[65] Galvano certainly mistakes here in assigning Tecoantepec, which is at
least 340 miles from the nearest part of the bay of Honduras. If a
navigation were practicable from Tecoantepec, it would more probably
be towards Tabasco, at the bottom of the bay of Campechy. Perhaps he
ought to have said from Guatimala to the gulf of Dolse, at the bottom
of the bay of Honduras. This splendid navigation between the Atlantic
and Pacific, within the tropics, like that between the Mediterranean
and Red Sea, still remains an unsolved problem. It will be resumed
hereafter, among the voyages and travels to Spanish America. - E.
[66] These seem all to have been brothers to Pizarro, and named from the
town of Alcantara in Spain. - E.
[67] The mouth of the Maranon is exactly under the line. - E.
[68] The latitude of Cusco is only 13 deg. 30' S. - E.
[69] Gomar. Hist. Gen. V. vi. vii. viii. ix
[70] Gomar. Hist. Gen. V. xvi. xviii. xix.
[71] So named from the two brothers, Caspar and Michael Cortereal, who are
said to have been lost on this coast of North America in 1500, as
formerly mentioned by Galvano. - E.
[72] Xalis, or Xalisco, the residence of Gusman is in lat.
