[102] Probably the “Description de tout l’Univers en plusiers cartes, etc.” By Nicolas & Guillaume Sanson, an edition of which appeared in 1700.
[103] Pedro Texeira was the first to ascend the Amazon, in 1638. He made his way to Quito by the River Napo.
[104] Davies (William) Barber-Surgeon of London. His “Description, etc., of the River Amazon” is printed in Purchas “Pilgrimes,” 1625, vol. IV.
[105] Francisco de Orellana. For his “Voyage down the Amazons”, 1540-1, see Hakluyt Soc., vol. XXIV.
[106] Robert Harcourt. On 23 March, 1609, he and a company of adventurers sailed for Guiana. He published an account of his adventures in “A relation of a voyage to Guiana,” 1613. It is reprinted in Purchas.
[107] Robert Withrington and Christopher Lister left the Thames in June, 1586, for a voyage to the South Sea. In January, 1587, they arrived off the coast of Brazil, and among their captures was a Portugese vessel, on board of which was Lopez Vaz, the author of a “Hist. of the W. Indies and the S. Sea.” Both he and the MS. of his book fell into the hands of the English. A translation of it was published in Hakluyt’s “Voyages.”
[108] Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca; or a Compleat Collection of Voyages and Travels, by Dr. John Harris, 1705; a most interesting narrative of over 400 voyages.
[109] “The Remarkable and Strange Adventures of A. Knivet,” 1591, is printed in Purchas.
[110] Gouin de Beauchesne, a captain in the French merchant service. His celebrated voyage occupied nearly three years.
[111] His account of a “Voyage from Spain to Paraquaria” is reprinted in Churchill’s “Collection of Voyages,” vol. IV.