<Cl)c tmk from tfje vim Bo$ S W to 425 
0? the n'tter of llfiands, tbe coa® runneth 
giontbtoe® and $o?tbca®,and 
toe® ana bp M*®,ano $o?tbeatt and bp 
©a®* 
The 58. Chapter. 
Thccourfeor Nauigationto the riuer 
dos llhas, thatis, theriuer of the Hands, 
in thecoaft of Brafiltdi 
■ If pon defire f o faile f o f be ri* 
uer of tbe Blflands (pou mu® 
bnderftanfc that tbe 31 flanD«s 
licfcnDer 14. Degree ana |>) 
feeing to finde them, from tbe monetb of 
£^areb fojtoard, tben pou Iball run to tbe 
height of 1 / • degrees ants b -and altbougb 
panbebnder 15. degrees and *. pou neede 
notfeare: anb feeing tbe lanb Under tbefe 
degrees, tbenpou iball feecertaine high 
btlie0, called As Ssrrasdos Aymorcs, 
toben pou fee tbofe bikes, tbenpou Oja® 
come along tbe coa® $o?*btoaroe, not 
fearing anp tbmg,fo? from tbence$o?tb' 
toarb there are no Hjallotoo: £0 fame as 
pou fee tbe 3Uands(fo? there are no other) 
then on the fame coa® pou iball fee a roub 
bill ftanbing along bp the £>ea fide,on tbe 
•$o?tb fide thereof pou put into the fti-/ 
uer, anb if pou chance to be there at fucb 
time as pou can not put in, then bolb pour 
rourfe to Seaboard from the 31 Hands, kee¬ 
ping from them, anb there bp the raid 31 * 
flandcs pou map anker: and ifpou be in 
that conntrp toben the |to?tbea® toinds 
doe blow, then take fo? land Under 14. de¬ 
grees, anb if pou fee a fiat lanb, then it is 
the 3 Hand calleb Camamue,bp the tobicb 
pou Iball run fouibtoaro, anb being at the 
end of the flatteland, then pou fijall fee a 
high ianb along bp the fea fide like the 0* 
tberafojcfaib, all along bp the fea fibe, 
3 }n the plate tobere this lande begin* 
itetbtofbcto high, there lictb a fmaU ri- 
ucr calleb Rio das C onras, that is, the w 
ner of 55 cads, but it is not to be entered, 
and bath a tobite bardc Gone fa? a marke. 
JFrom thence to the 3 !Hands are 9. miles 
£>outbtoaro, and comminginhere the a- 
fo?efaid high land endetb, tbenpou (ball 
finde a great Creeke, and being Me® 
£>outbtoe®, pou iball fee another high 
land, at the fast thereof (tobicb is almo® 
in the middle toap to the creeUe) peu (ball 
certain^ tnbiteboufes, tobicb arc the 
Ingenies o? &ugar boufes tobere the ^u> 
gar is prepared: and being thereupon fi}*® 
PjefentipfetbeiHands. 
The 3. books. 
The ft. chapter. 
How to faile to the Hauen of Torto Seguro t 
that is, the furs Hauen^lying in-the coaft 
of BrafilU. 
I lf pou defire to faile fotbe^atien of 
Porto Seguro, in the time of the £>outb* 
ea® inindes ( tobicb is in Search and fo 
fo?toard) pou Iball not put higher then to 
1 6. degrtos $ h fo? there it bath a ft eddiib 
fand called Os RaixosdosAbrolhos,tobicb 
are berp dangerous and run Uerp far into 
the fea, and toben pou faile Oa® $ Me® 
pou mu® not be negligent totb?oto pour 
2 Lead out often times, t being bp the land 
* that pou fe a long high bill like a fijarpe 
point, tobicb ts called Monte Pafqual, fro 
thence pou iball run $o?tbtoard, % toe®, 
the fame bill is toetttoard front pou,fben 
pou mu® bold to toards the land, pet teitb 
god regard and fo?efigbt. 0 no toben pou 
fee the land,and that pou perceiue a round 
^ouell, then ^oiubtoaro from the fatde 
^ouell pou fball fee a ^illtoitbagreat 
Grand, on tbe |pto?tb fide tobereof Ipetb 
the f^auen of Porto Seguro, and running 
along bp the coa®, aboue in the landc pou 
find the totonc Of Porto Seguro. Kl)iS 
height is a tobite ttonie roche, and on the 
$o?tb fide of this ftonierorhe there is a 
great Uallp: toben pou are <£a® ana toe® 
toitbtbto ®onie rocke, tben$o?tbtoard 
pou (ball fee tbe toatcr b?eake, tobicb fit 
Upon a fand reaching ttoo miles into tbe 
£>ea , ontbe&outb fide tobereof pou are 
right ouer again® the totone of Porto Se- 
guro. 
31 f pou begin this Uopage toben the 
toinds are no?tbea® $ come to 15 .degrees 
and j. not feeing anp bills, then leaue not 
runningalong the coa®, $ toben pou are 
Under i/.degrtos, the fir® high land pou 
iball fee,toill be toitb tobite fandp firanas 
along the fea coa®, $ if bnder that height 
poufeeariuer, then make not totoardcs 
the land, fo?there it batbeertame dange- 
rQUSlbaUQtoeSCalleD Os Raixos de Sane 
Antonio, from thence ^outbtoard Ipetb 
Porto Seguro,and pafiing along the coa® 
andfaing tbe toatcr b?eake bpontbe a? 
tber fand Iping ttoo miles further intoard 
to fea, then pou iballpaffe bp tt, fetoping 
to featoard from tt, and toben pou are at 
tbe end thereof, then the totone toil! be 
Mefttoard ftom pou, pou map toell put 
to it, altoaies bauing a care boto pou goe 
and anker Under the height afo?efatd. 
£Do SPepafy 
