%l)t cotitfe ftom iMtiaiM to petit* , tef 
popnt calico Carrachi ne,tol)tri) lieth no 2 tb? be not toel acquainteb toitb if, tbtp arc like 
teicff ano fouttjcSi from the great BJflano of to morn e much oanger,as it bappenetb bu? 
pcarlescalico Tabo^a, oiflantabouttbir? tomanp Ibippcs, that bao pilots to iobom 
tp |falian miles, fobtcb are fcucn &>paniflj the riuer is not knoteme: from ttjiss Bap the 
miles ano a balfe: as thep come neerc Onto toaft runneth eatt, ano call ano bp tenth to 
this cape, thep C^ali percetuje it to be a high 
billp lano, Iping bnoer feuen Degrees ano a 
balfe, from this popntfo the Rio de Pinas, 
o? pine tree patience coatt runneth foutf) 
toeff,ano teutbtoctt ano bp foutb,ano is oi? 
flaunt from tbe popnt afojefaioc foure ano 
ttuentp miles,tob^h are fir ^panifl) miles 
02 fire Degrees ano a balfe lit is a high lano 
n tenth great btlles anD Dales x on tljc fea fioe 
there gretoetb berp great pine trees, ano 
therefore it is calico the l^auen of pine 
treesifrom thence tpe coafl lieth foutbtoaro 
ano foutb ano bpteictt, to Cape de las Cor- 
renras, ttjat is,the cape ot &treames,tobicb 
is berp fmatl, ano reacljefi) into tt)e fea, 
anobecaufeoftlje great ano ttiffettrcame 
that runneth like a ttrong fall of toatcrs, 
running eafttnaro like riuers, manp times 
the pojtingale tyips tufjic!) laile that bmp, 
are fo.jceo to anker in the night, ano in the 
morning fettingfaile, it happened often? 
times,that toben thep tljtnke to toinoe,that 
thep are ftapeo, ano onuen backe agapne, 
f fohangfomtimcs 15.02 20* oapes about 
that Cape before thep can paffe it 1 but paf? 
fingfo2teiaro beponothat Cape, pou come 
to the |flauo Iping before the Rio de Pal¬ 
mas , fo calleo becaufe of the abounoaunee 
ofpalme 02 InOianjnuttrtes that Do grotoe 
thereon* riuer is in compas fomtobat 
mo^e than fiue miles, luhich is oneSDutch 
mile, ano a mile ano | g>paniff),fc)bicb to as 
onceinhabiteo: it is oiflant from Cabode 
Cprren'tes, feuentie fiue miles, 0? foure De? 
grtesj, 
^hereabouts are manp riuers, all berp 
$©o toater, ano not farre from thence Ip? 
eth the lano ano riuer of Peru, inhere Piza- 
rius arriueo, ano after his name almoff all 
the eountrp is calleo Peru : from the Bjlano 
de las Palmas folobnng along the coafl ano 
the fame courfe, pou come to the ftrano of 
Bonauentura , is oiflant from the 31 * 
flano afojefaioe fomeinhatmoje than nine 
miles, inhich arettoo £>panniOj miles 5. 
paro bp this flrano (inhich is berp great) 
lieth a high cliffe Q2rocke offtone, ano the 
entrp of the Bap is bnoer tp2ee Degrees 4 ♦ 
1 ail this fioe is full of berp great htlles, ano 
there runneth into the fea manp ano bene 
great riuers that haue their fpjings out of 
thehillcs, bp oneofthofethe fhippes enter 
into the lano 02 hauen of Bonauentura, but 
the pilots that putin there, ought to haue 
gate imoinleoge of the riuer, fo; that if t$eg 
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the |flano Gorgona, i»hich is Dtttant from 
thcftranoe feauentp fiue miles, inljichare 
nineteene fepaniff) miles: the coafl al along 
this courfe,is berp lotoe, full of frees,ano 0* 
ther tenloe places ano billes, from iobence 
there runneth manp great riuers, iubereof 
the chiefe ano greatest is the riuer of &>aint 
Iobn, tobicb is inhabiteo bp Barbarians, 
hauing butloeo their houfes bppon great 
poftes ano ftropes, in manner of boueUes, 
tohere manp ornell in one houfe,(ano fome 
alone bp thcmfelues)becaufe the houfes are 
berp long ano b?oaoc» SCtjefe BJnoians are 
rich of golD,ano tljeir eountrp is berp fruit? 
full, the riuers bp fo2ce of the ftreames a# 
bounoing uuth much golO,but it is fo fieckc 
ano m©2ilfi that it can haroelp bee gotten, 
but tenth the Ioffe of manp people,ano tenth 
great labour* 
SChis Jflano of Gorgona is bnmeafu? 
rable high» toherein fo’ the fpacc of eight 
nionethspeerclp it newer ceafeth raining, 
ano tljunoering, toherebp it feemeth the C? 
lements fight ano flriueone againflthe 0? 
ther, it is in circuitc about ftno miles, 02. 
fire BJtalian miles, all high htHes, bpon the 
the trees tohereof arefeene manp peacocks, 
Phefanfs,fpeckleo cats, great ferpenfs,ma? 
np fea crabbes,ano night foules/aming as 
if it tuere not tnhabitco, it hath liketuife 
much frefh boater. Rummer there begin? 
nefb at the cno ofiipaie, cleane contrarp to 
Panama , bohercasthenbointerbcginncth. 
Bin this Bllano Francifcus PizariusUlith I 3 
othersthathao OtfcouereD the countrep of 
Pcru,flapeo certapnc Daps, tnouring great 
paine ano hunger, befo2ethep couloc ouer? 
come t!;e countrep. SDiis countrpofGor- 
gona lieth tonoer th2® oegr^s: ano as tou* 
thing the miles that in this Difcourfc,as al? 
foin the Defcriptionof Brasilia, ano other 
places 31 haue obferueo, thep are all ^>pa? 
nith miles,te»hereoffeucntane: make aoc? 
gree:from tpisBilanD the coafl runneth toeff 
Touthtoeft, to the Bllano del Gabo, 020fthe 
Cocke, all this coafl being lobue ano full of 
bailies, from townee there runneth manp 
riuers : this Bllano is fmaU,ano in compas 
fcarfea mile, 02 about tb2to Italian miles, 
it hath certapnc reooe BDoteines. Xhe fame 
coafl from the firme lano thither Ipcth fto© 
Degrees from the C-qutnoctiall: from thence 
the coatt tourneth fouthtoeftlnaro tillpou 
paffe the point calleo Manglare^tnhich are 
trees to calleo,ano in our € m Mangiaios, 
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