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vince and government, on the shore of the river
Masparro, between the cities of New and Old Ba-
rinas.

Catalina, Santa, another settlement of the
province and government of Venezuela, on the
shore of the river Mosquitos, near where this river
enters the Orituco.

Catalina, Santa, another settlement of the
province and government of Cartagena, in the
kingdom of Tierra Firme.

Catalina, Santa, another settlement of the
province and government of La Sonora in Nueva
Espana ; situate in the country of the Sobaipuris
Indians, on the shore of a river which enters the
Gila, between the settlements of San Cosme and
San Angelo.

Catalina, Santa, another settlement of the
province and government of Tucumán, in the
jurisdiction of the city of Xuxuy, with four cha-
pels of ease.

Catalina, Santa, another settlement of the
province and alcaldia mayor of Los Zoques in the
kingdom of Guatemala.

Catalina, Santa, another, of the province
and alcaldia mayor of Chiapa in the same king-
dom.

Catalina, Santa, another settlement of the
island of Barbadoes, in the parish and district of S.
George.

Catalina, Santa, another settlement of the
island of Jamaica, which is a parish of the Eng-
lish, situate in the s. part.

Catalina, Santa, some sierras or mountains
of the coast of Brazil, in the province and captain-
ship of Rey, opposite the island of Santa Catalina,
from which they take their name.

Catalina, Santa, a cape or point of land on
the coast of the province and government of Cos-
tarica and kingdom of Guatemala, between the
port of Las Velas and the town of Nicaragua.

Catalina, Santa, a small island close to the
s. coast of the island of St. Domingo, between La
Saona and the bay of Caballo.

Catalina, Santa, another island of the coast
of Florida to the n. of Georgia.

Catalina, Santa, another island of the coast
of Georgia, between the islands Sapola and As-
sabaw.

Catalina, Santa, a bay on the coast of the
straits of Magellan, between point St. Silvestre and
point St. Antonio de Padua.

Catalina, Santa, a bay of the e. coast of the
island of Newfoundland, between the Saint’s cape
and New cape.

Catalina, Santa, a river of the province and
colony of Maryland, in the county of Talbot. It
runs j. and enters the sea in the bay of Chesapeak.

Catalina, Santa, an island of the N. sea,
near the coast of Tierra Firme, opposite the Escu-
do de Veraguas. It is of a good temperature, fer-
tile, and abounding in cattle and fruits. It had in
it a settlement defended by two castles, called San-
tiago and Santa Teresa; which, together with the
town, were destroyed by an English pirate, John
Morgan, who took the island in 1665 ; and al-
though it was recovered in the same year by the
president of Panama and Colonel Don J uan Perez
de Guzman, it remained abandoned and desert.

Catalina, Santa, another small island near
the coast of Brazil. See St. Catherine.

Catalina, Santa, a small island, situate to
the s. of St. Domingo, and close to it in the front
of the settlement of Higuey.

Catalina, Santa, a valley, in which there is
also a small settlement, in the Nuevo Reyno de
Leon ; annexed to the curacy of its capital, from
whence it lies three leagues to the w. It contains
20 families in its neighbourhood, and produces
only some sorts of pulse and some goats.

Catalina, Santa, another valley of the pro-
vince and corregimiento of Moquehua in Peru,
bounded by a river and by the cordillera.

Catalina, Santa, a bay on the coast of
Nova Scotia, between the port Carnero and that
of Ours or Oso.

CATAMAIU, a large and rapid river of the
province and government of Loxa in the kingdom
of Quito, also called Chira, at the part where it
enters the sea. It rises in the paramo or desert
mountain of Sabanilla ; and collecting the waters
of several smaller rivers, runs from s. to n.
until it unites itself with tlie Gonzanama, which
enters it on the s. side, in lat. S° 47' s. ; it then
turns its course to the xo. and afterwards to the
5 . w. and receives the tributary streams of the
rivers Quiros, Macara, and Pelingara ; all of
which enter it on the s. side. Being swelled with
these, it takes the name of Amotape, from the settle-
ment of this name, situate on its shore. Near its
mouth this river is called Colan, and it empties it-
self into the sea in the corregimiento and province
ofPiura. The countries which it laves are fertile
and beautiful, and its banks are covered with or-
chards and plantations of sugar-canes of the terri-
tory of Loxa. The climate here is very hot, and
in the valleys formed by this river the inhabitants
are much afflicted with the tertian fever ; its wa-
ters are generally very cold and unwliolesonic.

Otro pequeño del distrito y jurisdicción de Valladolid en la Provincia y Obispado de Mechoacan de Nueva España.
Otro de la Cabecera de Mistepeque y Alcaldía mayor de Nejapa en Nueva España: es de temperamento frío, situado al pie de un monte, con 6o familias de Indios, y está 4 leguas de su Cabecera.
Otro de la Cabecera de Quiatoni y Alcaldía mayor de Teutitlán en Nueva España, con 20 familias de Indios: está una legua al N de su Cabecera.
Otro de las Misiones que tenían los Regulares de la Compañía en la Provincia de Tepeguana y Reyno del Nueva Vizcaya a orilla del río de las Nasas, 30 leguas al NO de su Capital.
Otro con el aditamento de Sena de la Provincia y Gobierno de Maracaibo en el distrito de la Ciudad de Pedraza, situado a orilla del río Pariva, uno de las Misiones que tiene en Barínas la Religión de Santo Domingo.
Otro de la misma Provincia y Gobierno a orilla del río Masparro, entre las Ciudades de Barinas nueva y vieja.
Otro de la Provincia y Gobierno de Venezuela a orilla del río de Mosquitos, cerca de donde entra en el de Orituco.
Otro de la Provincia y Gobierno de Cartagena en el Reyno de Tierra-Firme.
Otro de la Provincia y Gobierno de la Sonora en Nueva España, situado en el Pais de los Indios Sobaipuris, a orilla de un río que entra en el de Gila, entre los Pueblo de San Cosme y San Angelo.
Otro de la Provincia y Gobierno del Tucuman en la jurisdicion de la Ciudad de Xuxuy, con 4 capillas que son Vice-Parroquias de su Curato.
Otro de la Provincia y Alcaldía mayor de los Zoques en el Reyno de Goatemala.
Otro de la Provincia y Alcaldía mayor de Chiapa en el mismo Reyno.
Otro de la Isla de Barbada en la Porroquia y distrito de S. Jorge.
Otro de la Isla de lamayca, que es Parroquia de los Ingleses, situado a la parte del S.
Unas sierras o montañas de la Costa del Brasil en la Provincia y Capitanía del Rey, frente de la Isla de Santa Catalina de quien toman el nombre.
Un Cabo o Punta de Tierra en la Costa de la Provincia y Gobierno de Costarrica y Reyno de Guatemala, entre el Puerto de las Velas y la Villa de Nicaragua. Una Isla pequeña junto a la Costa del S de la de Santo Domingo, entre la Saona y la Bahía del Caballo.
Otra Isla de la Costa de la Florida al N de las Georgias.
Otra Isla de la Costa de Georgia entre las de Sapola y Ossabaw.
Una Ensenada en la Costa del estrecho de Magallanes entre la punta de San Silvestre y la de San Antonio de Padua.
Una Bahía de la Costa del E de la Isla de Terranova, entre los Cabos de Santos y Nuevo.
Un río de la Provincia y Colonia de Mariland en el Condado de Talbot, corre al S y sale al mar en la Bahía de Chesapeack.
Una Isla de la mar del N cerca de la Costa de Tierra-Firme frente del escudo de Veraguas: es de buen temperamento, fértil y abundante en ganados y frutos: había en ella una población defendida por dos Castillos llamados Santiago y Santa Teresa, que los Mdestruyó con la población el Pirata Ingles Juan Morgan, que la tomó el año de 1665, y aunque la recobró aquel mismo año el Presidente de Panamá, Maestre de Campo Don Juan Pérez de Guzman quedó desierta y abandonada. Está 29S gr. de long. y 12 y 30 min. de lat. sept.
Otra Isla pequeña cerca de la Costa del Brasil en la Provincia y Capitanía de San Vicente, tiene 8 leguas de largo N S habitada de algunos Indios y de unos pocos Portugueses: hay en ella un fuerte que Don Juan de la Cruz llama de San Joseph, citando a Anson: los Españoles, mandados por el Teniente General Don Pedro Ceballos, la tomaron el año de 1777: está en 27 gr. 6 min. de lat. aust.
Una Isla pequeña, situada al S de la Española o de Santo Domingo, inmediata a ésta enfrente del Pueblo de Higney. Un Valle en que hay también una pequeña población en el Nuevo Reyno de León, anexo al Curato de su Capital, de donde dista 3 leguas al Poniente: tiene 20 familias de vecindario, y produce solo legumbres y ganado cabrio. Otro Valle de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Moquehua en el Perú, rodeado de un río y de la Cordillera.
Una Bahía en la Costa del S de la Nueva Escocia entre el Puerto Carnero y el del Ours u Oso:

CATAMAIU, Río] grande y rápido de la Provincia y Gobierno de Loxa en el Reyno de Quito, llamado también de Chira en su salida al mar: nace del páramo o monte de la Sabanilla, y recogiendo las aguas de otros varios menores, corre del S al N hasta que se une con el de Gonzanama, que le entra por su parte austral en 3 gr. 47 min. de lat. aust. luego tuerce su curso al Poniente, y después al SO, recogiendo las aguas de los de Quiros, Macará y Pelingara, que todos entran en él por la parte austral; engrosado con éstos, toma el nombre de Amotape por el Pueblo de este nombre, situado a su orilla: cerca de su boca se llama de Colan, desembocando al mar en el Corregimiento y Provincia de Piura: baña hermosas y fértiles campiñas, y sus orillas estan cubiertas de huertos y plantaciones de cañas dulces del territorio de Loxa; su clima es muy cálido, y en los valles que forma, sujetos sus habitantes a la epidemia de tercianas: sus aguas están ordinariamente muy frias y son mal sanas: está su boca en 4 gr. 58 min. de lat. aust.

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vince and government, on the shore of the river
Masparro, between the cities of New and Old Ba-
rinas.

Catalina, Santa, another settlement of the
province and government of Venezuela, on the
shore of the river Mosquitos, near where this river
enters the Orituco.

Catalina, Santa, another settlement of the
province and government of Cartagena, in the
kingdom of Tierra Firme.

Catalina, Santa, another settlement of the
province and government of La Sonora in Nueva
Espana ; situate in the country of the Sobaipuris
Indians, on the shore of a river which enters the
Gila, between the settlements of San Cosme and
San Angelo.

Catalina, Santa, another settlement of the
province and government of Tucumán, in the
jurisdiction of the city of Xuxuy, with four cha-
pels of ease.

Catalina, Santa, another settlement of the
province and alcaldia mayor of Los Zoques in the
kingdom of Guatemala.

Catalina, Santa, another, of the province
and alcaldia mayor of Chiapa in the same king-
dom.

Catalina, Santa, another settlement of the
island of Barbadoes, in the parish and district of S.
George.

Catalina, Santa, another settlement of the
island of Jamaica, which is a parish of the Eng-
lish, situate in the s. part.

Catalina, Santa, some sierras or mountains
of the coast of Brazil, in the province and captain-
ship of Rey, opposite the island of Santa Catalina,
from which they take their name.

Catalina, Santa, a cape or point of land on
the coast of the province and government of Cos-
tarica and kingdom of Guatemala, between the
port of Las Velas and the town of Nicaragua.

Catalina, Santa, a small island close to the
s. coast of the island of St. Domingo, between La
Saona and the bay of Caballo.

Catalina, Santa, another island of the coast
of Florida to the n. of Georgia.

Catalina, Santa, another island of the coast
of Georgia, between the islands Sapola and As-
sabaw.

Catalina, Santa, a bay on the coast of the
straits of Magellan, between point St. Silvestre and
point St. Antonio de Padua.

Catalina, Santa, a bay of the e. coast of the
island of Newfoundland, between the Saint’s cape
and New cape.

Catalina, Santa, a river of the province and
colony of Maryland, in the county of Talbot. It
runs j. and enters the sea in the bay of Chesapeak.

Catalina, Santa, an island of the N. sea,
near the coast of Tierra Firme, opposite the Escu-
do de Veraguas. It is of a good temperature, fer-
tile, and abounding in cattle and fruits. It had in
it a settlement defended by two castles, called San-
tiago and Santa Teresa; which, together with the
town, were destroyed by an English pirate, John
Morgan, who took the island in 1665 ; and al-
though it was recovered in the same year by the
president of Panama and Colonel Don J uan Perez
de Guzman, it remained abandoned and desert.

Catalina, Santa, another small island near
the coast of Brazil. See St. Catherine.

Catalina, Santa, a small island, situate to
the s. of St. Domingo, and close to it in the front
of the settlement of Higuey.

Catalina, Santa, a valley, in which there is
also a small settlement, in the Nuevo Reyno de
Leon ; annexed to the curacy of its capital, from
whence it lies three leagues to the w. It contains
20 families in its neighbourhood, and produces
only some sorts of pulse and some goats.

Catalina, Santa, another valley of the pro-
vince and corregimiento of Moquehua in Peru,
bounded by a river and by the cordillera.

Catalina, Santa, a bay on the coast of
Nova Scotia, between the port Carnero and that
of Ours or Oso.

CATAMAIU, a large and rapid river of the
province and government of Loxa in the kingdom
of Quito, also called Chira, at the part where it
enters the sea. It rises in the paramo or desert
mountain of Sabanilla ; and collecting the waters
of several smaller rivers, runs from s. to n.
until it unites itself with tlie Gonzanama, which
enters it on the s. side, in lat. S° 47' s. ; it then
turns its course to the xo. and afterwards to the
5 . w. and receives the tributary streams of the
rivers Quiros, Macara, and Pelingara ; all of
which enter it on the s. side. Being swelled with
these, it takes the name of Amotape, from the settle-
ment of this name, situate on its shore. Near its
mouth this river is called Colan, and it empties it-
self into the sea in the corregimiento and province
ofPiura. The countries which it laves are fertile
and beautiful, and its banks are covered with or-
chards and plantations of sugar-canes of the terri-
tory of Loxa. The climate here is very hot, and
in the valleys formed by this river the inhabitants
are much afflicted with the tertian fever ; its wa-
ters are generally very cold and unwliolesonic.