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...to the aforementioned harbor of Acapulco, with all the courses and events of the same voyage, explained very correctly and particularly, which journey was completed in the year 1584.
53. The Navigation or voyage of the same Francisco Gali original: "Francisco Gualle," a Spanish sailor and explorer whose accounts Linschoten translated into Dutch., from the Harbor and Roadstead of Manila to the Harbor of Macau in China, with all the courses and locations.
54. The Navigation or voyage of the aforementioned Gali, from the Harbor of Macau to New Spain Modern-day Mexico., with all the courses and circumstances thereof, along with other notable and memorable things concerning the same voyage.
55. An account or narrative of a voyage or navigation made by the Pilot Nuno da Silva A Portuguese pilot captured by Francis Drake and forced to guide him through the Strait of Magellan. for His Excellency the Viceroy of New Spain, on the 20th of May in the year 1579, within the City of Mexico; from where it was sent to the Viceroy of Portuguese India, wherein are recounted the courses and history of the voyage of Francis Drake, who had taken him (the deponent) near the Cape Verde Islands, and thus carried him through the Strait of Magellan to the Harbor of Huatulco original: "Guatulco" in New Spain, where he released him.
56. The Route or Navigation from the point of Cape Verde toward Brazil, with all the direct courses and knowledge of the Coast and Harbors of Brazil, as far as the river named Rio de la Plata, with all the circumstances thereof.
57. The Navigation and courses to the Harbor or Bay named a Bahya de todos os Santos, or of All Saints, located on the aforementioned Coast of Brazil.
58. The Navigation for sailing to the river Rio dos Ilheios (that is, the River of the Little Islands), located on the same Coast of Brazil.
59. For sailing to the harbor of Porto Seguro (that is, the Safe Harbor), located on the same Coast of Brazil.
60. For sailing to the Harbor named Bahya do Espirito Santo (that is, the Bay of the Holy Spirit), located on the same Coast of Brazil.
61. For sailing from the Bay of the Holy Spirit to the Bay of São Vicente original: "Bahya de S. Vincente".
62. For sailing from Cabo Frio (or the Cold Cape) to the Rio de la Plata (or the River of Silver), with all the circumstances thereof.
63. The Navigation and courses for sailing from the Island of La Gomera (one of the Canary Islands) toward the Antilles, or the outer islands of the Spanish Indies, and from there to the Coast of the mainland—namely, to Cartagena and Nombre de Dios—and the navigation from there to Havana and its Channel, and so forth toward the Flemish Islands The Azores, so named because many Flemish people had settled there under the Burgundian and Spanish crowns. and Spain, etc., with all the circumstances thereof, according to the records and descriptions of the Spanish Steersmen and Pilots of the same route.
64. The courses and direct landmarks from the island of La Deseada One of the first islands sighted by sailors arriving in the Caribbean from Europe. to the land and Coast of Cartagena, Nombre de Dios, New Spain, and of the Channel of Havana.
65. For sailing from the island of La Deseada toward the island of Puerto Rico through the passage so named.
66. The shallows and depths near the Coasts and regions of New Spain.
67. The courses and direct knowledge of the Navigation and voyage from the cape named Cape Lopez Gonsalves original: "Cabo de Lopo Gonsalves," located in modern-day Gabon. to the river of Congo and Angola, southward along the Coast of Guinea and Ethiopia The term "Ethiopia" was historically used to refer to sub-Saharan Africa in general., with all the circumstances and extent of the same route.
70. The degrees and latitudes of all the principal Harbors, Rivers, Capes, Islands, and places of the Navigation of the Portuguese and Spaniards, and the lands discovered and partly inhabited by them, all with their proper names and surnames, just as they are named by them and marked in their Sea and Portolan Charts.
71. The instruction and memorandum of the variation or declination of the compass needles original: "vvarcking ofte declineren vande Naelden vande Compassen" on the Navigation and courses from Portugal to the East Indies, both in going thither and in returning, and in what places and how much they steer northwest or northeast (that is, how much the compass needle deviates or fluctuates to the east or west), all very correctly noted by the Portuguese Steersmen of the same navigation or route.
72. Some questions and answers, very useful and profitable—namely, for all seafaring people.
The Charts and illustrations of all the aforementioned Navigations may be seen in the Itinerario in the places where the description of the same lands is given, as indicated in the register of the same.
Instruction and manner of how and with what money one calculates in Spain.
1. Concerning the Rents, Domains, and Revenues of the King, from his Kingdoms of Spain, Naples, Sicily, Aragon, etc., and from all his Lordships, except for the Kingdom and jurisdiction of the Crown of Portugal, which is related thereafter on its own, with everything else pertaining thereto.
2. Explanation of the Alcabala Alcabala A significant sales tax in the Spanish Empire. and Tercias Tercias The "Royal Thirds," a portion of the ecclesiastical tithe claimed by the Spanish crown. or the 3rd penny that is paid in Spain.
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