But I Am Very Well Aware Of An Objection
That May Be Made To What I Have Advanced; Viz., That,
From my own
showing, this southern continent lies absolutely without their
limits; and that there is also a proviso in
The charter of that
company that seems particularly calculated to exclude it, since it
recites that.
"The agents of the company shall not sail beyond the southernmost
parts of Terra del Fuego, except through the Straits of Magellan, or
round Terra del Fuego; nor go from thence to any part of the East
Indies, nor return to Great Britain, or any port or place, unless
through the said straits, or by Terra del Fuego: nor shall they
trade in East India goods, or in any places within the limits
granted to the united company of merchants of England trading to
East India (such India goods excepted as shall be actually exported
from Great Britain, and also such gold, silver, wrought plate, and
other goods and commodities, which are the produce, growth, or
manufactures of the West Indies, or continent of America): neither
shall they send ships, or use them or any vessel, within the South
Seas, from Terra del Fuego to the northernmost parts of America,
above three hundred leagues to the westward of, and distant from the
land of Chili, Peru, Mexico, California, or any other the lands or
shores of Southern or Northern America, between Terra del Fuego and
the northernmost part of America, on pain of the forfeiture of the
ships and goods; one-third to the crown, and the other two-thirds to
the East India Company."
But the reader will observe that I mentioned the East India and
African Companies before; and that I now mention the South Sea
Company, on a supposition that the two former may refuse it.
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