The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 14: America, Part IIIHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 14: America, Part III
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
The Westerne sea within 150 leagues from Cibola.] They haue no knowledge
among them of the North Sea, nor of the Westerne Sea, neither can I tell
your lordship to which wee bee neerest; But in reason they should seeme
to be nearest to the Westerne Sea: and at the least I thinke I am an
hundred and fiftie leagues from thence: and the Northerne Sea should bee
much further off. Your lordship may see how broad the land is here. Here
are many sorts of beasts, as Beares, Tigers, Lions, Porkespicks, and
certaine Sheep as bigge as an horse, with very great hornes and little
tailes, I haue seene their hornes so bigge, that it is a wonder to
behold their greatnesse. Here are also wilde goates whose heads likewise
I haue seene, and the pawes of Beares, and the skins of wilde Bores.
There is game of Deere, Ounces, and very great Stagges: and all men are
of opinion that there are some bigger then that beast which your Lordship
bestowed upon me, which once belonged to Iohn Melaz. [Sidenote: Oxe hides
dressed and painted very cunningly.] They trauell eight dayes iourney vnto
certaine plaines lying toward the North Sea. In this countrey there are
certaine skinnes well dressed, and they dresse them and paint them where
they kill their Oxen, for so they say themselues.
Chap. 4.
Of the state and qualities of the kingdomes of Totonteac, Marata,
and Acus, quite contrary to the relation of Frier Marcus. The
conference which they haue with the Indians of the citie of
Granada which they had taken, which had fiftie yeres past
foreseene the comming of the Christians into their countrey. The
relation which they haue of other seuen cities, whereof Tucano is
the principall, and how he sent to discouer them. A present of
divers things had in these countreys sent vnto the Viceroy Mendoça
by Vasques de Coronado.
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