THE
CONTENTS
of the several
CHAPTERS and SECTIONS.

The first Book.
America unknown to the AncientsFol. [1]
Of the Original of the Americans, whence they came, when, how, and from what People Planted[11]
First Discoverers of America, with Christopher Colonus his Expedition[43]
Pedro Alphonso Nigno his Voyage[56]
The Voyage of Vincent Agnes Pinzon[58]
The Expedition of Americus Vesputius[60]
The Expedition of Alphonso Fogeda, Diego Nicuesa, Ancisus, and Roderick Colmenares[65]
Peter Arias his Expedition, and the remarkable Passages of Vascus Nunnez[69]
The Expedition of Francisco Fernandez, Lupo Caizedo, Christophero Morantes, Bernardo Igniguez, and Juan Grisalva[76]
The Expedition of Ferdinand Magaglian, commonly call’d Magellan[79]
Ferdinando Cortez his Voyage[81]
Diego Gottierez his Expedition[92]
The Expedition of Pedro Alvarado, Francisco and Gonzalvo Pizarro, and Diego de Almagro[95]
The Expeditions of John Stade and Nicholas Durando Villegagnon[103]
The Expedition of John Ribald, Renatus Laudonier, and Gurgie[105]
Four English Expeditions, under the Command of our famous Sea-Captains, Martin Forbisher, Sir Francis Drake, Thomas Candish, and John Smith[108]
A Netherland Expedition, by Jaques Mahu and Simon de Cordes[110]
The Expedition of Oliver van Noord[113]
The Expedition of George van Spilbergen[115]
The Expedition of Corneliszoon Schouten and Jacob Le Maire[117]
The Voyage of the Nassavian Fleet, under the Command of Jaques le Heremite and Hugo Schapenham[120]
Henry Brewer his Voyage[122]
The Second Book.
Of the Bounds of America, and of the Division of the Mexican, or Northern part thereofFol. [125]
Estotiland[126]
Terra Laboratoris[128]
Canada, or New France[129]
Accadia, or Nova Scotia[133]
Norumbegua[138]
New England[139]
New Netherland, now call’d New York[168]
A new Description of Mary-Land[183]
Virginia[192]
The Relation of Captain Smith’s being taken Prisoner by Powhatan, and his deliverance by his Daughter Pocahonta[202]
Carolina[205]
Florida[213]
Jucatan[222]
Guatimala[224]
Vera Paz[227]
Honduras[229]
Nicaragua[232]
Costarica[235]
Veraguaibid.
Guatimala, properly so call’dibid.
The Kingdom of Mexico, or New Spain[238]
Mechoacan[261]
Tlascalla[264]
Guaxata[268]
Panuco[270]
Tabasco[273]
New Gallicia[281]
Guadalajara[284]
Xalisco[285]
Chiametlaibid.
Couliacan[286]
Cinoloa[288]
Zacatecas[289]
New Biscay[290]
New Mexico[291]
Cibola, Tontonteac, and Nova Granada[298]
Quivira[301]
Terra Nova, or New-found Land, with the Island of Assumption[304]
The Bermudas, or Summer-Islands[311]
Hispaniola[314]
Porto Rico, and Monico[327]
Cuba[331]
Jamaica[337]
The Islands call’d The Lucaies[344]
The Caribbee-Islands[345]
Anegada and Sombrero[362]
Las Virgines[363]
Anguillaibid.
Saba[364]
St. Cruxibid.
St. Martin[365]
St. Bartholomew[367]
Barboude[368]
Rotondaibid.
Nevisibid.
Eustathius[369]
Antego[370]
Montserratibid.
Guadalupe[371]
Deseado[372]
Marigalanteibid.
Todos Sanctos[373]
De Avesibid.
Dominico[375]
Martinico[376]
St. Lucia[377]
Barbadosibid.
St. Vincent[380]
Bekia[381]
Granadaibid.
Tabago[382]
St. Christophers[383]
The Islands Sotavento, and the Isle Trinidado[387]
Cubagua[388]
California[389]
The Third Book.
A Description of Peruana or, Southern AmericaFol. [393]
Castella Aurea, otherwise call’d Terra Firma[394]
Panama[395]
Darien[399]
New Andaluzia[400]
St. Martha[403]
Rio de la Hacha[405]
New Granada[406]
Granada[408]
Popayana[409]
Peru[412]
Quito[441]
Los Quixos[446]
Lima[450]
Cusco[456]
Los Charcas[462]
Collao[466]
Chile[471]
Chile, properly so call’d[472]
Magellanica[473]
Paraguay, or Rio de la Plata[475]
Rio de la Plata, properly so call’d[476]
Tucumanibid.
La Crux de Sierra[477]
Brasileibid.
St. Vincent[495]
Rio de Janeiro[496]
De Spirito Santo[497]
Porto Seguro[498]
Los Isleos[501]
Bahia de Todos los Sanctos[502]
Pernambuco[505]
Parayba[508]
Maragnan[511]
The Lordships Tamarica, Rio Grande, Siara, and Para[517]
A Relation of the Proceedings of the Netherland West-India Company in Brasile, to the Year 1658[518]
The Journey of Rodulphus Baron, with the Description of the Customs and Manners of the Tapuyans[595]
Grave Maurice his Account of Brasile, so far as it concern’d the West-India Company[600]
The Councellor Dussen’s Relation of so much of Brasile as concern’d the West-India Company[601]
A Description of the Palace Freyburgh, two Bridges, and a Banquetting-house, all built by Grave Maurice[605]
Guiana[607]
A Relation of the Journey of Francisco Orellanaibid.
Paria, or New Andalusia[620]
Cumana[621]
Venezuela[624]
The Islands Margareta, Cubagua, and Coche[627]
Of the Islands of Southern America[628]
In the Appendix.
Rio de la PlataFol. [631]
Chili[634]
A View of the Chilesian Language[635]
Magellanica[649]
The Unknown South-Land[653]
Terra Borealis, or The Arctick Region[661]
Several Attempts for the discovery of the North-West Passage[672]
A brief View of what Places are possess’d at this day in the West-Indies, by the English, Spaniards, French, Portuguese, and Dutch[674]

AN
ACCURATE DESCRIPTION
OF
AMERICA.

CHAP. I.
America, unknown to the Antients.

Description of the Ocean.