(Part II Continued)
Virginia richly valued, by the description of the maine land of
Florida, her next neighbour: out of the foure yeeres continuall
trauell and discouerie, for aboue one thousand miles east and
west, of Don Ferdinando de Soto and sixe hundred able men in
his companie.--(_Continued._) 5
An extract of a letter of captaine Francis Vasques de Coronado,
written to a Secretary of the right noble Don Antonio de
Mendoça, viceroy of Nueua Espanna. Dated in Culiacan, the 8. of
March 1539. 60
A Letter written by the most honourable Lord Don Antonio de
Mendoça, Vice-roy of Nueua Espanna, to the Emperours Maiestie. 63
A relation of the reuerend father Frier Marco de Niça, touching
his discouery of the kingdome of Ceuola or Cibola, situate
about 30. degrees of latitude, to the North of Nueua Espanna. 67
El viaie qve hizo Antonio de Espeio en el anno de ochenta y tres:
el qual con sus companneros descubrieron vna tierra en que
hallaron quinze prouincias todas llenas de pueblos, y de casas de
quatro y cinco altos, a quien pusieron por nombre el Nueuo
Mexico, por parecerse en muchas cosas al viejo. Esta à la parte
del norte, y se cree que por ella, y por poblado, se puede venir
hasta llegar a la tierra que llaman del labrador. 84
A briefe relation of two notable voyages, the first made by frier
Augustin Ruyz a Franciscan, in the yeere 1581: the second by
Antonio de Espejo in the yere 1583: who together with his
company discouered a land wherein they found fifteene prouinces
all full of townes, conteining houses of foure and fiue stories
high, which they named New Mexico; for that in many respects it
resembleth the prouince of olde Mexico. This land is situate to
the North of Nueua Espanna, and stretcheth from 24 to 34
degrees and better: by the which and by other inhabited lands
it is thought that men may trauell euen to Terra de Labrador.
Taken out of the history of China written by Frier Iuan
Gonzales de Mendoça, and printed in Madrid 1586. 100
A letter of Bartholomew Cano from Mexico the 30. of May 1590. to
Francis Hernandes of Siuil, concerning the speedy building of
two strong Forts in S. Iohn de Vllua, and in Vera Cruz, as also
touching a notable new and rich discouery of Cibola or New
Mexico 400. leagues Northwest of Mexico. 115
The relation of Francis Vasquez de Coronado, Captaine general of
the people which were sent in the name of the Emperours
maiestie to the Countrey of Cibola newly discouered, which he
sent to Don Antonio de Mendoça Viceroy of Mexico, of such
things as happened in his voyage from 22. of Aprill in the
yeere 1540. which departed from Culiacan forward, and of such
things as hee found in the Countrey which he passed. 117
The foresayd Francis Lopez de Gomara in his generall historie of
the West Indies, Chap. 215. writeth in maner following of
certaine great and strange beasts neuer seene nor heard of in
our knowen world of Asia, Europe, and Africa: which somewhat
resembling our oxen, hauing high bunches on their backes like
those on the backes of Camels, are therefore called by him
Vacas corcobados, that is to say, Crooke-backed oxen, being
very deformed and terrible in shewe, and fierce by nature:
which notwithstanding for foode, apparell, and other necessarie
vses, are most seruiceable and beneficiall to the inhabitants
of those countreys. He reporteth also in the same chapter of
certaine strange sheepe as bigge as horses, and of dogs which
vse to carie burthens of 50. pound weight vpon their backes. 136
The voyage of Robert Tomson Marchant, into Noua Hispania in the
yeere 1555. with diuers obseruations concerning the state of
the Countrey: And certaine accidents touching himselfe. 138
A voyage made by M. Roger Bodenham to S. Iohn de Vllua in the bay
of Mexico, in the yeere 1564. 155
A notable discourse of M. Iohn Chilton, touching the people,
maners, mines, cities, riches, forces, and other memorable
things of New Spaine, and other prouinces in the West Indies,
seene and noted by himselfe in the time of his trauels,
continued in those parts, the space of seuenteene or eighteene
yeeres. 156
A relation of the commodities of Noua Hispania, and the maners of
the inhabitants, written by Henry Hawkes merchant, which liued
fiue yeeres in the sayd countrey, and drew the same at the
request of M. Richard Hakluyt Esquire of Eton in the county of
Hereford, 1572. 170
A discourse written by one Miles Philips Englishman, one of the
company put on shoare Northward of Panuco, in the West Indies,
by M. Iohn Hawkins 1568. conteining many special things of that
countrey and of the Spanish gouernment, but specially of their
cruelties vsed to our Englishmen and amongst the rest to
himselfe for the space of 15 or 16 yeres together, vntil by
good and happy means he was deliuered from their bloody hands,
and returned into his owne Countrey. An. 1582. 187
The trauailes of Iob Hortop, which Sir Iohn Hawkins set on land
within the bay of Mexico, after his departure from the Hauen of
S. Iohn de Vllua in Nueua Espanna, the 8. of October 1568. 226
A relation of the Hauen of Tecuanapa, a most conuenient place for
building of ships, situate vpon the South sea not farre from
Nicaragua, which was sent vnto the viceroy of Mexico or to the
king of Spaine: wherein are described the riuers of Ometepec,
Tlacamama, and Tlacolula falling into the said Hauen, with the
townes, people, and mountaines adioyning to the said riuers,
and other things fit for the building and victualling of ships.
244
A briefe relation of two sundry voyages made by the worshipful M.
William Haukins of Plimmouth, father to Sir Iohn Haukins
knight, late Treasurer of her Majesties Nauie, in the yeere
1530 and 1532. 250
An ancient voyage of M. Robert Reniger and M. Thomas Borey to
Brasil in the yeere of our Lord 1540. 251