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The Iflands on the Coaft of India; 115 a high Land, and full of fmall Hills, which are cover" d one of the Phillipincs, and repiefented by Gimelli as a fa- with Trees. The Soil feems to be a good fat Mould, mous Place, yielding Pearls and Amber in its Seas, and and may produce Corn and Fruits, but has been very Plenty of Rice, Fruits, Pepper, Cattle, and Elephants on little vifited. its Land; The Air is wholefome, and refreihed with frequent Rains. XOLLO, a fmall Iiland on the South Weft of Minda- bouring Minds refort hither. nao, in the Midway between it and Borneo, is reckon'd Mart. The Ships from Borneo and the neigh- and make it a kind of T HE LA DRONES IS LAND S. THESE Iflands were firft difcover'd and taken poffeffion of in the Name of King Philip II. A.D. 1565. They called them at firft Has das Velas, afterwards de las Ladrones, becaufe when they touched at them in their Voyages from Mexico to the Phillipincs, the Inhabitants ufed to fteal their Goods, and then run up into the Mountains ; fo they called them the Iflands of Thieves. Of late, the Ifland Guam, having obtained the Name of Maria, thefe Iflands are thence denominated the Marian Iflands. They are many in Number, lying North and South at various Diftances, from 13 to 28 Deg. North Lat. The Spaniards having taken Poffeffion of as many as they thought convenient, and built Forts on them, where a Governor and Garrifon re- fide. Altho' the Soil of thefe Iflands be in general pretty good, and produces Neceffaries for Life, yet they afford ft> little Commodity for Profit, that the Government cofts the King of Spain 34000 Pieces of Eight, as Gimelli tells us. But they lying in the Road of the Aauapulca Ships, the Poffeffion of them by an Enemy would be as inconvenient, as the Liberty of touching there for Refreihments is convenient to that Trade. They lie 700 Leagues Eaft from the Coaft of Luzonia, and 7302 Miles Weft from the Coaft of America, as by Dampeir's Obfervations is made appear. Guahon or Guam, as Dampeir calls it, which I fuppofe to be the fame which Gimelli names Ifuana, is the Principal of them, as being that where the Aauapulca Ships touch ; it lies in Lat. 13. 21. twelve Leagues long, and four broad, lying from North to South. The Soil is in differently fruitful; yielding Rïcè- Pine-apples, Melons, Oranges, Lilies; Coco's, and a particular Sort of Fruit which Dampeir calls the Bread-Fruit ; this is a Kind of very large Apple, which being baked, eats like Bread, and is very good Food : This Fruit lairs eight Months in the Year, and fupplies the Natives with Food ; for tho' fome Rice be produced, the Soil is too dry to yield very much. The Natives are ftrong Body'd, large Lirab'd, and well Shap'd : They have no mariner of Religion in them, fays Gimelli, from the Reports of the Miffionaries ; and were very rude to thofe Fathers, whereof ten have fuffered Martyrdom in thefe Iflands. The wet Seafon, which begins at June, and lafts to OSober, is not fo violent here as elfewhere in the Indies. Upon Guam the Spaniards have a Fort, and a Garrifon, fuppofed to be 80 or 90 Men ; but Dampeir fays, the Fort had but 6 Guns, a Governor, and 2° or 3° Men, when he was there. The other of thefe Iflands of moft Note are, Sarpanta in Lat. 14. Buen vifta in Lat. 15. Saefpara in Lat. t'y. 40. Anatan in Lat. 17.20. Sarigan in Lat. 17. 25. Guagam inLat. 18. Alamaguan in Lat. 18. 18. Pagan inLat.1'8.4. The Burning Mountain of Qriga in Lat. 19, 33. Tina and Manga in Lat. 20. 45. Urrac in Lat» 20.55. Three othes burning Mountains. Ijle dePatas in Lat. 25. 30. LeDifc cmoc'ida in Lat 25. "jo. Malahr'igo in Lat. 27.40, &ci This I take from Gimelli, who failed by them in his Voyage to New Spain. And here we finifti out Account of the Iflands in the Indian Sea ; as looking upon the Japonefe not to belong to this Oafs. Part II, P i d H I N AS
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Full text | The Iflands on the Coaft of India; 115 a high Land, and full of fmall Hills, which are cover" d one of the Phillipincs, and repiefented by Gimelli as a fa- with Trees. The Soil feems to be a good fat Mould, mous Place, yielding Pearls and Amber in its Seas, and and may produce Corn and Fruits, but has been very Plenty of Rice, Fruits, Pepper, Cattle, and Elephants on little vifited. its Land; The Air is wholefome, and refreihed with frequent Rains. XOLLO, a fmall Iiland on the South Weft of Minda- bouring Minds refort hither. nao, in the Midway between it and Borneo, is reckon'd Mart. The Ships from Borneo and the neigh- and make it a kind of T HE LA DRONES IS LAND S. THESE Iflands were firft difcover'd and taken poffeffion of in the Name of King Philip II. A.D. 1565. They called them at firft Has das Velas, afterwards de las Ladrones, becaufe when they touched at them in their Voyages from Mexico to the Phillipincs, the Inhabitants ufed to fteal their Goods, and then run up into the Mountains ; fo they called them the Iflands of Thieves. Of late, the Ifland Guam, having obtained the Name of Maria, thefe Iflands are thence denominated the Marian Iflands. They are many in Number, lying North and South at various Diftances, from 13 to 28 Deg. North Lat. The Spaniards having taken Poffeffion of as many as they thought convenient, and built Forts on them, where a Governor and Garrifon re- fide. Altho' the Soil of thefe Iflands be in general pretty good, and produces Neceffaries for Life, yet they afford ft> little Commodity for Profit, that the Government cofts the King of Spain 34000 Pieces of Eight, as Gimelli tells us. But they lying in the Road of the Aauapulca Ships, the Poffeffion of them by an Enemy would be as inconvenient, as the Liberty of touching there for Refreihments is convenient to that Trade. They lie 700 Leagues Eaft from the Coaft of Luzonia, and 7302 Miles Weft from the Coaft of America, as by Dampeir's Obfervations is made appear. Guahon or Guam, as Dampeir calls it, which I fuppofe to be the fame which Gimelli names Ifuana, is the Principal of them, as being that where the Aauapulca Ships touch ; it lies in Lat. 13. 21. twelve Leagues long, and four broad, lying from North to South. The Soil is in differently fruitful; yielding Rïcè- Pine-apples, Melons, Oranges, Lilies; Coco's, and a particular Sort of Fruit which Dampeir calls the Bread-Fruit ; this is a Kind of very large Apple, which being baked, eats like Bread, and is very good Food : This Fruit lairs eight Months in the Year, and fupplies the Natives with Food ; for tho' fome Rice be produced, the Soil is too dry to yield very much. The Natives are ftrong Body'd, large Lirab'd, and well Shap'd : They have no mariner of Religion in them, fays Gimelli, from the Reports of the Miffionaries ; and were very rude to thofe Fathers, whereof ten have fuffered Martyrdom in thefe Iflands. The wet Seafon, which begins at June, and lafts to OSober, is not fo violent here as elfewhere in the Indies. Upon Guam the Spaniards have a Fort, and a Garrifon, fuppofed to be 80 or 90 Men ; but Dampeir fays, the Fort had but 6 Guns, a Governor, and 2° or 3° Men, when he was there. The other of thefe Iflands of moft Note are, Sarpanta in Lat. 14. Buen vifta in Lat. 15. Saefpara in Lat. t'y. 40. Anatan in Lat. 17.20. Sarigan in Lat. 17. 25. Guagam inLat. 18. Alamaguan in Lat. 18. 18. Pagan inLat.1'8.4. The Burning Mountain of Qriga in Lat. 19, 33. Tina and Manga in Lat. 20. 45. Urrac in Lat» 20.55. Three othes burning Mountains. Ijle dePatas in Lat. 25. 30. LeDifc cmoc'ida in Lat 25. "jo. Malahr'igo in Lat. 27.40, &ci This I take from Gimelli, who failed by them in his Voyage to New Spain. And here we finifti out Account of the Iflands in the Indian Sea ; as looking upon the Japonefe not to belong to this Oafs. Part II, P i d H I N AS |
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