[67] The mouth of the Maranon is exactly under the line.--E. [68] The latitude of Cusco is only 13° 30' S.--E. [69] Gomar. Hist. Gen. V. vi. vii. viii. ix [70] Gomar. Hist. Gen. V. xvi. xviii. xix. [71] So named from the two brothers, Caspar and Michael Cortereal, who are said to have been lost on this coast of North America in 1500, as formerly mentioned by Galvano.--E. [72] Xalis, or Xalisco, the residence of Gusman is in lat. 21°45'N. The mouth of the river St Francis, on the north-eastern shore of the gulf of California, is in lat. 26° 40' N. so that the discovery on the present occasion seems to have comprised about 350 miles to the north of Xalis.--E. [73] Gomar. Hist. Gen. II. Lxxiv. xcviii. [74] Xauxa or Jauja, stands on the high table land of Peru; Lima, or de los Reys, near the coast of the South Sea, in the maritime valley, or low country, and on the river Rimac, called Lima in the text.--E. [75] Gomar. Hist. Gen. IV. xxiii. and V. xxii. [76] Gomar. H. G. V. xxiv. and xxv. Almagro appears, both on his march to Chili and back to Cusco, to have gone by the high mountainous track of the Andes, and the carcases of his dead horses must have been preserved from corruption amid the ever during ice and snow of that elevated region.--E. [77] The text seems ambiguous, and it appears difficult to say whether Galvano means, that Cosesofar, or Coje Sofar, was captain under D'Acunha, or general of the Guzerat army, belonging to Badu.--E. [78] This probably refers to the _Bore_, or great and sudden influx of the sea, after a great recession.--E. [79] Gomar. H. G. IV. xiii. [80] Probably a mistake for La Paz, the principal town of the north- western district, or mining province, belonging to the Viceroyalty of La Plata.--E. [81] The only island mentioned in this voyage, which can be traced by the names in our modern maps, is the Piscadores, about lat. 11° N. long. 167° E.--E. [82] This strange expression is quite inexplicable, and must have been misunderstood by Hakluyt.--E. [83] Probably Morty, of our present maps.--E. [84] Chron. del Peru, c. ix, xx. [85] Ramus. III. 356. [86] This obviously refers to an inaccurate description of the Babyroussa. --E. [87] Gomar. H. G. II. lxiv. Ramus. III. 329. [88] Gomar. H. G. VI. xvii. [89] In this paragraph we have very vague indications of humming birds, rattlesnakes, and of the animal now called Pecari.--E. [90] Gomar. H. G. V. xxxv. and Chron. del Peru, c. 103. [91] The word Brazil in the text obviously includes the whole flat country to the east of the Andes, Guiana, Brazil, Paraguay, Buenos Ayres, and Patagonia.--E. [92] This idea, ever since the time of Lord Monboddo, has been renewed, and occupies the attention of the explorers of Africa; links may exist, in creation, with which we are yet unacquainted.--Clarke.