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from Plymouth to the Owners, dated
9th September, the day of arriving at Plymouth.
XVII. Second Voyage of James Welsh to Benin, in 1590.
VIII. Voyage of Richard Rainolds and Thomas Dassel to the Rivers

Senegal and Gambia adjoining to Guinea, in 1591.
CHAP. VIII. Some miscellaneous early Voyages of the English.
Introduction.
SECT. I. Gallant escape of the Primrose from Bilboa in Spain, in 1585.
II. Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, in 1585, to the West Indies.
III. Cruising Voyage to the Azores by Captain Whiddon, in 1586,
written by John Evesham.
IV. Brief relation of notable service performed by Sir Francis Drake in
1587.
V. Brief account of the Expedition of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
VI. Account of the Relief of a part of the Spanish Armada, at
Anstruther in Scotland, in 1588.
VII. A cruising Voyage to the Azores in 1589, by the Earl of
Cumberland.
VIII. Valiant Sea Fight by Ten Merchant Ships of London against
Twelve Spanish Gallies, in the Straits of Gibraltar, on the 24th April
1590.
IX. A valiant Sea Fight in the Straits of Gibraltar, in April 1591, by the
Centurion of London, against five Spanish Gallies.
X. Sea-Fight near the Azores, between the Revenge man of war,
commanded by Sir Richard Granville, and fifteen Spanish men of war,
31st August 1591. Written by Sir Walter Raleigh.
SECT. XI. Note of the Fleet of the Indies, expected in Spain this year
1591; with the number that perished, according to the examination of
certain Spaniards, lately taken and brought to England.

XII. Report of a Cruizing Voyage to the Azores in 1581, by a fleet of
London ships sent with supplies to the Lord Thomas Howard. Written
by Captain Robert Flicke.
XIII. Exploits of the English in several Expeditions and cruizing
Voyages from 1589 to 1592; extracted from John Huighen van
Linschoten.
XIV. Cruising voyage to the Azores, in 1592, by Sir John Burrough,
knight.
XV. The taking of two Spanish Ships, laden with quicksilver and the
Popes bulls, in 1592, by Captain Thomas White.
XVI. Narrative of the Destruction of a great East India Carak in 1584,
written by Captain Nicholas Downton.
XVII. List of the Royal Navy of England at the demise of Queen
Elizabeth.
CHAP IX. Early Voyages of the English to the East Indies, before the
establishment of an exclusive company.
SECT. I. Voyage to Goa in 1579, in the Portuguese fleet, by Thomas
Stevens.
Introduction.
II. Journey to India over-land, by Ralph Fitch, Merchant of London,
and others, in 1583.
III. Supplement to the Journey of Fitch No. 1.--Letter from Mr John
Newbery to Mr Richard Hakluyt of Oxford, Author of the Voyages,
&c.
No. 2,--Letter from Mr John Newbery to Mr Leonard Poore of London.
3.--Letter from Mr John Newbery to the same.

4.--Letter from John Newbery to Messrs John Eldred and William
Scales at Basora.
5.--Letter from Mr John Newbery to Messrs Eldred and Scales.
6.--Letter from Mr Newbery to Mr Leonard Poore.
7.--Letter from Mr Ralph Fitch to Mr Leonard Poore.
8.--The Report of John Huighen, &c.
A GENERAL HISTORY AND COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND
TRAVELS.
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PART II. BOOK III. CONTINUED.
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CONTINUATION OF THE DISCOVERIES AND CONQUESTS OF
THE PORTUGUESE IN THE EAST; TOGETHER WITH SOME
ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY VOYAGES Of OTHER EUROPEAN
NATIONS TO INDIA.
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CHAPTER IV.
CONTINUED.
CONTINUATION OF THE PORTUGUESE TRANSACTIONS IN
INDIA, AFTER THE RETURN OF DON STEPHANO DE GAMA
FROM SUEZ IN 1541, TO THE REDUCTION OF PORTUGAL
UNDER THE DOMINION OF SPAIN IN 1581.

SECTION XIII.
_Account of an Expedition of the Portuguese from India to Madagascar
in 1613._
Being anxious to find out a considerable number of Portuguese who
were reported to exist in the island of St. Lawrence or Madagascar,
having been cast away at different times on that island, and also
desirous of propagating the ever blessed gospel among its inhabitants,
and to exclude the Hollanders from that island by establishing a
friendly correspondence with the native princes, the viceroy Don
Jerome de Azevedo sent thither, in 1613, a caravel from Goa
commanded by Paul Rodrigues de Costa, accompanied by two Jesuits,
some interpreters, and a competent number of soldiers. This island is
about 260 leagues in length and 600 in circumference[1], its greatest
extent being from N.N.E. to S.S.W. It is 80 leagues from E. to W.
where widest, but considerably less towards the north, where it ends in
a point named St Ignatius which is about 15 leagues from east to
west[2]. It may be considered as divided into three parts. The first or
northern portion is divided from the other two by an imaginary line
from east to west at Cape St Andrew[3]. The other two divisions are