires, fit for Mafls.The Soile 
clay ie and fat. Coming into the Straight de fries or ^;?/^;^, which is 
I o miles broad, and on the Eaft-fide thereof, the Comp^^ii^s Land in 
America^ marked, fas was faid above j with F, they lighted on one 
of thofe Mountains, where they found very glittering'Earth,as if it 
V» ere abounding with Silver, Along ^hat fhore ther^- rtins a violent 
flream about the North-eafl:,and clofc^to the ftoreare|locks, which 
krake it very unfafe to Jye there. The Suies fJlaUd^lyiug over a- 
gainft 
