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Acapulco is a pretty large Town, 17 deg. North of the Equator. It is the Sea-Port for the City of Mexico, on the West-side of the Continent; as La Vera Cruz, or St. Joan d’Ulloa in the Bay of Nova Hispania, is on the North-side. This Town is the only…

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.

Saturday 2nd, we went down the mountain along a craggy road, and travll'd four leagues and a half to St. Augustin de las Cuevas; having first paid a rial for every mule to the guards of the road, whom we found at the foot of the mountain. The F.…

Monday 4th, I went to play my respects to count Montezuma the viceroy; who receiv'd me courteously.

Having taken some refreshment I set out again, and at the end of half league, having pass'd the small village of Taltenango, about a league further, the way very troublesome, came to the top of the mountain of Cornavaca, where stands a village call'd…

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Having taken some refreshment I set out again, and at the end of half league, having pass'd the small village of Taltenango, about a league further, the way very troublesome, came to the top of the mountain of Cornavaca, where stands a village call'd…

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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…

Saturday 2nd, we went down the mountain along a craggy road, and travll'd four leagues and a half to St. Augustin de las Cuevas; having first paid a rial for every mule to the guards of the road, whom we found at the foot of the mountain. The F.…

Here she stays till the Manila Ships arrive, and then takes in a Cargo of Spices, Silks, Calicoes and Muslins, and other East-India Commodities.

In this manner he coasted till he arrived at the province of Panuco , which on this side the last of Mexico, or New Spain,

Saturday 2nd, we went down the mountain along a craggy road, and travll'd four leagues and a half to St. Augustin de las Cuevas; having first paid a rial for every mule to the guards of the road, whom we found at the foot of the mountain. The F.…

Saturday 2nd, we went down the mountain along a craggy road, and travll'd four leagues and a half to St. Augustin de las Cuevas; having first paid a rial for every mule to the guards of the road, whom we found at the foot of the mountain. The F.…

When I calculated the time it would take to reach Vera Cruz, then to travel three hundred leagues by land to San-Blas, and afterwards to cross the Vermeille sea to California, I foresaw it was morally impossible we should get there in time for our…

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Having taken some refreshment I set out again, and at the end of half league, having pass'd the small village of Taltenango, about a league further, the way very troublesome, came to the top of the mountain of Cornavaca, where stands a village call'd…

I wrote to the Marquis d’Ossun, requesting, that in case the fleet did not sail immediately, I might be permitted to embark on board the first ship, no matter which, provided we might be conveyed to Vera Cruz without loss of time, and sail as swift…

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When I calculated the time it would take to reach Vera Cruz, then to travel three hundred leagues by land to San-Blas, and afterwards to cross the Vermeil Sea to California, I foresaw it was morally impossible we should get there in time for our…

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Monday 4th, I went to play my respects to count Montezuma the viceroy; who receiv'd me courteously.
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