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
And take this for aduice, that if thou be in the height of this riuer,
thou shalt see certaine high hilles within the land, which be like vnto
organs. And when thou seest these organs, then make accompt thou art
right against the riuer: and comming neere the land thou shalt see a
certaine Island very round, which lieth to the Southward, and is hie and
bare in the top. Thou must know that the mouth of this riuer standeth in
23 degrees and one third part. And from this riuer to Angra, that is to
say, The open hauen, thou hast 15 leagues. Goe not neere the land there,
except necessitie compell thee.
I aduise thee, that from this riuer that I spake of, I meane from the
entrance thereof, thou must goe Westsouthwest, and Southwest, and West
and by South. And thou shalt see a great Island called Isla de San
Sebastiano, and to the Southward thereof another small Island very high,
called the Island of Alcatrarzas, that is to say, The Island of
Pellicanes: but come not neere it, for it hath dangerous shoalds. And
from hence thou mayest go West, and so thou shalt fall right with the
mouth of Saint Vincent, and thou shalt see an Island.[39] And if thou
meane to goe into Saint Vincent thou must leaue this Island to the
Westward. And vnderstand that Saint Vincent lieth in foure and twentie
degrees. And when thou art in the mouth of this bay, or art neere the
mouth of it, then thou shalt see many other Islands, and one among the
rest to the seaward. And hauing these sights, thou hast the best markes
that bee for these Islands, that I haue told thee of: and this Island
lieth Northwest and Southeast with the mouth of S. Vincent.
[38] Papagayos Island.
[39] Saint Amaro.
From San Francisco to Boca de Ouerniron are 26 leagues, and the coast
lieth North and South. Also thou must marke that the riuer of San
Francisco hath a great entrance, and 3 small Islands, and to seaward it
hath a good road; and the main is high and craggie.
From this Boca de Ouerniron to Ilha de Aruoredo thou hast no great
markes be obserued: but this Boca is a very great bay, and this bay is
deepe within the Island, and is a good road, and hath many islands, and
standeth in 28 degrees. And to the North of this Island vnder the point
there is a good road: and there is no other road hereabout but this, and
it is vnder the Island.
From hence thou shalt haue sight of the Isle called Santa Catharina,
which is a great Island about eight or nine leagues long, and lieth
North and South. And hard by euen with this Iland is Porto de Patos,
which standest in 29 degrees. And from Porto de Patos to Porto de Don
Roderigo are ten or eleuen leagues: and the coast lieth North and South.
And from Porto de Don Roderigo to Laguna are 5 leagues. And this is a
good harbour for all winds, except the Northeast wind.
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