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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00689	A briefe description of the portes, creekes, bayes, and hauens, of the Weast India: translated out of the Castlin tongue by I.F. The originall whereof was directed to the mightie Prince Don Charles, King of Castile, &c.; Suma de geographia que trata de todas las particlas & provinces del mundo: en especial de las Indias. English	Enciso, Martin Fernández de, d. 1525.; Frampton, John, fl. 1577-1596.	1578 (1578)	STC 10823; ESTC S105589	23,212	34

A BRIEFE Description of the Portes Creekes Bayes and Hauens of the Weast India Translated out of the Castlin tongue by I. F. The Originall whereof was directed to the mightie Prince Don Charles King of Castile c. Imprinted at London by Henry Bynneman Anno. 1578. To the right worshipfull Sir Humfrey Gilbert Knight THere came to my hands of late right vvoorshipfull a notable peece of vvoorke of the Portes and of diuers rare things bothe of the Easte and VVeast Indians vvritten by Martin Fernandes Denciso aboute Anno. 1518. then Dedicated to Don Charles King of Castile and after called in aboute tvventie yeares past for that it reuealed secretes that the Spanish natiō vvas loth to haue knovven to the vvorlde And finding in the same vvorke the Longitudes and Altitudes of many Ilandes and of the Portes of the tracte of the firme lande of America I thought good to trāslate out of Spanish into English some parte of the same Calling to minde that your vvorship vvas the firste man of our nation that gaue light to our people for the finding out of the northvvest straight and that novv you meane in proper person and that at your ovvne charges to take some noble voyage and discouerie in hande to leaue behind you renovvne to your family and honour and profite to your countrie I coulde not but honour you in harte And to make some shevv of my good vvill I desired much to present some thing to you and vvas sory that I had no notable vvorke of matter of Nauigation to Dedicate vnto you meete for your so greate vvorthinesse But yet such as this is I dedicate it vnto you besechyng you most humbly to take the same in good parte and to vvay the good vvill of the giuer as very greate persons of highe honour haue done vvhen little trifels haue bene giuen them by others of lovv degree And Sir albeit this small gifte in respect of ministring any knovvledge to you your self may seeme nothing in that you doe vnderstande the tongues vvherein this and many other knovvledges of high value lie hid from our Seamen although not from you yet this may for our meere English Seamen Pilotes Marriners c. not acquaynted vvith forrayne tongues bring greate pleasure if it fortune our Mariners or any other of our Nation to be driuen by vvinde tempeste currents or by other chaunce to any of the Ilandes Portes Hauens Bayes or Forelandes mencioned in this Pamphlet and so it may also in the voyage be a meane to keepe them the more frō idlenesse the Nurce of villany and to giue them also right good occasion by vvay of example vpon any nevv Discouerie to take the Altitude and Latitude to set dovvne the tracte of the Ilandes the natures of the soyles and to note the qualitie of the ayre the seuerall benefites that the Soyles and the Riuers yeelde vvith all the discomodities and vvantes that the same places haue and if our Countrie men fortune the rather to be avvaked out of their heauy sleepe vvherein they haue long lien and the rather hereby be occasioned to shunne bestiall ignoraunce and vvith other nations rather late than neuer to make thēselues shine vvith the brightnesse of knovvledge let them giue Sir Humfrey Gilbert the thankes for vvhose sake I translated the same And thus committing your vvorship to the greate Neptune the greate God of the Christians that ruleth lande and Sea I leaue you to your voyage and to the gouernment of that mightie God vvho neuer plāted in any man so hie courage vvith so much desire to greate attempts but to some greate end as heretofore in many hath bene seene and as the sequele in your happie successes no doubt shall be founde as England and the vvhole vvorld shall out of question vvitnesse From London the xiiij of May. 1578. Your worships at commaundement Iohn Frampton A brief description of the Portes Creekes Bayes and Hauens of the Weast India FRom the Ilande called Fierro vnto the Ilande of saint Nicholas are twoo hundreth leagues the Iland of saint Nicholas lieth South Southweast and from thence to the Ilande called Fuego are .xl. leagues that Iland lieth directly South and from thence to the Cape of S. Iustin whiche standeth in the other side of the Equinoctiall line are foure hundred leagues The cape of S. Austin lieth South Southweast with the Iland called Fuego standeth in eight degrees on the other side of the Equinoctiall towardes the South and from the Cape of S. Austin vnto the gulfe riuer of S. Francis are fortie fiue leagues the coast lieth southweast the riuer of saint Francis standeth in ten degrees towardes the south this is a good porte it hath a good riuer From that riuer vnto the Bay of all Sayntes are seuentie leagues the Baye lieth Southwest by south in .xiij. degrees and there remayneth in the middest porte Roiall whiche is a good porte and hath good riuers The Bay of al Saints hath within it certain litle Ilandes and within these are twoo good riuers In the direction towardes the coast the lande lieth lowe and the people are naked eate bread of rootes It is a baren countrie From the Bay of all Saintes to the porte called Seguro are .lxxx. leagues the coast lying south by weast Porte Seguro standeth .m. xvij degrees this is a porte and a Riuer and it is a good porte From porte Seguro vnto the cape which is beyond Golfo Formoso that is to say the fayre gulfe are one hundreth and ten leagues and the coast lieth south southweast and betweene these twoo are many dry and shallowe places whiche lieth on sea borde .xx. and .xxx. leagues and passing them you shall finde neare the land barres and sholdes which haue vpō them three or foure fadome water of deapth and neare towardes the ende of the sholdes standeth the gulfe of Saint Thome whereunto adioyneth the gulfe of Barrosas And passing those shallow places there lieth cape Formoso that is to say the fayre cape in .xxij. degrees and a halfe and beyng paste the fayre cape there appeareth a gulfe betweene two landes and it seemeth to haue a league in breadth and three or foure in length and at the ende therof is the riuer called Delgado this is a good porte a good coūtrie and good people although that they be naked From this gulfe to Cape Frio that is to say the colde cape are .xvj. leagues cape Frio standeth in .xxiij. degrees and a halfe this cape hath before it an Iland adioyning and the fayre cape an other betwene these other little Ilands From the colde Cape the coast doth turne to the Northweast and by North .xxv. leagues from thence it turneth Northeast other .xx. leagues and maketh the Colde cape lyke to an Iland and betweene him and the lande there is a good gulfe with many small Ilandes in the middest and frō this gulfe vnto the gulfe of the