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History of Central America, Volume 2, 1530-1800, Volume 7

Note XXIX‑35 — Chapter XXIX · CORSAIRS IN THE SOUTH SEA. 1671-1682.

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'The Island Quibo or Cabaya, is in lat. 7 d. 14 m. North of the Equator.' Dampier's Voy., i. 212. It is called by Ringrose Cayboa. Bucaniers of Amer., ii. 33. Its modern name is Coquimbo. In crossing thither a storm was encountered and two barks foundered, one containing 15 men and the other seven. This storm and wreck are not mentioned by the anonymous writer of Sharp's Voy., though Sharp himself alludes to it in Hacke's Col. Voy., ii. 34.

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