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Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation

deth in 13. degrees, if thou wouldest goe to Cartagena , thou shalt goe West and by South, and by thh it. If thou goe from Cape del Aguja for Cartagena , if it bee by day, thou shalt goe West and bom the poynt de la Canoa untill thou come to Cartagena , because in many places there are not above e Gallie, which is right over the harbour of Cartagena . And if it chance that any man come for te sights, then make account thou art against Cartagena , and to goe in thou hast nothing to be afraires, and it is an high land. Comming from Cartagena to goe for Nombre de Dios in the time of thentaines of Santa Cruz. If thou come from Cartagena to go to Nombre de Dios in the time of the ssas or Northerne winds, and wouldest goe for Cartagena , thou shalt come out in the morning, and sha shalt have sight of the gallie that is over Cartagena , and it is like a gallie towed. I advisend the Islands of Saint Barnardo to goe into Cartagena , thou mayest goe safely. And if any man aske[3 more...]

y from Morro hermoso, thou must goe West, and must take heede, as I sayde before, of the Isle de Arenas, which lyeth North and South of Samba. Samba hath for a marke as it were a gallie towed. And going this way by day, thou shalt see El buio del Gato , which is an high land with certaine white cliffes to the seaward: and also more to the West thou shalt see the poynt called Punta de la Canoa, which is a low land even with the water: and there endeth the coast which lyeth East and West. And theroad until midnight: and from midnight forward thou shalt lye so into the land without sayle: and if in the breake of day thou see no land, then goe Southwest, and if this way thou have sight of certaine white cliffes, make account it is Buio del Gato . Take this for a warning, if thy ship bee great come not nigh the land in the Bay: I meane thou mayest not with a great ship come nigh the land from the poynt de la Canoa untill thou come to Cartagena , because in many places there are not above

Islands lying low, and are all full of trees: and then presently thou shalt have sight of the gallie that is over Cartagena , and it is like a gallie towed. I advise thee, that if thou come for Cartagena in the time abovesayde, and commest from Cabeza de Cativa, if the wind will not suffer thee to lye but West, then going thus if thou seest a great high Island full of mountaines, and on the North side thereof thou see a ledge of rocks two leagues into the sea, thou mayest be sure it is Isla fuerte: but if thou see not the rocks, give them a good breadth: and if thou wilt come to anker, thou mayest ride well on the West side of them, betwixt the maine and them in fifteene fathomes; and the sounding is clay. And if thou wilt go betweene this and the Islands of Saint Barnardo to goe into Cartagena , thou mayest goe safely. And if any man aske thee how thou knowest the Islands of Baru and San Barnardo, thou mayest answere truely, that the Isles of San Barnardo are full of high hill

A ruttier that a man must keepe from Dominica to Martinino, and so to Tierra firma. I ADVISE thee that going from Martinino or Dominica , if thou wouldest goe for Margarita, that thou stirre 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 if thou wilt not goe so much to windward, then thou shalt see Frailes, which bee three small Islands. And if thou wilt goe into the harbour of Dominica , if thou wouldest goe for Margarita, that thou stirre 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 if thou wilt not goe so much to windward, then thou shalt see Frailes, which bee three small Islands. And 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 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. 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 t

in doubling of the point on the East side to the Southward. And being minded to go for puerto de 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. 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 , 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 white Ilands, and they are white because of the multitude 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. degrees. And being by night, then goe Northwest: and by day thou shalt cast to goe for the land againe Westsouthwest. Coqueb