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
It hath also the towne of Amusgos, which is in the gouernment of Fernando
de Auila, which may be from Tecuanapa 18. leagues. They speake the
Amusgan tongue. The countrey is hotte: it standeth on the highway from
Nicieca: it hath 400. Indians, few more or lesse.
These are all the townes of account situate neere this riuer.
Neere vpon this riuer are two farmes, the one belonging to Pedro Brauo,
and the other to him that maketh this relation vnto your Excellencie,
which may be from the sea some 8. or 9. leagues all plaine ground. And
in this territorie there is but one towne called Quesala situate vpon
the riuer, and 6. leagues from the sea; which in times past hath beene a
great towne, and now hath but three Indians onely, and it is from the
farmes 3. leagues.
The mansion house of Don Mattheo is more toward the South, standing in a
mountainous and waste countrey, which aboundeth with cattell being 3.
leagues from the riuer; and as farre from Tecuanapa, as from the place
where all the cattel is; and the sea that way is from it but one league.
A little below this mansion about 4. leagues, and 7. leagues from the
sea, is a garden of Alonso Pedraza which beareth Cacao.
And 2. leagues from this garden, and 6. leagues from the sea standeth
the towne of Cuahintlan belonging to the king a towne of 19 housholds,
but very rich, for they gather much Cacao and the best in that countrey.
They speake the Tlapanecan tongue. This towne hath the sea that way
within halfe a league.
[Sidenote: Huatulco or Guatulco in 15. deg and 50. minutes.] And this
coast from Cuahintlan to Tecuanapa, and the coast which runneth to
Huatulco is a coast of much pearle, for in olde time the Indians
gathered much pearle there.
And 2 leagues from Cuahintlan and 4. from Tecuanapa is a garden of Cacao
in the landes of Francisco Maldonado, which is called Cacahu-Atoyaque.
These are the things worthy of relation from the head springs of this
riuer of Tlacamama vnto the sea: and this foresaid riuer entreth into
the riuer of Ometepec 5. leagues from Tecuanapa.
The riuer of Tlacolula springeth within the boundes of Chilsiztlahuaca
subiect to Comastlahuaca a towne of Suchistlahuaca, neere which are many
mountaines. This riuer is nauigable little more then 2. leagues before
it entreth into the riuer of Ometepec, where it is 5. leagues from the
sea.
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