A detailed hand-colored map of the region of Guiana, between the Orinoco and Amazon rivers. The map features various illustrations including a large lake (Parime), cities like Manoa (El Dorado), and numerous animals such as an armadillo, jaguar, iguana, and a monkey. In the lower center, there are depictions of a headless man (Blemmyes) with his face on his chest, an Amazon woman with a bow, a dog, and a deer. Two elaborate compass roses are positioned in the Atlantic Ocean to the right.

NEW MAP

of the marvelous and gold-rich land of GUIANA, located

under the Equinoctial Line, between Brazil and

Peru, newly surveyed by Sir Walter Raleigh, Knight

of England, in the years 1594, 95, and 1596.

Certain properties of Guiana.

1. In Guiana, they have their winter between May and September, during which time one cannot remain here in ships: for at that time, violent storm winds, thunder, lightning, and flooding occur.
2. Because of this, the river Orinoco rises 30 feet, and all the islands in the mouth are submerged, so that the inhabitants retreat to the trees and build their dwellings upon them.
3. The Arwaccas Arawak nation is a wandering people and are mostly friends of the Spaniards.
4. The Jaos Galibi/Kali'na nation is very valiant and a great enemy of the Spaniard. These people are painted on their bodies; they are black, knotty, and can defeat one of the Arwaccas.
5. The principal goods found here are gold, precious stones, pearls, balsam oil, long pepper, ginger, sugar, incense,
6. costly herbs for medicine, gum, honey, silk, cotton, and brazilwood.
7. The principal goods sought here are Rylen likely a local term for a specific grain or trade good, honey so abundant that one considers it lazy work to collect it.

AMAZONS, from whom the Amazon River takes its name,

is a nation consisting only of women. These women come together with men no more than one month of the year, namely those of the Arwaccas, who inhabit the great mountain chain south of the provinces and kingdoms of the Amazons, which the great river possesses. After that, each returns to their own company. In this month, they are very merry and cheerful with dancing and singing, carrying a bow and arrow; after which, each returns to their own land. The women who come after this give their sons to the fathers, but they keep the daughters themselves. That these women possess a great amount of gold, and that the Amazons are also diligent with their feet and have much gold in their braiding, which they give for their own pleasure, is described by Sir Walter Raleigh.

This Lake is named Parime by the Canibales Carib nation, and Foponowini by the other nation, the Jaos. It is salt water, 200 leagues long; in it are many islands and a great multitude of canoes or Indian small ships.

The surrounding nations of this river declare that one goes from the high lands down toward the great Lake Parime in a certain deep blue sea. If they have a thirst for a necklace, they bring it over land to the lake, after which they sail with their canoes out of this lake, which is over land, into the fourth lake to conduct their trade. The Spaniard is ordinarily driven away at this time by the strong currents.

The inhabitants of this river Wiappo-coci Wiapoco are very diligent in hunting with their canoes, sailing from the moon just to reach the Lake where Manoa lies.

Cassia likely referring to the Cassipore River is a very accessible and convenient river to sail across; in these fall also the best fish of the sea, as well as the venison-fish likely referring to manatee or similar aquatic mammal which the cannibals possess. It is a good and fertile soil, suitable for becoming rich in provisions, and to trade year-round. One finds many fine diamonds through this river mentioned above, and sailing eastward from the great Lake one finds Amon...

All these animals that we have placed here are found in Guiana, not much else beyond other gods, etc., as well as wild chickens, partridges, pheasants, canaries, quail, herons, and many other species of birds.

A man of the province of Ewaipanoma without a head

Lineage of a woman of the Amazons

German miles, 15 in a degree

Jodocus Hondius excudit published by Jodocus Hondius