the Westwards of Van Diemens Land found out by the Dutch in 1642.
Sixthly, That to the Eastward of the Molucca's and Van Diemens Land in South Latitude there arises another Easterly Variation, which seems not so great as the former, nor of so large Extent; for that at the Island Rotterdam it is sensibly less than upon the East Coast of New Guinea; and, at the rate it decreases, it may well be suppos'd, that about 20 Degrees farther East, or 225 Degrees East Longitude from London, in the Latitude of 20 Degrees South, a Westerly Variation begins.
Seventhly, That the Variations observ'd by the Honourable Sir John Norborough at Baldivia , and at the West Entrance of the Straights of Magellan do plainly shew, that That East Variation, noted in our third Remark, is decreasing apace; and that it cannot reasonably extend many Degrees into the South Sea from the Coast of Peru and Chili , leaving room for a small Westerly Variation, in that Tract of