Reefs off La Navidad run six leagues from Cabo Santo to Sierpe

At sunrise he weighed anchor with little wind, with the boat ahead, on a course to the northwest to get outside the reef, by another channel wider than the one by which he entered; this and others are very good for going in front of the Villa de la Navidad, and through all that stretch the shallowest depth he found was three fathoms, up to nine; and these two run from northwest to southeast, for those reefs were great, and run from Cabo Santo to Cabo de Sierpe, which is more than 6 leagues, and out to sea a good 3, and off Cabo Santo a good 3; and a league off Cabo Santo there are no more than eight fathoms of depth, and inside the said cape on the east side there are many shoals and channels to enter by; and that whole coast runs northwest southeast and is all beach, and the land very flat up to a good 4 leagues inland. Beyond, there are very high mountains, and it is all very thickly settled with large towns, and good people, as they showed themselves toward the Christians. …