zis ®&e Description of jftoi&a. 
Kodetro a Dapes iournp from Alexandria iitg great raines, that fo* tyz ipace of Sag 
runneth into thefea, the other at Pelufio, moncths Do conttnuallp fall in th? countrie 
ttobmlleo Damiaca:fotijattjerelbTj 3 jcom of Congo, anDthe places bo^Dtiring on fye 
£lu'oc,ti;at tijc riuer Nylus in Egypt, the ri# fame. SDsuthing the coatt of A den, dje 
ner Zaire in Congo, anD the rtuer Nigri in watt of Arabia Felix, ano thceountrp run# 
Erhiopia,aret^efaufcs5ofti)efruitfuln£ffc ttingalongbpthegulfeof Perfia, bn&lpou 
ofthofe countries: al at one tune mcreafing come to Goa, it is fufftcienflp alrcaDp De# 
ano euerfiotoing, bp meancs of d;e erceeo* dareD in this b©kc,tohcreunto 3 refer pea. 
Thedefcriptionof America, and thefeuerallpartes 
thereof, as , Ufoua Francia, Florida, the IJlandes called 
Anrillas,Iucaya,Cuba,Iamaica, &c. with the fituations, degrees, and 
length,how farre they arc diftant one from the other : likewife the fruitfulncs 
andaboundance oi beafls,birdcs,filhcs,and fruits of the fame count reyes, with 
the mannersfafhions y apparrets,and regions, together tvtth the principal/ 
attions of the people inhabiting therein. 
When the authour of this bookc, as aifo the Printer, had bellowed and vfed 
great labor and charges herein, to fee forth fome perfeft Cardes of America > 
betaulc that often times the Indian fbippes in their failing out, orreturnmg 
home, do fall vpon thofe coalls,fpecially Erafilia, which herein is moll difeo- 
uercd,they thought it expedient therewith to place a briefe difeription of the 
lame countries, thereby to Ihew the readers the principall places therein, 
whereunto at this day moll Ihips do traffike, hoping they wil take it in good 
Pertiana,6ffi)Magellanica,asf$e fid part 
tohich aspet is but title Difcouereb: other* 
DiuiDeit intoparts, in Peru, netoe 
Spain,others Mexico,^ neb) Francc.SL^ 
fijaffirttfenuDif, accounted it but ft? one 
part, after that, the ^>paniarDcsDiftoue# 
ring mo ;e lanD, DiuiDeD it into ttoo parts, 
into Mexico, (o?neto Spaine) anD Peru.- 
after that the Jfrencijmen Difrouering 
mo;e countrcpes, called that tohich thep 
DifeouereD Nona Frauncia, tutjict) in time 
beeing bp dje ^panniaroes, toomue 
from the jfrenrijmen, bias accountco fo? 
apfece of netoe Spaine : at the laftfhe 
ttraighfs of Magellana being founDe out, 
bias bp Petrus Plantius, aminifterofthe 
too;Deof Cod , aDDeD as a firt parte, but 
becaufe our CarD ertenDeth no farther then 
to certaine limits of Nona Fraunciamame* 
Ip to thepiouince oj wuntrep of Florida, 
toe toil not fpcake muth of the rctt,and p’o* 
case toith the other partes, toith certaine 
3 IanDes incurCaroe, calleD Antillasoj 
foure lanDes, becaufe fljep lie before djo 
firmelanOe, DefenDing anD couering the 
lame, as a henne toith her brings conereth 
her chickens. 
lanD tl;en tohfeh ttretchrth fotoards 
the 
;^e fourth parte of 
thetoo;lD,tohtch at 
this Dap toe cal A- 
merica,02toeft In- 
di<i,toas, becaufe of 
the great Dittance 
bnfenotone to the 
ancient Cofmogra# 
phersituthepeareofourILojD 14 92. that 
Chrifbpherus Columbus a CDeneUois Dlf# 
coucreDthcfame,anDfiue pferes after that 
Cue Amcricus Vefpacio , bp the liting Of 
Caflilliacs commanDement, faileD thither, 
anD calleD al the countrep America after 
his otonc name,ano fo; the greafnes thcr# 
of,is alfo calleD, the neto too?lD, reaching 
as Poftiilus is cfopinion, from the one 
pole to the other, beeing DiuiDeD bp the 
ttraightsof Magellana , totjere itenoeth 
bnDer 5 2 , degrees on the Couth fiDe of the 
©quinoctialline, %\}is countrie bp Diners 
men is Diuerflp parted, fome making it a 
parte of the toholc toojloe, anD cal it the 
fourthpartbpthenameof America : 0 # 
thers make out of that countrep in gene# 
rall,ttoo other parts of the too?lD, DiuiDing 
the too?lD in fire parts, as Alia, AflFnca, 
Europe, Mcxicana, DJ tpe neb) Spaine, 
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