East-India Trade.

THe East-India Trade of old was managed by the Chine­ses which appeares by divers Monuments which yet re­main in India; as the Plantation of the Cinnamon Iland of Ceylon, inhabited by the Chiugala's, an off-spring of Chineses, with severall other Plantations on the West coast of Sumatra; and the very name of Cinnamon, which to this day is called by the Persians Darcin, or China-wood. After them succeeded the Guzara [...]es, or Moores of Cambaya, untill the yeare 1497 that Vasco de Gamas with his Portugals discovered beyond the Cape of good hope and during 100 yeares purchased and enjoyed that Trade: And at last from Anno 1595 the Hol­landers first, then the English, and afterwards some few French and Danes came for a share of that rich Trade of the East.

Spices, and other East-India commodities in the Chineses and Moors times were brought into Europe, and other Western parts, by the way of Ormus, and thence over Babylon to Trapizond, Caffa and other places on and about the Euxine and Mid-land Sea, and by the Genueses further Westward: And sometimes over [Page 2] the Red sea to Memphis or Cairo in Egypt, and so to Alexandria and Damiata: thence by the Venetians to the more western parts, wherby those States of Genua and Venice flourished for many a­ges. The East-India trade is so vast that all the shipping of our We­stern Europe would therin find sufficient imployment, if once un­dertaken and prosecuted with industry and courage, which may appeare by the following generall descrip [...]ions, (for the particu­lars would be too tedious) beginning at Cape bon Esperance, and so along the coasts of the Contin [...]nt unto the furthest parts of China; and afterwards a little of the Ilands, and the unknowne Southerne world, with a briefe description of the commodities, and so to a conclusion.

Cabo bon Esperanca.

The Cape, besides Beefe, Sheep and other provisions, which used to bee purchased there for peeces o [...] old Iron hoops and for some late yeares ceased by the ill mannaging thereof by Hollan­ders, affords Traine oyle sufficient to [...]ade sixe or eight ships a yeare; the Hollanders and French made often times Voyages thither on purpose for Oyle, and full fraughted their ships al­though the Hollanders of late, since the erecting of their West-India company, never came there for that fishing because that all others besides tha [...] Company are restrained the navigating be­yond the Tropick of Cancer: the French were there few yeares past and had their desires. At severall times motion was made by Green land Commanders out of Zealand which had used both Green-land and East-India Voyages to send to the Cape aforesaid out of England and they made it appeare as cheap and easier then Green-land, and the hazard and dangers lesse, for that although the voiage to the Cape cannot be performed under eight moneths, and that of Greene-land in sixe moneths, yet wages and victualing will cost no more for eight moneths to the Southwards then for six moneths to the Norward: besides, Green land is not past three or foure moneths a year free from ice, whereas the cape may be applyed unto all the yeare long. The vent for this trayne-oyle, when Europe affords no considerable price, must be found out in Brazil, in the East Indies, and at the cape it selfe and neighbouring places; for that people uses store of grease to anoynt th [...]mselves, and would in liew thereof affoord us better commodities.

Agoade San Bras.

Here the Hollanders trucked Beeves and other provisi­ons for pieces of old Iron-hoopes and Hatchets; and found all the Country full of Sempervivum or Aloes herbe; and most of the Countrey People we [...]res golden Rings which argues Gold along their coast: For 250 League furth [...]r Eastward, the Por­tingalls found the Country people likewise adorned with Gold.

Cabo Correntes.

The Portingalls of Mosambique trade yeerly to this place with divers Ships where in truck of blue Cal [...]co painted and checque­red, Stuffes and Beads from Cambaya they return Gold, Ivory, Negros, Tobacco leaves, Rinoceros hornes, and severall sorts of Provisions. The people much inclined to trade with strangers, and an Island very convenient for many more Shipping then usu­ally comes.

Soffala.

Here the Portingalls have a Castle to preserve their golden trade of Ophir: for this is the true Ophir whence Salomo fe [...]c [...] ­ed Gold and other riches, as by tradition and ancient monuments there to this day appeares. The trade is not so barred but wee might obtaine a share; many Navigable Rivers there are besides the Portingall Castle of Soffala, where wee may navigate and trade with the Natives for Gold and Elephants teeth.

Sena.

Up the River Quama▪ the Portingalls have a Fort to secure the possession of other gold Mines, but this great River hath many branches and the Country abounds with store of Minerals more then few Portingalls are able to manage. The Country people are not expert in the handling of Guns, so that two Portingalls under the protection of their Fouling pieces, may travell and trade six weekes up in the Country without let or resistance.

Mo [...]ambique.

This Portingall Castle and town, here are upon a small Island (which wants both provisions and water close to the maine: and from thence they trade Southwards to Sena, Soffala, Cabo Cor­rentes, [Page 4] to the Northwards to Querinba, Mombafa, Melinde, Magadoxo, and other places: to the Eastwards, to Musalady A­saday, and other ports of Madagascar, for Negros and Provisions, to the red Sea, Persia, the coast of India and Mallabar but cheiflier to Goa, the center of all East India Portugall Trade.

Querinba, Quiloa, Momba [...]a, Melinde, Pate, Brava, Magadoxo.

These places Trade with Mofambique, the red Sea, Arabia, India, Persia and Madagascar, and store of Ships continually em­ployed by the Country people to and again▪ so that twenty or our Shipping may find sufficient employment upon this Coast. The Commodities best known, are Gold, Ivory, Ebony-wood, Tur­tell-shels Negros, Ambergreece, Estrich feathers Manna, Sea-horse teeth, Hydes, Butter, Tobacco, Rice and all sorts of grains Rhi­noceros hornes, and many other good Commodities yet un­knowne.

Red-Sea, Moha, Aden, and the Coast of Arabia.

To the Red sea comes every monsone, above a hundred saile of Ships from all places of the East, with Commodities for the in­land parts of Arabia, Ethiopia, Egypt Palestina, and adjoyning Countries; and with Passengers that goe in Pilgrimage▪ to visit Mahomets Tombe of Mecca: Not onely from the places before mentioned, but also from Madagascar, Masca [...]e Gombrour, Jas­ques in Persia, Sindu, Diu, Cambaya, Surratte, Dabull Ragia­pore, Goa, Mangalore, Cannanore Callicut, Cochin, Seylon, Masulipatan, Bengala, Pegu, Tannassery, Achen, Bantam, and other severall places. Which Ships being of no great defensive forc [...], are Subjects to Mallabar Pirates, Portingall, and insulting Hollanders, and to all manner of men of Warre, which often re­sorts to the Red sea▪ to make purchase of rich Indians; so that our Shipping may find employment not onely in Trade, but chieflier in carrying and re-carrying those Indians, their persons, slaves and goods to the Red sea, and back to their owne home.

Mascate, Ormus Gombrone, Bander, Jasques, Guadel, Persia.

Thither comes Shipping from most of the ports before menti­on [...]d, with diver Commodities, and from all the rest of the East Indies, as from Sindu, Diu, Cambaya, Surratte, Dabul, Ragia­pore, [Page 5] Carwar, Baticala, Mangalor, Cannanore, Calicut, Cochin Ceylon, Negapatam, S^t Thome, Masulipatam, Bangala, Tannas­sory, Pegu, Achin, and other places from the South sea; with pepper, cloves, nutmegs, mace, cinamon, indico, turmericke, gumlack, ginger, cohoseed; cardemons, rampontri, saunders, lig­num aloes, muske, ambergreece, turtellshels Elephants, timber, negros, sugar pouder and candy, callico, and cotton cloth of all sorts, dyed, painted and white, with all kind of China stuffes, and China wares: and return larees or money, horses, silk carpets, bezars▪ turkeys pearles, tutia, brimstone myrrha olibanum worm­seed, rubarbe, manna, roanay, rosewater and cakes, asa fetida, rai­sons, dates, almonds, wine, horse tailes and maines with other commodities. Persia it self, will vent above 3000. English cloths a yeer, and in progresse of time more, the countrie to the north­ward of that great Kingdome, and towards the Caspian Sea, be­ing extreme cold; which vent of cloth was all this while disor­derly neglected by the Marchants Trading into those parts; al­though by their agents duly informed. And its believ [...]d that Persia may find employment, not onely for the best part of the Shippes of this Kingdome, but also for the greatest part of the stocke, if providently adventured on its vast Trade; and the marct of Persia silke▪ thus brought to London; whereas its now diverted by Armenians and Hollanders, to Tur­ky and Batavia.

Mogull, Sindu, Diu, Goga, Cambaya, Surratte, Damon▪ Ba [...]a [...]m, [...]haul.

The Trade of the great Mogulls dominion, is answerable to the vastnesse of that great Empire, and affords sufficient matter for a farre larger trade, then hitherto used by the Marchants of London, trading into those parts, and onely at the port of Surrat­te and up into the Country to Baroche▪ Brodera, Amadanab and Agra for Calicoes, Indigo and few drugs to lade two or three ships a yeere: Wheras Surratte and the Countries adjacent may very well afford trade for the investment of all the stocke of England; not onely for Europe but chiefly for all ports before named, as the coast of Abissine, Red sea, Arabia, Persia, India, Cormandell, Bengala, Pegu, Aracan, Siam, Achen, Bantam Banda, Meluccos, Ceylon, and other Coasts and Islands; wherein great number of Ships continually employed. Cambaya alone is a place of farre [Page 6] greater Trade, then by all our Shipping could be managed; and hath somtimes a hundred Frigats in a Caffila or Fleet, from Goa and other places upon the coast of India, bound to that Port. Sindu Diu Goga, Damon. Bacaim and Chaul are Ports of great Trade to all ports of India: so that it may confidently be believed that the Moguls Country may afford sufficient employment for all the Shipping of ENGLAND.

Coast of India Dandragepore, Dabull, Ragiapore, Goa, Carwar, Onor, Baticala, Bar [...]alor.

These ports Trade not onely for Europe, but also for the Red Sea, Melinde, Madagascar, Persia Guzaratte, Mallabar, Ceylon, Cormandell, Bengala, Aracan, Pegu, Tennassery, Mallacca, Achin, Bantam, Macassar, M [...]luccos Banda, Timor, China, Japon, and other places; and affoord Navigation for a great number of Ships.

Mallabar, Mangalor, Mount-delli, Cannanor, Callicut, Cranganor, Coula [...], Tuiucuri.

This coast is much intested with Mallabar Pirates, but affoords profitable Navigation for many good Ships trading to all places before mentioned and besides to the Maldivas, Ceylon, Corman­dell, Bengala, Pegu, Achin, Bantam, Maccassar, Timor, China, Japan, and to a number of ports resorting under the [...]aid generall Names.

Cormandell, Trinconbar, Negapatam, S^t. Thome, Paliacatte, Ar­magon, Pettipoli, Masulapa [...]am.

The Trade of this Coast is very rich for the great store of Cot­ton cloth made here of all kinds white, dyed and painted whereof all the world is furnished and chiefly the coast of Melinde▪ Persia, Red sea South sea, Pegu, Malacca Achen; the west coast of Su­matra, Jambre Bantam, and many other places: hence come the best Diamonds, and diversity of other commodities. Great store of Ships trade continually upon this coast to and againe, and to all places before mentioned and our Shipping could want no employment there, every port being open and most willing to entertaine strangers and their trade; and passengers ready to com­mit both themselves and goods in our ships, which are securer & of better accommodation and defence, then the Country junckes.

Bengala, Narsapore, Pipili, Vgalce, Chatigam, Arachan.

Here abounds all kind of Cotton cloth, and Stuffes, Silke, and provisions of Rice Butter, Oyle, Wax, with all sorts of Mine­ralls, sufficient to provide a great part of India, and the Islands where such are wanting and Navigation used with great number of Ships to Persia, the coast of India, Maldivas, Achen and other places.

Pegu, Martavan, Tavay, Tenn [...]ss [...]ry, Queda, Pera, Mallaca, Johor, Pahaun.

The Trade of these Countreys produces Gold, Copper, Tinne, Lead, Rubies, Elephants, Gomlacca, plenty of provisions and other Commodities vendible in India, Persia, and Red seas and to the Eastward as far as China and Japon; wherein great many Ships continually employed in carrying goods and commodities to and againe.

Siam, Patane, Lugor, Cambogia, Champa, Cauchin, China.

Here is to be had in abundance, Gold, Tin, Lead, Tatimaga▪ Copper, Dureshinus, Sabonwood and Pepper, with variety of o­ther commodities native, and brought out of the adjoyning vast Countreys bordering with China, and thence is great naviga­tion and trade maintained with the more adjoyning Countries of China▪ Japan and Philippinas; and full employment for our Shipping, for these ports affoords store of Rice and provisions needfull in the Moluccos and other places of the South sea, where the like are wanting.

China.

The China Trade is esteemed and admired all the world over, and of such vastnesse that all the wealth of Europe, is not able to compasse; the Ships employed in the Rivers and upon the coast of China are innumerable; somtimes a particular man hath there been seene with a Fleet of five hundred Sailes of his owne. Their Trade to remote Countries is much declined and are by the Hol­landers forced to forbear trade in the Meluccos, Banda, Malacca, and other adjoyning places. China affoords great treasures in Gold by so much as the King of Spaine hath been wished to ex­change the halfe of his West India Plate for China Gold, upon [Page 8] the exchange whereof he might gaine 75 or 80 per centum. Com­modities best knowne to us here, are raw Silke, silk Stuffes of all sorts; Sugar pouder and Candy, Green ginger, Radix China Ru­barbe Musk, Pearls China dishes Cinamon, Aliume, Copper, Tate­nag, with severall other commodities; and aboundance of all kind of provisions for the sustenance of all living creatures very cheap, commodities vendible from other places is Silver cloth Corrall, Amber, Pepper and Spices, of the Mesuccos and Banda, Ivory, Ri­noceros hornes Benjamin, Mirrhe, Puchock, Olibanum and ma­ny others. The difficulty of trading with the Chineses in their own Country, is not so difficult as the Portingalls and Hollan­ders would perswade the World for their own advantage. En­glish Marchants have traded even in the great City Cantan, for three moneths together; and notwithstanding all the treacheries and hinderances procured by the Portingalls, I have brought from thence, neer the full lading of three Ships of 500. 400. and 300. Tunnes. This coast with some labour, courage and indu­stry may affoord employment for all our Shipping to export the Countrey commodities, and provide Spices, East India goods, Japan and West India Plate: and whereas this coast consum [...]s the most part of the plate which out of Europe is exported to the East Indias, either by Sea or over land, with all the Japan Plate; and all the Plate which out of Peru and new Spaine, comes to the Mavillas for China commodities; doubtlesse, when our Ships shall be possessed of that trade great store of that plate and China Gold will remaine to our share in exchange of our commodities and industry; besides what China goods we may have brought home to supply Europe and the West Indias. Here ends the firm coast which for the space of 15000 miles and upwards, containes more trade then ten times our Shipping is able to supply; now for the Islands and their Trades among themselves, and with the Ports of the maine continent, and begin with

Madagascar, Comoro, M [...]hilla, Joanna, Mayottes.

The Ports known to us upon Madagascar Island, are St. Au­gustine, S^ta. Lucia, S^ta. Maria, Autongil Asada▪ Masclage [...] the commodities besides Beeves Sheepe, Goats, Hogs, Rice, Gra­vances, and other victuall kind best known are Ambergreece Ne­gros, Iron, Copper, Tin, Turtel shels Sugar Ginger, Aloes, Tama­rinds, Sanguis draconis, Turmerick, Ebony-wood, Saundel-wood, [Page 9] and severall dying and painting Stuffes, Cotton, and Cotton Stuffes. The Northerne parts are Traded unto by severall Ships from Mosambique, and above twenty Ships in one port from Mombasa, Magadoxo, Joanna, Mohillia, Comore, Mayottes, and the coast of Arabia. These Islands are wonderfull well seated for a great Plantation; which in progresse of trade and time may engrosse all the Navigation of the coast of Melinde, Red sea Per­sia, Cambaya, India, Cormandell, Bengala, and the South sea.

Mauritius, Mascarenhas, Diego Roiz.

These three Islands to the Eastward of Madagascar, abound with Provisions and Ebony-wood. The Hollanders have upon Mau­ritius a Fort with sixteene pieces of Ordnance, and above 100. men upon the Island to cut Ebony-wood, and to looke for Am­bergreece, whereof oftentimes good store comes a shore. These Islands are no waies inferiour to the Caribes, and may with small trouble be planted by our people, and further trade from thence to all parts of India may be setled.

Socotora, Abdelcuria.

Upon these Islands store of Dates, Aloes, Socotrivo and mir­rha to be had, and may very well yeeld employment for three or foure of our lesser Ships; for the Islands being barren, want rice ann other provisions, which from Madagascar and other places may plenteously be supplyed in barter of their Aloes, Mirrha, and other Socotrive commodities.

Maldivas, Malmallas.

Great trade is driven to these Islands from Cananor, Bengala & other places with rice and other provisions, for barter wher of re­turns Cocos Nuts Cayro ropes, for the most part of the Shipping of India, Ambergreece, Cocomaldina, Bugios and dryed Salmons.

Ceylon, Manaren.

Diverse parts of trade there are upon the Island of Ceylon; the chiefe Columbo, Punto galls, Maticalo and Trinquemala: the trade is plentifull chiefly in exporting of Cinamon and Elephants, here also are store of Rubies, Carbuncles, Drugs, and other Spi­ces to be found; and in the small Island of Manaren, a precious Pearle fishing, whence yeerly great store transported to all parts of the East.

Nicubar.

These Islands yeeld store of Ambergreece, and wants Rice for sustenance of the Inhabitants which causes a reasonable Naviga­tion from Bengala, Araccan, and other places which abounds with provisions.

Sumatra.

The Ports of Achen, Pedit, Barros, Tico, Priaman, Cellibar, and the Rivers of Palimbam Jambre, and Andrahiri, are upon this Island which yeeld altogether as much [...]epper as the rest of the East Indias, besides Benjamin, Elephants, Campher Lignum, Aloes, Cubebes, and other commodities and chiefly Gold which is so plentifull in this Island that t [...]e Inhabitants report by Tra­dition▪ that Solomon fetched his Gold from this Ophir. To the Port of Achen resorts Shipping from Cambaya, India, Corman­dell, Bengala, Araccan, Macassar, and almost from all places of trade, every one with his Countrey commodities; whereof for the most part, one stranger exports what merchandizes another imports, [...]esides the native commodities of the [...]sland, as Gold, Pepper, Elephants, Benjamin and others. Our trade being closly followed to all parts of Sumatra, no doubt but wee might bring home a yeerly Treasure in Gold, besides other commodities to supply the markets of Europe; for the Island wants Provisions and clothing which we may bring cheape from other places, the people being addicted to their pleasures, lasinesse and Prodiga­litie.

Java, Madura, Lombock, Baly, Cambava.

The ports of Bantam, Batavia or Jacatra, Japara, Jortan and Gressi, besides others belong to Jaua, which yeelds of their owne Pepper, Sugar, Cubebes, Gold, Cassumba and other commodi­ties. The Navigation to Bantam and Batavia, are best knowne to English and Hollanders, these being here seated to secure their Spice trade upon Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Molucco and Banda besides their China and Japan trade; the former to receive their, Pepper, which with smaller vessells come from Jambre, Benger­massin and few more ports: These ports are not so full of Ship­pi [...]g, but might adde many saile to the number, and find profita­ble employment to industrious merchants.

Borneo.

This great Island contains many good Ports which yeeld quan­tities of Pepper, Campher, Diamonds and other commodities. The Navigation here knowne to us is at Samba, Succodana and Benger Massin: besides other ports which trade with the Spa­niards of the Mavillas, and the Hollanders of Bataia with store of Shipping; and great many more may bee added by industry of painfull Merchants, to no small benefit of the undertakers.

Celebes, Bouton, Pangesane, Cambena, Salayer, Calauro.

Macassar upon Celebes trades with many places, as the coast of India, Mallabar, Achen, and all Ports of the South sea, chiefly with the Molucco and Banda Islands, for Cloves, Nutmegs and Mace; here being a continuall marct for those Spic [...]s which for most part are brought hither by stealth, for feare of the Dutch, who by an everlasting contract claime all the Cloves Nutmegs and ware which grow on the Molucco and Banda Islands; and suffers none to be sold from themselves.

Moluccos, Gilolo, Morotay, Ceram, Amboyna, Boero, & Ter­nate, Tidore, Motyr, Machian, Bachian.

The five Islands of Ternate, Tidore, Motyr, Machian and Bachian yeild all the cloves except some small quantity grow­ing upon Gilolo, Amboyn [...] and Ceram, and are now under the government or rather tyranny of the Spanyards and Hollanders, so that the whole Navigation and sole trade thereof is in their hands, except some portion which by stealth and by night is thence brought in small vessells to Maccassar, and other neigh­bouring places. Doubtlesse assoone as store of our shipping shall trade into those parts, the cloves will be brought unto us let the Hollanders and Spaniards be never so watchfull, for hopes of gaine will induce the country people to attempt any thing, let it never be so dangerous.

Banda-Ilands, Nera, Bonda, Gonapy, Puloway, Puloron, R [...]ssengyn.

These six Islands containe all the knowne nutmeg trees of the World, and are wholly possessed by the Hollanders: the Island Puloron of about eight or nine miles circumference belongs to [Page 12] the English, but lies wast, and all the nutmeg trees are cut down: so that the Hollanders remaine quiet owners of all the Mace and Nutmeg untill that by encrease of our navigation in the South-sea Puloron may bee replanted againe, and some share procured of the other Islands, and their fruites, in manner ex­pressed about the cloves. A report goes that some of the old Bandaneses to shun their new usurping Masters the Hollanders are retired to the Southward, and begun to plant nutmeg trees there: which ought to move us to try whether cloves and nut­meg trees may not grow in other places besides the Molucco and Banda Islands.

Timor, Flores, Sava, Solor, Banbale, Malua.

Vpon Timor and neighbouring Islands growes store of Sandel­wood which is fetched from all parts of India, South sea and chi­na, causing a reasonable navigation and rich trade into these Southerne parts.

Japan.

Japan is an Empire of a great Island, with many lesser round about the same, which reaches from 30. degrees to 50. degrees North-latitude, and from West to East for above 300. leagues, which great Empire is now wholly under the command of a Monarch, known by the name of the Emperour of Japan. The Trade of these parts is chieflier with China, Siam and Phi­lippinas, the northerne trade as yet unknowne. This Country vents very great store of China raw silke, silke stuffes, cloth of gold, and many other China commodities, and from Siam abun­dance of Sabon-wood and deerskinnes, from the South-sea spice, especially Cloves, from hence cloth, Tin, Lead, Camerick and Launes, mather, bayes, perpetuanes▪ wax▪ verdigreece and other stuffes: Iron and steele, Amber, glasse of all sorts and colours, Castle Soape, Velvet, Sattin, and Taffeties, with other commo­dities. Our cloth there is in very great esteeme, and sold at ex­cessive deere rates, and beleeved that this Empire of Japan would spend all the cloth which could be made in England. For which commodities it returnes Silver or Plate which is there in great abundance, and of no lesse quantity then all the King of Spaines Fleet brings out of the West-Indies into Spaine: the most part of that Plate goes to China for silkes and silke stuffes, cloth of [Page 13] gold and other fancies, the greatest part whereof may come to us when we furnish them with good cloth and other commodi­ties which may satisfie their mindes: other commodities, as hemp Wheate, Barley, rice, all kind of lackwork, a blew colour wher­of great store and cheap to be had may likewise be returned from Japan. Great store of shipping is continually employed, about the Japan trade which ours may supply▪ and now the best time to beginne, the Hollanders in a manner being expelled from thence.

Philipinas, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Tandaya, Panay-Paragoa.

The trade of these Islands with China Japan, Moluccos, and the west-Indies is of great value; for sometimes three or foure millions of Rialls of 8. are brought yearly from the West-Indies, to be invested in China silke stuffes, and other commodities for the use of Mexico, Peru and other parts of America. The Spani­ards are chiefe Rulers of these Ilands, and willing to admit us part­ners in their Navigations.

Aynan, Fermoso, Lequeos, and other Ilands upon the Coast of China.

There bee three famous Pearle-fishings in the East-Indies, whence the best Orientall Pearles comes to our Europe; Baha­ren in the gulfe of Persia, Manaren betwixt Ceylon and Cape Comorin, and this Iland of Aynan the Southermost part of Chi­na. Upon Fermoso the Hollanders have a Fort called Tayoan, whether Chineses bring these costly commodities to the Hol­landers, which commodities are thence transported to Japan, Ba­tavia and other parts of theirs: this Tayoan being as a market for the Chineses to sell the goods. There is great Navigation [...]n all these Islands, and very easie for our shipping to become owners of the best trade there, if courage and industrie be not wanting. And here ends the Iland trade, the circumference of which Ilands sum­med up together does not amount to lesse than 14500. English miles: and now proceed to the unknowne Southerne World.

The unknown Southerne WORLD fit to bee discovered.

The extent of this unknowne World must needs be very great, for beginning from the Straits of Le Mart in 57. degrees South­latitude, and thence Eastwards to the last Holland discovery a­bout [Page 14] Houtmans Abrelhos in 35. degrees and so to the tryalls in 20. degrees, thence to the Westermost discovery of Nova Guinea under the equinoctiall, thence along that Nova Guinea & Papuas Eastward along the Terra Australia de spiritis Sancto and all the I­lands discovered by Fernand Magelanes, Villaloboz, Fernando Dequiros, and Jacob le Mayre untill the Southermost part of the straites le Mayre, no lesse then 20000. English miles can bee reckoned of coast, including the Southerne unknowne World of larger extent then Asia, Africa and Europe joyned together. From the straites le Mayre in [...]7. degrees Southlatitude, to the coast of Chili and along Peru, and all the backside of America to Californias, thence to the Northerne par [...]s of Japan, China, Tartaria and Waygatts, may bee coasted for the space of above 12000. English miles. The trade of the Southerne unknowne World is as yet to discover and not improbable to prove to bene­fit whensoever attempted; the few discoveries made in severall parts thereof proves sufficiently the same to be inhabited, and a­bounds with provisions for the sustenance of men, with many commodities, with great likelihood of gold and Pearles. The trade on the backside of America will turne to the advantage of the undertakers, when thereby the gold of Chili and Plate of Pe­ru shall thereby come into their possession. Hence shall proceed to the East-India commodities.

East-India Commodities.

The commodities which usually are brought home into Eu­rope, or may be brought from the East Indies are these:

Mettalls, gold, Silver, Copper, Tinne, Lead, Iron, Steele.

Mineralls and salts, brimstone, salpeter, allume, sal-armoniac, tincall, salgemur, vitriol. Gemmes, Diamonds, Rubies, Pearles, Spinells, Emeralds, Saphirs, Turkeys, granats, hyachuts, ame­thists, catteyes, cornesians, Lapis lazuli, Elitropian, Jaspis, agats Christalls.

Spices, Pepper, Cloves, Nutmegs, Mace, Ginger, Cinnamon Su­gar, powder Candy.

Perfumes Muske, Civet, Ambergreece, Lignum aloes, sandel­wood, Mirrha Olibanum, Benjamin, Campher, Calamus aroma­ticus.

Druggs, aloe socotrino, amacardium, amomo afiom, asa fetida, ammoniacum, bolus armenius, bezar, balsamum bdellium, balau­stium, [Page 15] Cassialignea, cassia fistula, cardamoms, costus, cubebes, China-rootes, coculus Indi, coriander, cambogium, coloquinti­da, galbaum, gallangall, gum dragam, gum arabick, manna mira­bolans nux vomica, long pepper, cocus maldina, spikenard rubar­ber, sanguis draconis, squinantia, sarcacolla, lapis tutia, turbich, turmerick tamerinds tacamahaca wormseed, seed pearles, anis­seed, cotton, cotten yarne, and all sorts of clothes made of cot­ten, white, dyed and painted.

Silke raw and silke wrought in silke stuffes of all sorts.

Indigo, gumlack [...]abon-wood, safflower.

Buffiles hides, deereskinnes, Persian sheepskins.

Wax, honey, ebbony-wood, Box-wood, Elephants teeth, Tur­tle shells, bugios.

China dishes of all sorts, Japan scritories.

Besides these commodities which are or may be brought to us with advantage, and are likewise transported in trade from Port to Port in the East-Indies, the Country people uses to trade and transport many other goods, provisions and merchandises from one place into another, as

Elephants, horses, beeves, sheep, Tobacco, Rinoceros hornes, Elephants and Seahorse teeth, Negros and slaves, rohanaz, cocos nuts, cayro-roapes, dryed Salmon, hempe, rice, butter, oyle, jag­gara, rack, betell nuts, Salt, wheate, wine, Dates, Raisins, Al­monds, galls-onions, chests, cots, cabinets, and all manner of their housholdstuffe, Persian carpets tombelo, rampontri ta­tinaga, noshader, cohoseede, quicksilver, vermillion, red lead, martaban jarres, dammer, cassumba, beades, horse tayles and manes, and many other sorts and kindes of commodities, the names unknown to us. Now to a conclusion.