[16] Isla Majé?
[17] Now the Pearl Islands, in the gulf of Panama, southeast of the city.
[18] Perico, Naos, and Flamenco, three little islands lying in front of Panama.
[19] Sp. for soldiers.
[20] Don Jacinto de Barahona, high admiral of the South Sea.
[21] Don Francisco de Peralta. The escape of his vessel from Morgan's men in 1671, bearing the chief treasures, is recounted in Exquemelin, pt. III., ch. VI. He was put ashore, later, at Coquimbo.
[22] I.e., flag-ship. It was probably the same ship, La Santissima Trinidad, of 400 tons, in which Peralta had made his escape nine years before.
[23] Capt. John Coxon.
[24] Error for April 26, 1688.
[25] Lima. The 50,000 pieces of eight (dollars, pieces of eight reals) mentioned below were a consignment for expenses, sent to the governor of Panama by the viceroy of Peru, Archbishop Don Melchor de Liñan. So we learn from an account of this whole raid along the South American coast, given by him in an official report, printed in Memorial de los Vireyes del Perú (Lima, 1859), I. 328-335.