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and so shalt have sight of Santa Cruz, which standeth Santa Cruz. in seventeene degrees and a halfe. And the markes to know it be these. It is an Island not very high, and lyeth East and West, and at the East end it is lower then at the West end.

And going forward on thy course thou shalt runne Westnorthwest, and so thou shalt goe to have sight of

the Isle of San Juan de Puerto rico, which is an Island S. Juan de lying East and West, and standeth in eighteene degrees. Puerto rico. And the markes be these. That on the West end it

is lowest, and the Eastermost is the highest. And if thou fall with the middest of the Island, then thou shalt goe a long it to the West unto Cabo Roxo, which is Cape Roxo. the end of the Isle. And from thence the coast runneth [III. 605.] North to Punta Aguada. Cape Roxo hath certaine red cliffes. Thou must steere West and by South from Cape Roxo to find Mona, and so thou shalt have sight of Mona. Mona. And the marks thereof be these, it is a low land lying East and West: and on the East end it is highest, it hath a slope towards the sea, and standeth in 18. degrees, rather lesse then more. And if it be by day, then thou shalt runne West and shalt see Saona: Saona. which is an Island lying without Hispaniola, and lyeth East and West, and is full of trees; and hath certaine sandy bayes. And if it bee cleere weather thou shalt see within the land of Hispaniola certaine hie hils called las Sierras de Yguey. And being benighted upon Mona, Las Sierras de then thou shalt steere West and by South, because of Yguey. certaine shoalds that lye off Saona: but having day light and no sight of land, thou shalt loofe up Northwest and so passe by it, and as thou goest along the coast of Hispaniola, and seest the sea to be cast up into the aire, then thou shalt be about 10 leagues off the harbour of Santo Domingo, and these mountings up are called The Spoutes.

Los Bufladeros or The spoutes.

Santo

But I advise thee, that if thou bee benighted when thou fallest with Santo Domingo, then thou must keepe Domingo. the hils called Sierras de las minas viejas to the North

Damas.

west. And if thou wouldest goe into Santo Domingo, and meetest there with a forcible Northerly wind, then the best way is to runne East till it be day. And having daylight thou shalt cast about, and so thou must ply to wind-ward until the Northerly wind be done and when it is past, make all the saile thou canst to hale Calle de las with the sight of Calle de las Damas: and when thou hast sight thereof thou shalt lye with thy stemme with a sandie Bay, which lyeth on the other side: and thou must take in thy maine saile, and go so till thou bring thy selfe open with the midst of the river; and so having opened the river, thou must go with great care in the middest of the same, with all thy sailes up, except thy maine saile, and thou must have thy boat out, if it be needefull to sound or to tow thy ship, if she cast too much to the loofe, for the currents will cast here to the loofe: wherefore bee sure to have thy boat out to helpe thy steerage: and this is the way whereby thou must worke.

Punta de

Nizao.

Hocoa.

Puerto
Hermoso.

The course from Santo Domingo to go for

Nueva Espanna.

I for thou

Advise thee that if thou wilt goe from Santo Domingo for Nueva Espanna, thou shalt goe Southwest and by South, and so thou shalt have sight of Punta de Nizao, which is a low point, and is the end of the hilles called Sierras de las minas Viejas, and towards the Northwest of them thou shalt see a lowe land, and to goe into Hocoa thou shalt stirre from this poynt of Nizao Westnorthwest, and thou shalt see the point of Puerto Hermoso, and the Bay that it maketh : and thou must be sure to keepe neere the shore to find a good road, and feare not to go neere the land: for all is deepe water, and cleare ground, and let not fall thine anker til thou be past all the rivers; and beware of the land, for if thou ride much without, thy anker wil come home, because it is rocky and flatte ground. And thou must be ready, that when thine anker commeth home,

thou have thy moarings readie in thy boat to carry on shore with foure or five men, and if thou thinke good, thou mayest let them fall on land with a rope. And when thou art come to anker thou mayest send on shore to moare, so shalt thou be best moared.

The course from Hocoa to Nueva Espanna.

Oing from Hocoa to Nueva Espanna thou shalt
stirre Southwest: and this way thou shalt find the

Isles Beata, and Alto velo: Beata hath these marks: Beata, and the It is a low land with the sea, and full of trees: and marks therof. on the East side an high land or cliffe; and Alto velo Alto velo, and hath these markes. A blacke round land, and the Easter- the marks most part thereof is highest, and it hath a downefall. thereof. When thou art North and South with *

then

thou shalt go West, untill thou be so farre shot as
the Frailes: and from thence goe West and by North, Frailes.
and keeping this course thou shalt have sight of Cape
Tiburon. And if by keeping this course thou have
sight of a little Island, thou mayest make account it

is the Isle of Baque: and it is hard to the land, and The Isle of
from thence thou shalt go West, keeping thy selfe Baque.
out untill thou double a poynt that maketh as it were
a great Bay, and then thou must go West and by North,
till thou come to Cape Tiburon, that hath a round blacke Cape de
land, and in some part thereof certaine white cliffes.

Tiburon.

I advise thee that when thou art against Cape de Tiburon, thou stirre Northwest, and so thou shalt have sight of Cuba, which lyeth East and West: and thou Cuba. shalt see certaine hilles which are called Sierras del Cobre, and in the highest of them is the harbour of S. Iago de S. Lago de Cuba: and finding thy selfe so, thou mayest runne West Cuba. unto Cape de Cruz. And before thou seest Cape de Cruz thou shalt see the hils called Sierras de Tarquino, Sierras de and from these hils to Cape de Cruz the land waxeth Tarquino. [III. 606.] lower and lower, and it is lowest of all at the Cape it selfe. And if thou chance to have the water troubled, as though thy ship did raise up the sand from the

The nine fathoms.

Cape de Cruz in 19. deg.

and better.

ground, be not afraid: for this place is called The nine fathoms for thou shalt find no lesse water upon it, and it is the shallowest water that thou shalt have.

Thou must marke that Cape de Cruz maketh an ende of the coast that commeth from the East to the West, and beginneth the course that goeth North and South, and standeth in 19. degrees, rather more then lesse.

From Cape de Cruz thou must stirre Westnorthwest : and this way thou shalt have sight of the Isle de Pinos, and if thou have faire weather, then thou must goe Northwest, and by West, because of the currents that will set thee out to sea. And keeping this course thou shalt have sight of an high high land. I tell thee it is the Los Jardines. marke of the Isles called los Jardines, and is commonly called the land of Zagueio: and then thou shalt goe West and by South: and if it bee by night, then goe Westsouthwest untill thou have brought thy selfe out from The Jardines. And being by day thou shalt keepe off the land, and shalt goe Westnorthwest, and so thou shalt see the Isle de Pinos.

The Isle de
Pinos.

Cape de Corrientes. Cape de Sant Anton in 22. degrees.

The markes to know the Cape de Santo Antonio.

THE

He headland called Capo de Santo Antonio is a lowe land, and full of trees, and upon the Cape it selfe it hath two or three thicke woods, and the coast lyeth Northwest and Southeast. And thou must also take good heed that thou have sight on the same coast of a white sandie Bay; and it is on the same coast that lyeth Northwest and Southeast. And these be the markes from Punta de las Arenas, or The poynt of the sands, to the Cape of Saint Anthonie, and from the Cape de Corrientes to Punta de las Arenas thou shalt have a great Bay, being so long, that if thou be not very neere the shore thou canst not see land, it is so low. And if thou see not the land well, it will shew to be a tuft of trees. And the Cape of S. Anthony standeth in 22. degrees.

A ruttier that a man must keepe from Dominica to Martinino, and so to Tierra firma.

Advise thee that going from Martinino or Dominica,

that

South and by West, because of the great currents that goe here, and set Northwest. And by this course thou shalt find the Testigos, which be 4 or 5 Islands: and The Testigos. if thou wilt not goe so much to windward, then thou shalt see Frailes, which bee three small Islands. And Frailes. if thou wilt goe into the harbour of Manpater, it is presently in doubling of the point on the East side to the Southward. And being minded to go for puerto de Puerto de Juan Griego. Juan Griego, which lieth on the Northside, then go neere the land, and along the coast of the West, and presently thou shalt have sight of puerto de Juan Griego; it standeth in 11. degrees.

Aruba.

I advise thee that going from Matalino, which standeth in 13. degrees, if thou wouldest goe to Cartagena, thou shalt goe West and by South, and by this way thou shalt have sight of the Isles of Curazao and Aruba, Curazao. which stand in 12. degrees: from these Islands thou shalt go West; and when thou art North and South with Monjes, thou shalt see them to be three little Monjes three white Ilands, and they are white because of the multitude litle Islands. of birds that are there: they stand in a triangle. From thence thou shalt goe West, if it be by day, and so shalt have sight of Coquebacoa that standeth in 12. Coquebacoa. degrees. And being by night, then goe Northwest and by day thou shalt cast to goe for the land againe Westsouthwest. Coquebacoa hath a certaine poynt not very high, and within this poynt thou shalt see in the inland certain hilles which bee called las Sierras de Avite.

Going from this poynt of Coquebacoa thou shalt run West, and shalt run along the coast, and shalt go to have the sight of Baya honda and Portete, which is a low Baia honda. land even with the sea.

Portete.

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