T E R C E R A.

This is called Terceira, because it is the third in order for those coming from Spain. I say third, among those which the Spaniards call Azores, and our people call the Flemish Islands Vlaemsche eylanden. It is an island fertile in grain and fruits, and not entirely barren of wine. The inhabitants have a great income from madder, which they call by the name of dyer's root rubia tinctorum, with which cloths are dyed a red color. There is a great abundance of it here, especially around the places commonly called Los Altares and Folladores. The primary city is Angra, with a very fortified promontory or bulwark, called Brazil. The Spaniards also call this island the Island of the Good Jesus Isola del buen Iesu, named after our Savior Jesus. Ships laden with Indian merchandise usually approach these islands on their return, before they call at Lisbon Vlyssiponam or Cadiz Gades.

A copper-plate engraved map of the island of Terceira in the Azores. The island is centrally labeled "TERÇERA". The map is oriented with North at the top and South at the bottom. Various coastal features and settlements are labeled: Los Folladores, Los Altares, Las Serras, Nuestra Señora de la Ajuda, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Villa nueva, Agua nueva, Ribera de la arena, Villa de la playa, Villa de S. Catalina, Villa de S. Sebastiano, Angra, Punta de Brazil, and El grandõ mõte del Rey. The sea around the island is illustrated with two sailing ships and two sea monsters (a whale-like creature at the bottom left and a dolphin-like creature at the top right). A distance scale labeled "Miles" is located in the bottom left corner.