Mikrókosmos. A little description of the great world / By Peter Heylyn.
- Peter Heylin
- Date:
- [1629]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Mikrókosmos. A little description of the great world / By Peter Heylyn. Source: Wellcome Collection.
843/852 page 805
![Thomeym^SJfabella.J\\Q Ilanders are of aydlowifh colour, Sc goe naked.They were difcouered by Lope Garcia di Cafirot An 15 67-.and called InfiiU Solomonsy becaufe hee thought them t® be the land of Ophiryto which Solomon lent for his gold; but in that he deceiued himfelfe. 2 iNsVLit LatronVM,vfualiycalled Z^r<5wej;weredifco¬ uered by lAagelUnuswjho gaue them that name, becaufe them- habitants ftole away his cock boate. The Hands of the Vergivtan Ocean , fo called k vergendo; which lea is named alfo (..Maredel Noorte, from Noone the T)utchmanyvi\\o firft throughly canv afFedit: are i UWargarira, 2 Cubagna, 3 Trimdadoy\ the Bacalaos, 5 Boricjuen3 6 Jamaica^ 7 faba^ the Bermudayand 9 Hifpamola. 1 MARGARITA, 2 CVBAGNA, and 3 trinidado. Margar 1 ta, and Cvbagna,arefituate nigh vnto Caftel* la Aurea. They are deficient in Corne,Gra(fe, Trees, and Wa¬ ter: intbmuch that fometimes the people gladly change for a tunrie of water,a tunnc of wine. 1 he abundance of precious Hones,makerh fomeamends for thefe defeds; from whence the name of Margarita is impofed on it: in eipcciall,ityeeldeth the gemmeSjWhich the Latino Writers call Vaiones ; becaufe they alvvayes grow in couples. Nulli dtsoreperiunturindifcreti fiaith Bliny: )vnde nomen Vnionam, fcilicety Romana impofnere delicia.Not farre diftant from thefe, is the Hand of Trimdado. It was difeoueredby Columbusy\\\ his lafl voyage, A fci^py: and is well ftored with lobacco,o£the bell fafhion. 4 THE BACALAOS. The Bacalaos are certaine lies lying againft the influxe ofCanada,nigh vnto Cortcriahs, and owe their firft difeouery, vnto.SebaJHan Cabot ,Amo 1447.The People of thefe Ilands,m their moft formal! exprefiion of reverence to tbeirKingjvfe to rubbe their nofes,or ftroake their fore-heads: which lfthe king accepteth,or obierueth,and meaneth to grace the party fo ado¬ ring him;heturnethhis head to his left moulder: ; which is a flet&of flpeciall fauour, V > V * • r *1 j i L i \ • ' * - : ] 4 f r • • / * * sii Fff j Bom-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30338013_0843.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
