[66] Ringrose identifies this bay and river with the bay and river of Loa, on the Chilean coast, the bay in 21° 28´ S. lat. That Drake landed there, in his voyage around the world, in January, 1579, we know from the narrative of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (Mrs. Nuttall's New Light on Drake, p. 80), but the story of the chapel is of course legendary.
[67] Water-barrels, Middle Dutch bommekijn, a little barrel.
[68] Truxillo, in Peru. The islands may have been the Lobos.
[69] Monte Christi, in Ecuador. The secession occurred on April 17, 1681. Dampier and Wafer were in the seceding party, which made its way to the isthmus of Darien and so across to the Caribbean and home, or to Virginia.
[70] Isla de Caños, in Coronada Bay, off the coast of Costa Rica, and some 300 miles west of Panama.
[71] Golfo Dulce, where the coast of Costa Rica begins.
[72] The gulf of Nicoy lies near the western end of the Costa Rican coast. The island was Chira.
[73] It does not appear that there was in Costa Rica at that time any town of such name or size.
[74] Under this strange name is disguised Jacobus Marques, a Dutchman skilled in many languages. The Voyages and Adventures of Capt. Barth. Sharp, p. 80, says that he "left behind him 2200 ps. 8/8 [pieces of eight, dollars] besides Jewels and Goods". "Copas" is for Jacobus.
[75] Barcalongas. See [document 44], [note 25].