An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to the Streighu of Magellan;. 7 9 The befi: Land-fall in my Opinion, is to makc: e!'ace of Cape Deffeaáa for to come out of the uth-Sea to go into the Streight of MagtUa11 ; :·V lie in Eaft andWdlat the firíl:, till you come brcft of Capt PiUar; then the Courfe is South- 11 and by .Eaíl: neareíl:. Be careful to keep thc uth-Jhore in fo.ir view ; for the North-Jhore is en Iílands and Sounds, tbat a Man may mi– ' e the right Cbannel or Streight, .and ftcer up o one of them, as he comes out from thc South, if he lofe íight of thc South- fhore. Here líe four f mall Iflands at the North p:irt of mouth of the Streight, in the South-Sea; they pretty near together : the Eaftermoft fiands Ir by it íelf, and is round cop!ing upof a faír íghtlike an Hay-cock, or Sugar·loaf: the other are flattiíh; they lie from Cape PiUar North– nh-weíl:. by the true Compafs of 6 Leagues off; y are diftant from ~ ape Yillory , near four gues South•weíl:; I call'd thcm The Jf/a11ds of · tllion: they are good wiíhing to fall with the th of the Streight. tlO'Vem!Jer ~ 6. The Land makes in Iílands, ly.; near the main Land~ is high and large Bilis land, which firctch North and ·south, fome w lying in the tops of. the hígheíl: HilJ. 'Ac t of the Clock 1 made the Ifland of Nueftra ade/Socoro; in theSp.:111ifo Tongue it is cal– Tht Jfla,u! of our Lady of Sucore; I fieeed with North·caíl: and by Eaft; it made rounding up 1he !aftermoíl: end , and lower in the middle at either end: it maketh with a ridge run– from one entl to tho other, and Trees grow- . iu¡