- E.
[19] The estimate in the text is exceedingly erroneous. The city of Parto
is in lat. 1 deg. 12' N. and the Rio de Loa, or commencement of the desert
of Atacama, in lat. 21 deg. 26' S. which give only a difference of nearly
25 degrees of latitude, which at 17-1/2 Spanish leagues to the degree
are only 438 leagues. Even supposing the text to include Chili, which
extends to 39 deg. 21' S. the whole extent of Peru and Chili is only 753
Spanish leagues. - E.
[20] This is only to be understood of the period when Zarate wrote, about
the middle of the sixteenth century, or two hundred and fifty years
ago. The first town he enumerates, Puerto Viejo, is now in the
viceroyalty of New Granada. - E.
[21] The wool-bearing animals of Peru, improperly named sheep, are one or
other of the species of camel already mentioned in a former note. - E.
[22] Instead of _four_ degrees, Quito is only the _fourth_ part of a
degree beyond the line. - E.
[23] Bracamoras, or Jaen de Bracamoras, in lat. 5 deg. 30' S. is in the
district or province of Jaen in the kingdom of New Granada, on one of
the branches of the Lauricocha or Tanguragua, which is one of the
great rivers which contribute to form the vast Maranon, or river of
the Amazons.
