Now followeth how to worke, if a man come betwixt the Alacranes and the maine.
Alacranes or Scorpions.
The triangle. Surta or Zarza.
If thou goe from the Cape de Santo Antonio and wouldest
goe for Nueua Espanna within the Alacranes, thou
must stirre West and by South, and by this way thou
shalt bring thy selfe in 20. fathoms and if thou keep
this course findest less water, then go West and by North, and
that way thou shalt bring thy selfe into 20. fathomes againe, vntill
thou haue brought thy selfe North and by South with
the triangle. And being North and South with the triangle,
then thou shalt be also North and South with
Surta: from thence thou shalt goe Southwest: and by this course
thou shalt haue sight of the high hils of S. Martin, which are
certaine high hils lying Northwest and Southeast, and they haue
a partition in the midst, and to the Northwest they be highest:
and on the Southeast, part within the land, thou shalt see something
on high land, called Pan de Minsapa, that is, the lofae
of Minsapa, which is a round loafe not very high.
The hils of S. Martin stand in 18. degrees lesse one fift part.
I aduise thee, that when thou fallest with Saint Martin, and wouldest go with Saint Iohn de Vllua, then thou shalt goe Westnorthwest: and this is the course that thou must keepe, if thou bee farre off at sea, I meane so farre off as thou mayest well descrie the hils of S. Martin.
Rio de Medelin. But if thou be neere to the land, then thou must goe Northwest and by West, and thou shalt so come along the coast, and thou shalt find the coast to bee low land: and comming this course thou shalt haue sight of certaine little hilles not very high: then thou shalt fall with the poynt called Punta de Antoni Serro: and these hilles lye ouer the riuer of Medelin. And if when thou art East and West, with the Volcan or hill that casteth out fire, any man doe aske thee, where the harbour of Sant Iuan de Vllua is, thou mayest truely answere, West and by South, and it standeth in 18. degrees and a halfe.
