. The principal navigations voyages traffiques & discoveries of the English nation : made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeeres. along the sea likethe other that I have made mention of before, that is,all sandie along the sea coast. And thou must understand, that where the high landbeginneth, there is a little river called Rio das Contas,but enter not into it: it hath for a marke to be knowenby as it were a white mouth. And from thence tothe Islands thou hast nine leagues. And at the endeof this high la
. The principal navigations voyages traffiques & discoveries of the English nation : made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeeres. along the sea likethe other that I have made mention of before, that is,all sandie along the sea coast. And thou must understand, that where the high landbeginneth, there is a little river called Rio das Contas,but enter not into it: it hath for a marke to be knowenby as it were a white mouth. And from thence tothe Islands thou hast nine leagues. And at the endeof this high land to the Southward of it thou shaltfind a great bay within the land, & then thoushalt looke to the Westsouthwest, and shalt see anotherhigh land, which lieth as it were in the middest ofthe bay, and thou shalt there see certaine white houses 78 In what heighta man mustfall with thisplace in timeof the North-east A RUTTIER FOR BRAZIL which are the Ingenios or houses wherein they make The white sugar of Lucas Giraldo. From thence thou shalt see ^Jf ^°.1^ T 1,. 1 •.__ _- r.,..._ __ r)- j„ /-„„.„„ of Lucas the Isles beine so farre shotte as Rio de Contas. ^tD And thou shalt see within the land a round hill whichis like Monte de laude, and it hath another copple onthe South side. The course to sayle to Porto Seguro, that isto say, The safe haven, lying on the fore-sayd coast of Brasil, & the markes to knowthe same by. IF thou goe for Porto Seguro and goestin the time of the Southeast windes,which is from March forwards, I advisethee that thou fall not in more degreesthen sixteen and a halfe, because of thesholdes called Os baixos dos Abrolhos, To avoide Oswhich are very dangerous, and stretch b^^^<^^dosvery farre into the sea. And also going West fromthem, that thou keepe thy lead going and be oftensounding. And if thou chance to see the land, and anhigh hill and long withall, much like to The pike, itis the hill that is call
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