Contents

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE ELEVENTH VOLUME OF THE Principall Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

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The 3. voyage set forth by sir Walter Ralegh to Guiana with a pinnesse called The Wat, begun in the yere 1596

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Three testimonies of Josepho de Acosta concerning the mightie river of Amazones, or Orellana, and of the downefall of waters at the head thereof called El Pongo, and likewise of the Empire of Dorado or Guiana, and of the golden countrey of Paytiti

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A briefe description of the foresayd river of Amazones or Orellana, and of the countries thereabout, as also of the sea of fresh water, taken out of an ancient discourse

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The first voyage of M. William Hawkins of Plimmouth, father unto sir John Hawkins, to Brasil Anno 1530

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The second voyage of M. William Hawkins to Brasil, 1532

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The voyage of M. Robert Reniger & M. Tho. Borey to Brasil, in the yere 1540

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The voyage of one Pudsey to Baya in Brasil 1542

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A letter written to M. Richard Staper by John Whithal from Santos in Brasil, the 26. of June, 1578

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A letter of the adventurers for Brasil sent to John Whithal dwelling at Santos, by the Minion of London, dated the 24. of October 1580

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The voyage of M. Stephan Hare in the Minion of London to Brasil anno 1580

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An intercepted letter of Francis Suarez to his brother Diego Suarez dwelling in Lisbon, written from the river of Jenero in Brasil in June 1596. concerning an exceeding rich trade newly begunne betweene that place and Peru by the way of the river of Plate, with small barkes of 30. or 40. tunnes

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The prosperous voyage of Master James Lancaster to the towne of Fernambuck in Brasil, 1594

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An intercepted letter written from Feliciano Cieça de Carvalho the governour of Paraiva in the most Northren part of Brasil 1597. to Philip the second King of Spaine, concerning the conquest of Rio grande, &c

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A speciall note concerning the currents of the sea betweene the Cape of Buena Esperança, and the coast of Brasilia

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An excellent ruttier describing the course to be kept from Cabo verde to the coast of Brasil, and all along the said coast from Fernambuck to the river of Plate

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A ruttier from the river of Plate to the Streights of Magellan

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A Voyage of two Englishmen to the river of Plate in the company of Sebastian Cabota, 1527

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The voyage of M. John Drake after his departure from M. Fenton, up the river of Plate 1582

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A Ruttier which declareth the situation of the coast of Brasil from the yle of Santa Catelina unto the mouth of the river of Plate, and all along up within the said river, and what armes & mouths it hath to enter into it, as farre as it is navigable with small barkes

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The famous voyage of sir Francis Drake into the South sea, and therehence about the globe of the whole earth, begunne Anno 1577

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The names of the kings of Java, at the time of sir Francis Drakes being there

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Certaine words of the naturall language of Java, with the interpretation thereof

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The voyage of Nunno de Silva a Portugal Pilot taken by sir Francis Drake at the yles of Cabo Verde, and caried along with him as farre as the haven of Guatulco upon the coast of New Spaine: with his confession made to the Viceroy of Mexico of all matters that befell, during the time that he accompanied sir Francis Drake

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A letter written in the South sea by sir Francis Drake unto his consort M. John Winter

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The voyage of M. John Winter into the South sea by the Streight of Magellan in consort with sir Francis Drake, begun in the yeere 1577. he being the first Christian that ever repassed the said Streight

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Instructions given by the R. H. the lords of the councell, to M. Edward Fenton esquire, for the order to be observed in the voyage recommended unto him for the East Indies and Cathay, April 9, 1582

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