'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎397] (420/448)

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with which, after threefcore dayes fail, (in that~thne havino- nn fmall ^ " T
ZmTsImSd^d Columbus McntA Land, an Ifland by X neW
named. Saint Salvador^ a part of Mexico, and Southward to the nbrp j f
™ er ^' an ^edvadifc6very no lefs joyingWm than i^thweby^ey had gotthe^mpir^of
the Wor d: a prizefo worthy, that from the year 1492 to this thl have bmnrtf
home no lefs gold and lilver than all Europe enjoy'd formerly. Columbus died ^Ann i <06
m his fourth return out of the Indies. ^ J ^ u v s uiea 1 S o6 '
Anm Dom. 1497. Amencus reflmjius a Spania before his Voyage into the Orient alfn
adventures South ^ where with fmall toil he found more Land^ut part of what was for
merly difcovered. Neverthelefs, as if Colon had done but little, he arrogates to himfelf
ther Pok"" AM IR frA ^ ^ Ca!li n 5 th ; Whole ? 0ntinent wh ' ch ^chl atooft to f
ther Pole, AMERICA, injunouily, feeing others preceeded him in the difcoverv
MagelUn after that fails more Southerly than Veftufms in the year 15 ip thorow that Vn
mm, which with better reafon is called Ma And that. many ochers have
given their Names unto Ports, Hills, Rivers, Rocks, &c. only fleeps in oblivfon
Howbeit, fuch as value Madoc s memory will not eafily pretermit thofe living Monu
ments without fome due acknowledgement: But I return. Monn-
The beginning of December we had fight of the 'or Iflands: which the
Kamefeems to infer were firll found out by tht Dutch, for according to Tradifion 3
Merchant of Surges b 0 "nd for Lisbon in the year 1449. was by ftrefs of weather driven
fo far Weft as unexpeftedly twixt the latitude of 38 and 40 deg.he defcried feveral fmall
f/ 0 " e in an0 ' :her ' but at that time without Ihew of humane Inhabitants;
r he called Flemifli Iflands. Howbeit, coming foOn'after alhore in Anddu-iauAtz
poi t ing his adventure, the i>ort«^/x by his Compafs eafily found the way,and quicklv plan-
ted them with Men and what elle was ncceffary: at which tmic they gave them he Names
oft Samt George, Saint Michael, Saint Mary, F Tyco, and the cornprehM
ded at firft under the Name Terceras, but afterwards the Azores-, fo called from the
many Aynes of Hawks they found there: albeit rather fuppofes the S de
rived from the Spamjh word Eforer which fignifies to dry or wither: for the dd Name
given it by Geographers (if rightly apprehended and granted to be that which TW
fhraftus mentions m his Book of Rarities) was Vxiana and ■, but the new D=
nominations impofed by the Lufitaman arenot improper: for fo called for that
it refembles three Ides, meaning the principal: F^//hasits Name from theBeech-treeq
with which it then abounded; Pyco from the Pyramidal fhape it bears; flora for that
it was over-fpread with flowers the reft from Saints to whofe Patronage the Captain
thoughtfitto recommend them. Ofthefe,7W* is greateft if not thefruitfullelh for
it abounds with Wine and Oyl Corn and Fruit, Oade,&c. A^ra is her belt Town and
Brazeel the ftrongeft Fort, which alfo commands the Haven i the belt that Ifland has,
though not very good to anchor in.