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
[Sidenote: Baia Anegada.] From the cape of Sant Andres to the bay called
Anegada, that is, The sunken bay, are 30 leagues Eastnortheast, and
Westsouthwest. It standeth in 40 degrees, rather lesse then more.
[Sidenote: Punta de Tierra Ilana.] From the bay called Baia Anegada to
The point of the plaine land are 25 leagues Northnortheast, and
Southsouthwest. [Sidenote: Baia sin fondo.] This point lyeth in 41
degrees and a halfe, And from this point to Baia sin fondo, that is to
say the bottomlesse bay, are 35 leagues Eastnortheast and Westsouthwest
This bay standeth in 42 degrees and a halfe, rather lesse then more.
[Sidenote: Cabo redondo. Puerto de los leones.] And from Baia sin fondo
to Cabo Redondo, and Puerto de los leones, are 37 leagues Northnortheast
and Southsouth west, somewhat to the North and South. And if thou meane
to go out from thence with a compasse about after the maner of a halfe
circle or an arch, so thou mayest passe through the Baia sin fondo along
the shore: for there is water enough.
Note that from the riuer of Plate to this place is neuer a good harbour
for great shipping.
[Sidenote: Puerto de los leones in 44 degrees and better.] From this
place to Puerto de los leones the coast is cleane, and a man may come
nigh vnto the land: And it is a lowe land with white cliffes. This
harbour is in 44 degrees. [Sidenote: Take good heede of these little
rocks.] And as a man goeth thither, after he bee in 43 degrees or more,
hee must haue a care to looke out for certaine small rockes which lie
neere the land, and lie North of the harbour.
[Sidenote: Cabo de Matas.]
From this harbour to Cabo de Matas, or the cape of shrubs, are 30
leagues North and South, halfe a point to the East, and to the West: and
betwixt them there is a great bay very long: And to the Northwest 18
leagues from Cabo redondo is a riuer lying East and West: [Sidenote: Rio
de Camarones.] and it is called Rio de Camarones, or, The riuer of
shrimps. You shall know when you fall with this riuer, by seeing many
white spots vpon the water, and they are small shrimps.
[Sidenote: Cabo redondo in 45 degrees and a halfe large.] From this
riuer to Cabo redondo the coast lieth Northwest and by North, and
Southeast and by South. This cape is in 45 degrees and a halfe large.
[Sidenote: Cabo Blanco and Barancas Blancas in 47 degrees.] From this
sayd cape to Cabo Blanco and Barancas Blancas that is to say, to The
white cape and white cliffes are 32 leagues lying North and by East and
South and by West: and they stand in 47 degrees.
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