Thus much we have said, to prove that the _Norwegians_ had no hand in planting the Northern _America_, we shall now proceed to enquire who planted the Southern Parts, from the _Straights_ between _Panama_ and _Nombre de Dios_, to the _Straights_ of _Magellan_. The _Peruvians_, possessing a large Tract of Land along the Coast of the _South-Sea_, _Grotius_ would thus derive from _China_: [Sidenote: Relation of _Mancocapacus_.] “The _Peruvians_, being of a subtile Wit, and quick of Apprehension, argue sufficiently that they are not extracted from the more Northern _Americans_, but rather from the _Chineses_, which the several Wrecks of _Chinese_ Ships found on these Coasts sufficiently evidence: and no wonder, if curiosity or accident brought the _Chineses_ expert Navigators to this Countrey, separated onely by one Sea from them. To this we may add their Rites of Religion; for both worship the Sun, and call their King the Son of the Sun; they write no Letters but make Characters downwards. _Mancocapacus_ was a _Chinese_ of strange Policy; who being inform’d that his Countrey-men inhabited fruitful Countreys on the other side of the _South-Sea_, but without Laws or Government, Sail’d over thither, and gather’d the scatter’d Multitudes in a Body, and establish’d an hereditary Kingdom after the _Chinese_ manner, to him and his Successors.” [Sidenote: The _Americans_ are not extracted from _China_.] To which _John de Laet_ answers thus: “Though the _Peruvians_ exceed the other _Americans_ in Policy, and at the arrival of the _Spaniards_ liv’d in a handsom Order of Government, yet they can no ways be compar’d to the sharp-witted, and noble-spirited _Chineses_; nay, there are in no Place of _Peru_ found such Artificers as those of _China_, that bear the praise of all the World; no where such manner of Buildings or Cities, nor the least likeness of the _Chinese_ Curiosities. As concerning the Wrecks found in _Peru_, I find no credible Author that gives an account thereof: for certainly the _Chineses_ could much easier, and a nearer way have come through the _Atlantick Sea_ to the Coasts of _America_, lying to the East of _Peru_, than steer along the vast, and much greater _South Sea_, and endure the horrible Storms and vast Waves, which the _European_ Ships are scarce able to endure, much less the _Chinese_ Vessels, which are not so good. The _Spaniards_ which Sail yearly from _Acupulco_ to the _Philippines_ are sensible of the great danger which they endure, chiefly by the great gusts of Wind near _California_. Besides, the _Peruvians_ before the arrival of the _Spaniards_, were utterly ignorant of great Ships, and the use of Sails. How could they at once have forgotten that Art, which they brought with them thither, Moreover, it is easier to Sail from _Peru_ to _China_, than from _China_ to _Peru_, because the Winds under the Equinoctial Line commonly blow Easterly. And it is the greater wonder, that the _Chinese_ Jonks