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Show rm ,R E L A T I ON ' OF THE VOYAGES and CnuEtTiEs OftheSPANIARD‘sinthe WESTJNDIE$ HE IVefl-Indies were difcover'd in the; Yearvr492 5 the year after the Spaniards fetled there, ,and inhabited, this new , World. _ But for the fpace of thefe 49" years lafl: pal‘t, an infinite number ofl'eople have left Spain to dwell in thefe Countries; they generally: touch at Hzfiiqnioln, which is a very fertileand large. Illand, and is become very famous : The Extent of it is above 600 Leagues 5 ftis furrounded with a ,nmltitudeof fmall Illands, and abounds fo‘withll‘nhabié tants,that there's no Country in the World morepo- pulous. TheContinent, which is above 230 Leagues. dillant from it, is of a valt Extent 3 a; great part of which has been already difcoveredj, and freih Dill 'coveries are made every day; and limb great numf" 'bers of People inhabit all thefe Countries, that it feems as if Providence had amafs'd together iii-e g1 euteft part of Mankind in this part of the W'orld‘..3 '1 B All." Li I ":1: |