For the great Design we had then in Hand, was to lie and wait for a rich Ship which comes to Acapulco every Year richly laden form the Philippine lands.
First they are sent in Ships that are bound for Nueva Espana and Mexico; and after they have rested two or three months in Mexico, they are sent to Acapulco , lying on the Mar del Sur, there they are Shipped in two great Carack which yearly go and…
Mr. Kirkland observes, that there are similar vestiges of ancient fortified towns throughout the extensive territories of the Six Nations, and, by Indian report, in various other parts, and particularly on a branch of the Delaware river, which appear…
After the set stay at Carthagena. The Armada goes away to the Havana in the Isle of Cuba, to meet there the Flota, which is a small number of Ships that go to la Vera Cruz, and there takes in the Effects of the City and Country of Mexico , and what…
