[11] Cartagena. Forta is the present Isla Fuerte, southwestward from Cartagena along the coast of Colombia. The "Friends Islands" are the islands of San Bernardo, lying between the two.
[12] Sloops.
[13] Periaguas or pirogues, like large canoes but with a square stern.
[14] Isla de Pinos, just west of the gulf of Darien; see [note 9], above.
[15] Isla de Oro and its companions, a few miles south of Isla de Pinos.
[16] 9° 4´, more nearly.
[17] A small galley, with both sails and oars.
[18] Darien.
[19] One of the San Blas Islands, perhaps Cayo Holandés. The buccaneers were proceeding westward.
[20] Sp. ladrones, robbers.