. 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. all have 38 fadoms blacke sand, and all alongyou shall have deepe water, not lesse then 18 or 20fadoms in the faire way. Soundings on the coast of Chili in the South sea. ITem, In the latitude of 36 degrees you shall have soundings in 12 fadoms, 2 miles from the land,browne sand. Item, In the latitude of 35 degrees, you shall have soundings one league off from the land in 10 f


. 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. all have 38 fadoms blacke sand, and all alongyou shall have deepe water, not lesse then 18 or 20fadoms in the faire way. Soundings on the coast of Chili in the South sea. ITem, In the latitude of 36 degrees you shall have soundings in 12 fadoms, 2 miles from the land,browne sand. Item, In the latitude of 35 degrees, you shall have soundings one league off from the land in 10 fadomswhite sand. Soundings on the coast of New Spaine in theSouth sea. ITem, In the latitude of 14 degrees to the North ofthe line, you shall have soundings 4 leagues fromthe land in 30 fadoms, browne sand. Item, From the latitude of 14 degrees unto the latitudeof 15 degrees, you shall have faire shoalding 3 leaguesfrom the land. Soundings on the coast of Africa unto theEastward of the cape of Buena Esperanza40 leagues. ITem, To the Eastwards of the cape of Buena Esperanza40 leagues, in the latitude of 34 degrees and 10minuts, 8 leagues from the land, you shall have 6^fadome, and browne sand. [A note355 THE ENGLISH VOYAGES A note of the lying of the land unto theSouthward of Port Desire. N prim is, Scales bay standeth unto theSouthwards of Port Desire 12 leaguesSouthsouthwest. Furthermore, unto theSouthwards of Seales bay 3 leagues, youshall have very low land. Also moreunto the Southwards of Seales bay 7^ leagues, in the heighth of 48 degrees40 minuts, you shall see a rocke 5 leagues off the shore,the land lying Southwest and by South. Item, In the latitude of 49 degrees |-, you shall seea small flat Hand, about a league and an halfe off theshore, the land lying Southwest and by South. Further-more, from the latitude of 49 degrees ^ unto thelatitude of 50 degrees, the land lieth South and byWest, and is high land. Item, From the latitude of 50 degrees unto thelatitu


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