with salt The 21. and 22. hauing a great storme wee put into the Isle of of Wight where our Maister would gladly haue hyred a carpenter but could not The 25. we set sayle from Wight and vpon the 27. entred at Plimmouth where the Maister hyred a carpenter of Maydenblicke The 28. we leaft Plimmouth and sayled with a north north east wind and faire whether and the 29. the Maister and Marcâ—â—nt of the Horne came abord the Vnitie to agree together about order to be taken vpon the 4. of Iuly for sharing of our victuales according to the manner and custome vsed in shippes that sayle long voiages where they deliuer the saylers their meate and drinke by waight and measure to euery man alike and according to his qualitie The 4. of Iuly according to the aforesaid resolution it was ordred that euery man should haue a can of beere a day 4. pound of bisket and halfe a pound of butter besides sweete suet a weeke and fiue cheeses for the whole voiage The 8. being vnder 39. degrees and 25. minutes right against the Bassels our carpenters Mate dyed The 9. and 10. with a north and north east winde and a stife gale the 11. we had a sight of Porto Santo and Madera and held our course east The 12. in the morning we saw the Saluages which we leaft on backe-bord about 2. leagues from vs. The 13. in the morning wee saw the Ilands of Tenerifa and great Canaena and the same day about noone wee sayld betweene them both with a stiffe north north east wind and a swift streame Betweene the 14. and the 15. with the same wind and streame we passed Tropicus Cancri The 16. in the morning with a Northeast wind we found very hollow water at which time the boate that was drawne at the Vnities stearne was full of water and therewith the rope brake and the boate sunke and was lost which till that time we had drawne after the ship without any danger about noone the same day we were vnder 20. degrees and 30. minutes The 17. and 18. with faire weatheâ— and an indifferent wind north and northwest we sailed west and by south and on the 19. in the morning were vnder 14. degrees and 45. minutes The 20. on the morning we fell on the north side of Cape Verde and had 8. fathome deepe when wee first saw the land sailing along by the coast and at Sunne-rising the Cape lay west and by south from vs so that with a north northeast wind we could not get beyond it and were forced to ankor at 32. fathome deepe that night it blew hard with a great storme of raine and thunder The 21. in the morning the wind south southeast and after Sun-rising variable we set saile with our course to to Seaward first west and by north then northwest and that whole day sailed not aboue 6. leagues The 22. we lay driuing all day long with a calme and no sailes vp then Cape Verde lay east from vs about euening we saw a ship southward that held her course northwest The 23. in the morning hauing a South wind wee could not reach aboue the Cape but were forced to ankor by reason of the streame about noone wee set saile with a west wind and got beyond the Cape and that euening ankored within the second Island in the ordinary roade at 10. fathome deepe The 24. it rained sore and we made ready to fetch fresh water from the land The 25. the Alkaire or gouernour came aboord our ship with whome wee agreed for eight states of Iron that wee should peaceably fetch fresh water from the shore The 26. it rained and the weather very darke the same day we saw a ship that sailed towards vs and ankored two leagues from vs vnder the land being a ship of Rotterdam that came thither to trafficke along the coast The 28. and 29. we fetcht water meane time the Horne hoysed saile and went to the place where the ship of Rotterdam lay in a Bay called Refresco to see if wee could there find any Limonds but came againe in the euening and could get none The 31. there came a French ship and anchored by vs. The same day we had stayed a Negroes ship who at night shewed vs a fit place to fish in and our men carrying their nets on the firme land tooke as many fishes of diuers sorts as both our ships could eate in two dayes The first of August in the morning we set saile from Cape Verde with the Rotterdamer who at noone time left vs and set his course for the Salt Islands all that time we had faire weather and a fine gale of wind out of the north our course southwest The 2. we had faire weather with a fine gale of wind at which time we klled a little calfe and a goate that we gotte at Cape Verde which serued all our men in both ships for a whole dayes meate The 3. we had but small wind and that night faire weather but when day appeared it was thicke and cloudie with thunder raine and lightning The 4. about noone we were vnder 12. degrees and 12. minutes with very faire weather and a good swift gale as also the 5. day The 7.8 and 9. it rained fast but yet with an indifferent gale The 10. it rained with a small wind that night we saw a Spanish Barke vnder saile The 15. we had a reasonable fresh winde and good weather and made indifferent good way then we saw great store of birds called Rabos forcados and tooke a Dorado The 16. about noone we were vnder 7. degrees and 40. minutes with faire weather and a good winde as afore The 17. at noone we were vnder 7. degrees 12. minutes with faire weather and an indifferent coole gale southwest that day we tooke many Bouetes and Corretters The 18. and 19. we lay by the wind resoluing to hold our course for Sierra Liona there to refresh our selues because many of our men had a great scouring all that day we had a stiffe contrary wind and were forced to lie by the weather it being then too late to go speeedily vnder the Line and at the Cape we got but little refreshing at that time about noone we were vnder 7. degrees and 55. minutes The 20. in the morning we were vnder 7. degrees 45. minutes with faire weather and a good gale of winde out of the South wee helde our course East and East and by North at which time we saw great store of land fowles and change of water about euening we cast out the lead and found 30. fathome sandie ground and had land almost 40. leagues nearer then we gessed it to be the same night we anchored at 16. fathome and were vpon the west end of the Baixos or shallows of S. Anna Island The 21. in the morning by Sunne rising we set saile and saw the high land of Sierra Liona about 6. Leagues from vs Northeast and by North
nothing but brackish vvater there they savv some Estriges and beasts like Harts vvith very long neckes vvhich vvere afrayde of vs. Vpon the highest part of the hilles vve found some burying places which were heapes of stones and we not knowing what that meant pulled the stones of from one of them and vnder them found mens bones of 10 and 11 foote long they buried the dead vpon the top of the hilles flat on the ground couer them also with stones which keepes them from being deuouered by beasts or birdes The 12.13.14.15 and 16. our men went continually on land to seeke for water but found none euery day bringing good store of birdes and fishes on boord The 17. We layd our shippe within the Kings Island on the wall with a high water to make it cleane where it was drie that wee might goe round about it drie foot The 18 the Horne was also layd on shore about 2 musket shot from our ship to make it cleane The 19. as we were busie about both the ships to make them cleane and burnt reeds vnder the Horne the flame of the fire sodainly got into the ship and presently tooke such hold thereof that in the twinckling of an eye it was so great that wee could by no meanes quench it by reason it lay 50. foot drie from the water side and by that meanes we were constrained to stand still and see it burne before our eyes not able to doe any thing to saue it The 20. at a high water we lancht the Vnitie into the water againe and went to the Horne quencht the fire but the ship was burnt cleane downe to the water The next day when we had cast the water out of that part of it that was left we saued all the wood iron-worke anchors ordinance and what else that was to be gotten and put it into ourship The 25 our men found certaine hols full of fresh water which was white and very thicke from whence some of them daily fetch water in litle rondlets on there shoulders some went armed with muskets to defend them others fetch birdes egges and young sea Lyons which we eate and are of a reasonable good tast The sea Lyons are a kind of fish as big as a litle horse with heads like Lyons and long rough haire about their neckes but the she Lyons are without haire and not halfe so great as the hee we could not kill them but with musket shot either in the brest or the paunch for though we gaue them 100. blowes with staues and other things and made the bloud run out of their mouthes and noses yet they would run away while we lay there in the riuer we had great windes and some times much raine and stormes The 9. of Ianuarie 1616. we left fetching water into the ship and the 10. wee set sayle to goe on our voiage but the wind comming out of the sea we were forced to anchor againe by the Lyon Island and that day got great store of fish and birdes The 12 our Pinnace rowed to the Pinguijns Island to fetch Pinguijns but the weather was so foule that they could not get a boord againe that day but lay all night in the Smeltbay and next morning came to vs laden with Pinguijns but by reason of the great number of them they were spoyled and we cast them ouer boord The 13 about noone we sailed out of Porto Desire but the sea being calme we anchored before the hauen and when the winde began to rise hoysed anchor and put to sea The 18 we saw Sebaldes Islands south east from vs about 3. leagues they lie as Sebald Dewert writes distant from the straight east northeast and west southwest about 50. leagues then we were vnder 51. degrees The 20 vve saw Steencrosse driue and perceiued that we had a great streame that went southwest then vve vvere vnder 53 degrees gest that vve vvere about 20 leagues south ward from the straights of Magelan The 11 vvee vvere vnder 53. degrees The 23 in the morning vvee had a South vvinde and about noone it vvaxt calme then the vvinde blevv vvest and vve had ground at 50 fathom blacke sandy with smale stones after that the winde turned north with smooth water and faire weather The vvater shewed as white as if wee had beene within the land wee held our course south and by west about 3. of the clocke after noone we saw land west and west south west from vs and not long after that vve savv it also in the south then hauing a north winde we went east southeast to get aboue the land it blew so hard in the hollow water that wee were forced to take in our top sayles The 24. in the morning wee saw land on starre-boord not aboue a great league distant from vs there wee had ground at 40. fathom and a west winde the land strecht east and south with very high hills that were all couered ouer with ice VVee sayled along by that land and about noone past it and saw other land cast from it which also was very high and ragged These lands as wee gest lay about 8. leagues one from the other and seemed as if there were a good passage betweene them which we were the better perswaded vnto for that there ran a hard streame Southward betweene both those lands Then about noone wee were vnder 54 degrees 46. minutes and after noone wee had a north winde and made towards this opening but about euening it calmed and that night we draue forwards with a hard streame and little winde There we saw an innumerable number of Pinguijns and thousands of Whales so that wee were forced to looke well about vs and to wind and turne to shun the Whales least we should sayle vpon them The 25 in the morning we were close by the east land which was very high and craggy which on the north side reacheth east south east as farre as wee could see that land we called States land but the land that lay west from vs wee named Mauriceland We perceiued that on both sides thereof there were good roades and sandy bayes for on either side it had sandy strands and very faire sandie ground There are great store of fish Pinguijns and Porpesses as also birdes and water enough but we could see no trees wee had a north winde in the entrie and went south southwest with a stife course at noone wee were vnder 55 degrees 36 minutes and then held our course south west with a good sharpe winde and raine and a stife gale we savv the land on the south side of the passage vpon the vvest ende of Maurice van Nassawes land reach vvest south vvest and south vvest as farre as wee could see it all very high and craggie-land In the euening the vvinde was South West and that night vvee went south with great waues or billowes out of the southvvest and very blew water whereby wee iudged and held for
certaine that we had great deepe water to loefward from vs nothing doubting but that it was the great South sea whereat we were exceeding glad to thinke that wee had discouered a way which vntill that time was vnknowne to men as afterward wee found it to be true There we saw extreame great Sea-Mewes bigger of body then Swannes their winges being spread abroad were each of them aboue a fathom long These birds being vnaccustomed to see men came to our ship and sat thereon and let our men take and kill them The 26. we were vnder 57 degrees with a flying storme out of the West and south west the whole quarter with very high and blew water vve held our course Southward and in the north west saw very high land in the night we turned north west ward The 27 we were vnder 56. degrees 51 minutes the weather very cold with haile and raine the winde West and West and by south and we vvent Southward and then crost northward with our maine sailes The 28 vvee hoysed our top sayles then vvee had great billovves out of the West vvith a West vvinde and then a northeast and therewith held our course South and then West and West and by South and were vnder fiftie six degrees and fortie eight minutes The 29 wee had a northeast vvinde and held our course south west and saw two Islands before vs lying West southwest from vs about noone wee got to them but could not sayle aboue them so that wee held our course north about them they had drie gray cliffes and some low cliffes about them they lay vnder 57 degrees southvvard of the equinoctiall line vvee named them Barneuells Islands from them we sayled West north west about euening we saw land againe lying north vvest and north northwest from vs which was the land that lay South from the straights of Magelan which reacheth Southward all high hillie lande couered ouer with snow ending with a sharpe point which wee called Cape Horne it lyeth vnder 57. degrees and 48. minutes Then vvee hadde faire weather and a North vvinde with great Billowes out of the West we held on course west found a strong streame that can westward The 30. vve still had great billovves out of the vvest vvith hollovv vvater and a strong streame that vvent vvestvvard vvhich assured vs that vvee had an open vvay into the South sea then vvee vvere vnder 57. degrees 34. minutes The 31. vve had a north vvinde and sayled vvest and vvere vnder 58. degrees then the winde turning west and west southwest somewhat variable we passed by Cape Van Horne and could see no more land and had great billowes out of the west and very blew vvater vvhich then fully assured vs that vve had the broad south sea before vs and no land the vvind vvas very variable vvith greate store of hayle and raine vvhich forced vs often times to vvinde to and fro The first of February vvee had cold vveather vvith a storme out of the South-vvest and sayled vvith our maine sayles lying northvvest and vvest northvvest The 2. the vvinde vvest vvee sayled southvvard and vvere vnder 57. degrees 58. minutes and found 12. degrees Northvvarde variation of the Compasse That day vve savv many great Sea-mevves and other birds The 3. wee were vnder 59. degrees 25. minutes with indifferent weather and a hard west winde and gessed that we were that day vnder 59. degrees and a halfe but saw no land nor any signe thereof in the South The 4. we were vnder 56. degrees 43. minutes with variable windes most southwest and wound to and fro as the wind blew with 11. degrees northeastward variation of Compasse The 5. wee had a strong streame out of the west with hollow water whereby wee could beare no sayle â—ut were forced to driue with the winde The 8. the winde was south and wee held west and the winde blowing northwest we turned southward being vnder 59. degrees little lesse the wind being stiffe northwest and north northwest with mist colde hayle and snow vvee had our maine sayles out and held our course west The next day it was very cold raw moist and mistie vveather The 12. our men had each of them three cups of vvine in signe of ioy for our good hap for then the Sraightes of Magelan lay east from vs the same day by aduice of all our counsell at the request of our chiefe Marchant the new passage by vs discouered betweene Mauritius land and the States land was named the Straights of le Maire although by good right it should rather haue bin called William Schoutens Straight after our Maisters Name by whose wise conduction and skill in sayling the same was found During the time that wee passed through that Nevv Straight and sayling southward about that New found land till we got to the West side of the Straights of Magelan for the most part we had a very strong streame hollow vvater continuall raine mists moist and thicke weather with much hayle and snow whereby wee endured much trouble misery and disease But in regard that we had so luckily discouered that Passage and hoping that the places which we were yet to discouer would likewise fall out well wee were encouraged not once thinking vpon our former hard passage with assured mindes determined to goe forward on our voyage The 13. we still had much raine and misty darke weather and saw many birds and Porpesses The 14. We were vnder 51. degrees 50. minutes with misty darke and moist weather as also the 15. but slight water being vnder 51. degrees 12. minutes the winde West holding our course north and found that the streame there ran north The next the wind still held northwest north northwest and west to the 23. day then we had the generall South winde and good weather with hollow billowes out of the southwest and were vnder 46. degrees and 30. minutes The 24. Wee hoysed our vpper Ordinance out of the hold and placed it aboue vpon our decke The 25. of Ianuary vve hoysed all our sayles because we entered into a peaceable Sea and had past all stormes and hard weather The 27. We hoysed vp our second tyre of Ordinance and placed it in our second Orlope for in Porto Desire wee had layd it downe in the hold and all thinges that might hinder the wind and then were vnder 40. degrees with faire weather a south and south southeast winde and a good gale as the day before and held our course northward The 28. our counsell and the foure Masters determined to sayle to the Isles of Iohn Fernando there to refresh vs because some of our men by meanes of the great paines and labour taken by them were extreame weary and some had the flux that day wee were vnder 35. degrees 53. minutes In the euening wee bare but small sayle fearing to fall vpon the land by night and because we would not passe bey ond it in the night vvee sayled northeast The
the line in the euening with the hard streame we went close to the land and by reason it was calme anchored in vneuen ground and not deepe The 2. it was very calme and we draue with the streame west and west and by north with rainie weather The 3. vve held our course as before with a calme and found a bancke so farre in the sea that wee could scarse see the land in some places being 40. in an other 20.15 and 12. fathom sandy ground wee anchored at 12. fathom because it waxt night and the master desired to see how the streame went it was west southwest The same day we were vnder 35. minutes northward of the line and savv many Whales and Tortices Wee gest by the height that wee were at the ende of the land of Noua Guinea hauing sailed along by the coast 280. leagues that day wee saw 2 Islands more westward from vs. The 4. the winde variable our course was south west then it rained much with cloudy weather there the streame went hard west that day we savv 7. or 8. Islands as we thought and there in the night lay aloofe to keepe off from the land The fist in the morning wee draue in a calme with a variable winde our course south and south east with rainie weather and a little gale but the winde being against vs wee made towards the land which the day before wee tooke to be Islands but comming to them found no ground and therefore put out our Shalop to sound and found ground at 45. fathom close by the land As our Shalop rowed to land wee saw first 2. and then 3. Canoes more come of from the land and made towards our Shalop and being hard by it put out a flag of peace and our men the like and then went aboord the Canoes followed them and also came aboord they brought vs nothing but a muster or shew of Indian Bonties and Erties with some Ryce Tabacco and two Paradice brids wee bartered for one of them that was white and yeallow We could vnderstand them reasonable well for they spake Tarnata words and one of them spake good Malaian which language Aris Clawson our Marchant could speake well some of them spake some Spanish and among them they had a Spanish felt They wore faire clothes about their middles and some hadde silke breeches on of diuers colours some also had wreaths about their heads which they say were Turkes or Moores They ware gold and siluer rings vpon their fingers their haire was all coale blacke They bartred their ware with vs for beades but rather desired Linnen They were very warie and fearefull of vs. VVe askt them what the name of this countrie was but they would not tell vs but by many circumstances wee Iudged and verely beleeued that we were at the east ende of Gilolo on the midlemost point of the land for Gilolo reacheth out with 3. pointes to the east and that they were men of Tidore friends to the Spaniards as we also found it so to be which made vs all reioyce that after so many windings and turnings and troubles endured we were come to the place which wee knew and hoped in short time to come among our country men a thing which vve so long and so much had hopt for and desired Then wee had a small gale of winde and anchored vnder the land a Cannon shot from the shoare at 40. fathom where they brought vs Cocos and other fruit to buy they told vs that vvee lay not vvell there and it was true for in the euening vvee had a good gale and draue through That night the Canoes vvent avvay from vs promising the next day to bring vs home that day wee were the third time right vnder the Equinoctiall line The 6. in the morning they came againe from the land aboord our shippe and brought some Tabacco and porceline and some other things but vve hauing a good gale south south east and bad lying there hoyst ananchor to goe on our voyage to the Moluccos and held our course north with a good gale to goe north about the north point of Gilolo The 7. it rained and we savv the north east point of Gilolo called Moratay vvhich lay south east from vs. The 8. about noone vvee vvere vnder 4. degrees 3 minutes northvvard of the line that night it rained hard vvith thunder and lightening there vve found the stream to goe northward The 9. and 10. the vvinde vvas variable vvith rainie vveather and vvere vnder the heigh of 3. degrees 50. minutes The 11. in the morning wee sawe the land of Gilolo called Moratay againe on the northeast point of Gilolo wee did the best wee could to reach it but the streame put vs of from the land towardes the north and coulde not reach it that day The 12. and 13. we were vnder 2. degrees 58. minutes with variable windes and much raine and the like the 14.15 and 16. The 17. with great labour and much trouble wee got vnder the land late in the euening and draue along by the coast with faire wether that night we saw many fires vpon the land The 18. it was still wether and we draue along by the land about noone two Canoes came to vs with a flag of peace from the Village called Soppy they were Tarnataens with whom wee could speake well and some of them were of Gammacanor they shewed vs that a Pinnace of Amsterdam had laine there three months to lade Ryce and that about a moneth or two before also an English ship had beene there How glad we were then when we were so well assured that wee were come to so good and long desired a place after so much paine and trouble that we had endured with 85. sound men vvhen vvee had spent all our victuals euery man may iudge that hath proued the like aduenture There vve vvere vnder tvvo degrees 47. minutes and anchored at 28. fathom some of those men stayed that night vvith vs the next day to bring vs to the road of Soppy The 19. vvee sayled into the bay and there anchored at 10. fat hom sandy ground about a Cannon shot from the shore That day we bartered for some Sagovv some Hennes 2. or 3. Tortoyses and a little Rice The 20. wee bartered for a great deale of Sagow and some Ryce for Linnen Beades Kniues Glasses and Combes While wee were there a Correcor came thether to prouide Ryce and Sagow for the King of Tarnata who told vs that there was at least 20. ships Hollanders and Englishmen round about the Island of Tarnata that lay there and that there was 8. ships at the Manillas whereof foure were English and foure Dutch There we got good store of fish The 21.22.23 and 24. we still bartered for Sagow and Ryce by the small measure The 23. our men made an end of their wine The 25. in the euening we set sayle after we had laden 4. Tunne of Rice and good store
wee likewise saw the Islands of Mabrabomba which lie on the south point or corner of the high land of Sierra Liona north from the Baixos or shallows of S. Annas Island Sierra Liona is a very high land there is no land so high as it betweene Capo Verde and the coast of Guinea whereby the poynt is most easie to bee knowne that day wee laboured as we could to get to land for the most part hauing stormie weather running to the point and ouer the Baixos or shallows of S. Anna at 10.9.8.7 and 5. fathome water and as wee sayled northward the water waxed deeper but eastward shallower so that about euening we anchored with a high water at foure fathome and a halfe soft ground and in the night time we had but three fathome and a halfe but it was fine cleare weather The 22. in the morning at Sunrising William Schouten went aboord the Horne and sayled in it before vs the great ship following holding our course north northeast with a northwest winde and an ebbe vnder the bough and so got off from the Baixos to 18. fathome water and from thence to the Islands of Mabrabomba which are very high and lie all three on a row southwest and northeast halfe a league from Sierra Liona to seaward there we had shallow water at fiue and foure fathome soft muddy ground we anchored about a league from the land and going on shore found no man dwelling therin but perceiued the foote-steps of many great beastes but all the land lay wast like a wildernes with low marshes or bogs and high hils The 23. in the morning Iacob le Maire went aboord the Horne and from it with both the boates on shore where hee found a Riuer at the mouth thereof hauing many cliffes sands rockes whereby no ship could goe into it but within it was very deepe and broad enough for ships to turne and wind there they could perceiue no people to dwell but saw three wilde Oxen and a great many Monkeis and some birds that barked like dogs They rowed at least 3. leagues vp into it with the floud and there found a wilde Palme tree but in the euening came aboord againe and heard of no people neither found any fruit that might serue their turne to eate The 24. both our Scouts went on shore againe to seeke for men or some refreshing each of them in a seuerall Riuer at least 5. leagues into it Aris Clawson the Marchant of the Horne with one of the Assistants into the one and Claus Iohnson Ban with our masters mate in the other and the 25. in the morning came on boord againe The Marchant of the Horne had beene in a salt riuer and brought with him 5. or 6. wilde Palmites Claus Iohnson and Ban had beene in a fresh riuer and there found a place wherein there grew 8. or 9. Limond trees which they shooke and got about 750. Limonds most ripe ready to drie There also they saw great store of Tortoyses and some Crocodiles but no people We determined to trie if wee could get into the fresh Riuer with both our shippes therein to make prouision of fresh water and Limonds and to that end set sayle but found the water so shallow that we were forced to anchor at 6. fathome The Horne anchored before the Riuer on the lower land but there found shallow water by meanes of the point of the Baixos or shallows of S. Anna Island Iacob le Maire and Aris Clawson the marchants of the Horne and Vnitie went with the boate vp into the riuer The 26. we had a stiffe gale of winde South southwest so that wee could not saile yet the Horne beate on the south point of the bay which is about fiue leagues broad from the north to the south side The 27. in the morning we hoyst anchor to sayle to the Horne and about noone time the Horne boate came with Iacob le Maire on boord againe bringing with him about 1400. Limonds which they had found in diuers places here and there in the riuer In the euening we got to the Horne and there anchored at three fathome and a halfe soft ground The 28. our master went vp the riuer before the which we lay with both the boates and about euening came againe and found no good land to goe vpon nor any signes of men but onely a Bull with a Calfe all the ground being marshie and full of trees that stood in the salt water The 29. perceiuing that we were not in the riuer of Sierra Liona we determined early in the morning to set sayle and to goe northward of the high land and about noone wee got aboue the Islands of Mabrabonda westward along towards the north part of the high land till we had 12. and 15. fathome water and in the euening got about the point where we anchored at 15. fathome deepe The 30. in the morning we hoysed anchor and draue with the streame and a south wind before the village in the right roade of Sierra Liona where wee anchored at 8. fathome sandy ground about a musket shot from the land there we saw 8. or 9 houses couered with straw The Moores called vnto vs in their Language to fetch them aboord our shippe and because they had no Canoes we sent our boate on land which presently came backe againe with 5. Moores in it whereof one was their Interpreter but before they came they desired that we would leaue some of our men to stay with them as pledges for that not long before there had beene a French ship there which had taken and carryed away 2. of their Moores Aris Clawson the marchant that went a shore with the boate staied there with them and haueing certaine beades he there bartered them for 700. Limonds most ripe and two bunches of Banauas almost ripe also The Interpreter spake all kind of Languages one with an other In the meane time our men hauing faire weather laded fresh water which is there easie to be had by reason it falles downe out of the hill into the roade so that we held the barrels vnder the shore or fall of the water and filling them put them straight into the Scute the water was very good The 31. when we had fild our vessels full of water and that morning Iacob le Maire Aris Clawson Claus Iohnson Ban and all the assistants went on land and bartered for about 25000. Limonds for a few beades and some slight Norremburgh kniues wee might haue had 100000. Limonds there at the least if we would for there they grew by whole woods full the same night we bartered with the Negroes for a shole of Fish The first of September we hoysed anchor and draue before the streame and that euening anchored at the mouth of the Sea before a small Riuer The 2. we set the Horne vpon the Strand to make her cleane hauing a god place to doe it for there the water falles 7. foote vp and
they were a Shalops length or two from it they had no ground againe Then ten or twelue Canoes came to our shippe but wee would not let them come aboord but shewed them friendly countenance and bartered with them for foure flying fishes for the which wee gaue them some beades which wee let downe by a rope at the sterne of the ship and they taking them tyed the fishes to the rope and wee puld them vp in the meane time our Shalop sounded along by the land which they in the Canoes seeing presently made towards it and being close by it at first spake vnto the men but withall compast them about with foureteene Canoes and therewith some of them leapt ouer-boord thinking to fall vpon the Shalop or to draw it away with them which our men perceiuing shot with their Muskets among them there being six Muskets and other armes Courtelasses and Pikes in the Shalop and therewith kild two of the Indians as they sat in their Canoes whereof one presently fell dead ouerboorde the other sate still with his hand vviping off the bloud vpon his breast but at last fell likewise ouer boord the rest in the Canoes were thereat in so great feare that in all hast they made away at which time wee saw many men standing vpon the shore that cryed and made a great noyse But for that wee there could finde no fit anchoring ground we tooke our Shalop in againe and went forward on our voyage holding our course southwest the better to get to the south hoping there to find firme land And it was so rough neere to the Island that it was a very bad place for a boate to goe on shoare The Island was all full of blacke cliffes greene on the top and blacke earth and was full of Cocos trees and greene herbes Wee also saw many houles along by the Sea side and clofe by the strand there was a great Village the land was hilly but not very high The fifteene wee were vnder sixteene degrees twelue minutes faire wether the winde southeast our course west and west and by south The 17. the winde being Northeast wee went west and by south but the two last quarters wee saylde west north west That day it was agreed among vs because our victuales beegan to waxe scant that in steede of breakfast wee should giue our men halfe a cuppe of sacke The 18. being vnder 16. degrees 5. minutes wee had variable west windes that day wee cald our Counsell together to whom William Cornelison Schouten our Maister shewed that then wee were at the least one thousand sixe hundred leagues eastward from the coast of Peru and Chili and had not discoured any part of Terra Australis as our intent was that there was not any appearance to discouer any thing to our contentments that wee also had sayled further westward then wee intended that sayling foreward in that maner without all doubt wee should fall southward vpon Noua Guinea and that if there wee should finde no passage or way to gette through it being very dangerous vncertaine and not knowne that then both shippe and goods would be lost and wee our selues likewise should perish it being vnpossible to come Eastward backe againe from thence by reason of the steadfast East vvindes that in the vvest parts continually blow that we also had but small store of victuals and saw no meanes as yet to encrease them and therefore asked their counsell whether it was not their best way to alter their course and to sayle northvvard thereby to get northvvard to Noua Guinea and so to the Molucoes which they considering of and vvell weighing found his reasons to be true and thought it necessary to be done and therefore all with one consent agreed to sayle Northward not to fall southward vpon Noua Guinea being an vncertaine way but rather Northward to holde a certaine course which was presently put in effect and we set our course north northwest The nineteenth the winde South and our course North at noone vvee saw two Islandes Northeast and by East about eight leagues from vs which seemed to lie about a Cannon shot distant one from the other Then wee went northeast to sayle about the land with faire weather but no great gale The 20. The wind was northeast and we did the best by labouring to get to the land The one and twentieth the winde was East with a small gale and when wee were about a league from the land there came twentie Canoes to our ship to whom wee shewed all signes of friendshipp but one of them with a wooden Assagay sharpe at the poynt in his hand threatened to shoote at one of our men and cryed alowde as they did in the other Island vvhich vvee thought was a signe among them to fall vpon vs wherevpon we discharged two of our great Peeces and therewithall some of our Muskettes whereby two of them were hurt and the rest presently made away as they fledde throwing a shirt overboord which they hadde stolen out of our gallery After that some of them tooke courage againe and came once more with certaine Canoes to our shippe and wee sayling closer to the land because we had no ground put out our Shalop to sound the depth with 8. musketiers in it but they found no ground and when they thought to come backe againe to the ship 6. or 8. Canoes boorded them thinking to enter the boate and to take their armes from them wherewith to defend themselues they were forced to shoot with their muskets among them and kild six and hurt many of them for when they fled our men rowed to one of their Canoes that had no man in it but one that lay dead whose leggs hung still in the Canoe they threw his body into the Sea and brought the Canoe aboord their Shalop wherein they found a Club with a long staffe like a halfe pike In the night time our men came againe to vs and could find no anchor ground and therefore that night we held off and on close by the land The 22. we did the best we could to get to the land and comming to it sent out our Shalop to sound along by the shore that found ground at fiftie fathome sheluie ground about a Cannon shot from the land which still lessened and waxt shallower to 30. and 35. fathome and vvee anchored at 35 fathome sheluie ground till vvee could find a better place Our shippe master rowed with the Shalop and our boate to sound euery where and found a fit place to lay the shippe in which was close by our shippe in a creeke hard by a litle freshe riuer whereunto wee presently sayled and for that the winde was contrarie wee sayled into it so that being in the bay we lay a stones cast off from the shoare in the creeke at nine fathom water sheluie ground There we made our ship fast with foure ropes in smooth water and the fresh water ranne downe out of
three hogs more Which hee brought aboord the shippe and then wee prepared our selues to set sayle to the great contentment of the Indians of that Island because as long as wee were there they alwayes feared we would kil them and take their country from them Those people were men of good vnderstanding and of great stature for the least man of them was as big as the tallest of vs and the tallest of them was farre higher then any of vs they were strong men and well proportioned of body and limbs they went very fast and swam and diued vnder the water excellent well their colour was altogether browne yealow they were very curious in the dressing and trimming of their haire some hadde it curled some frizled some ware it bound vp in long foldes 4.5 or 6. together as our women doe in haire-laces and some which was strange to see had their haire standing vpright vpon their heads about a quarter of an elle long like hogs bristles The king had a long locke of haire on the left side of his head that hung downe beneath his hipps bound vp with a knot or two His gentlemen hadde two such lockes on each side of their heads one they went naked all alike both men and women onely some litle thing handsomely tyed before their priuie members The women were very vnsightly both in face and body of small stature Their haire cut close to their heades as our mens in Holland their brests long hanging downe to their bellies like lether satchels they are very lecherous for they suffer themselues to be vsed by their men openly in all mens sight and in the kings owne presence onely vnder a mat We could not perceiue that they worshipped God or any Gods or vsed any deuotion neither the one nor the other but liued without care like birdes in the wood They had no skill of buying or selling but with flaggs they deliuered vs some what and vvee in like sort to them againe They neither sowe nor reape nor doe any worke There the earth of it selfe yeeldes all that they neede to sustaine their liues as Cocos Vbas Bananas and such like fruit When the water falles The women looke vpon the shoare on the sea side for fishes and when they will they take them with their hookes and eate them raw so that there men may plainely behold and see the golden world whereof the Poets vvrite When vvee left that Island vvee called it Horne Island after the name of the towne from whence vvee came and the bay vvherein vvee anchored the Vnities bay after our shippes name that day for the most part vve were busie to get out and to hoyse vp our anchors one of our cables vvas fretted in peeces with the sharpenesse of the ground where it lay so vvee lost that anchor then wee drew vp an other anchor and the cable fretting vpon a cliffe brake as wee wound it vp and lost that anchor also This bay lies on the south side of the Eye land in a docke on the one side their is a sand which at low water is dry on the other side the firme land but yet foule vpon the Shore There vve lay with foure anchors and foure cables out at 10. fathom sandy ground about a musket shot from the litle riuer from vvhence the fresh water ran Wee might vvell haue lyen with the ship in the litle riuer without danger in the place vvhere vvee lay vve could not stirre because it vvas so narrovv about noone vve vvere vnder sayle and ranne West south vvest till euening to get into the broad sea after that vve held our course vvest vvith an east vvinde glad that vve had eased and refreshed our selues so vvell at that good Island and vvere so vvell prouided of good vvater some hogs Vbas rootes and a great number of Cocos nuts and Bananas the place vvhere vvee lay is vnder 14. degees 56. minutes The first of Iune about noone we were vnder 13. degrees 15. minutes the vvinde east our course North. The next day the vvind still continued easterly and vve went northvvest and vvest and most part northvvest and by vvest with a hard course vve vvere vnder 14. degrees 45. minutes then wee savv great store of birds and held vvest and vvest south vvest with hollow billowes out of the south southeast The 20. the winde northeast wee vvent vvest and in the euening saw land all that night driuing without sayle to keepe off from the land and then were vnder 4. degrees 50. minutes The 21. the winde east vvee made towards the land that was very low and going neere vnto it found many sands which strecht northvvest of from the land there were 3. or 4. Islands all very small but full of trees There a Canoe boorded vs being of the same fashion as afore but some what greater able to hold 5 or 6 men The men in all respectes as the former and spake the same language but some what blacker hauing some thing before their priuie members Their armes vvere bowes and arrowes which were the first bowes that wee saw among the Indians in the south sea wee gaue them some beades and nayles but they pointed towards the West to tell vs that there was more land where their king dwelt and many things to be hadde Therefore vve held our course vvestvvard againe finding no fit place to anchor in This Island lay south southvvest and vvest from vs vnder 4. degrees 47. minutes The 22. the winde east south east wee sayld west and vvest and by north vnder 4. degrees 45. minutes that quarter wee hadde a good gale of vvinde and faire weather and that day saw at least twelue or thirteene Islands one close by an other vvest south vvest from vs reaching southeast and northvvest about halfe a league but sayled along by them leauing them on backeboord The 24. the vvinde south at noone wee saw land on back-boord being 3. low Islands that lay southwest from vs very greene and full of trees two of them were 2 miles long a peece the third very litle the shore was hard cliffie ground there likewise we could find no anchoring wee called them the Greene Islands We also saw a high Island that had 7. or 8. houels forth right lying west by north from vs in the night we held off and on staying till day The 25. in the morning as wee were sayling by the aforesaid Island we saw other land before vs in the southwest which was exceeding high which we thought to be the poynt of Noua Guinea we made towards it leauing the other high Island that lay westward which we called S. Iohns Island because it was S. Iohn Baptists day About noone wee got to it and sayled along by it with an east southeast wind but could find no anchor ground we sent out our Shalop to sound the depth that went along by the shore betweene the ship and it and being somewhat neare the shore there came
2. or 3. Canoes to it with blacke Indians in them all naked without any thing before their members which fiercely cast stones at our men with slings but as soone as our men began to shoote at them they fled away The Shalop came on boord againe without finding any ground telling vs that the peoples language was cleane contrary to the former we sayled along by the coast which was very high and greene pleasant to behold there we saw much land as it had bin houses at euening we got about the point into a bay there we anchored at 45. fathom vnfit and vneuen ground The same euening there came 2. Canoes to the ship and spake to vs but we vnderstoode them not all that night they held watch against vs with fire all along their coast we lay about a Cannon shot distant from the shore against a running riuer that night it was very still calme moone-shine weather the wind on the land there came some Canoes close vnder the gallery of our shippe from whence wee threw them some beades shewing them all the friendship wee could withall making signes vnto them to bring vs some Cocos nuts hogs oxen or goates if they had any but they stayed still most part of the night by vs crying and hollowing after their manner They were wilde blacke and rude men This land as we gest lay distant from the coast of Peru 1840. leagues The 26. In the morning there came 8. Canoes about our ship whereof one had 11. men in it the other 4.5.6 and 7. men They rowed close about our shippe and were well furnished with armes after their manner as Assagayes or Clubs wooden swordes and slings we shewed them what friendship we could and gaue them beades and other trash making signes to them to goe on shore to setch vs hogs hens Cocos nuts and other fruite such as they had but they had another meaning and all together began fiercely to sling with their slings other weapons thinking to master vs but we standing vpon our guarde shot with our muskets and great shot amongst them and slew at least 10. or 12. of them They left the great Canoe and 3. other and leaping into the sea swam to land we put out our Shalop and rowed with it among those that swam away and slaying some of them brought three of them prisoners into our shippe that were sore wounded and 4. of their Canoes which we hewed in peeces to make fire for the Cooke The hurt men were cured but one of them dyed about noone our men rowed with the 2. wounded men to the land along the shore there the prisoners cryed to their fellowes to bring vs hogs Bananas and Cocos nuts wherewith one Canoe came aboord that brought a little hog and a bunch of Bananas wee set one of the men at ten hogs ransome the other that was sore hurt we let goe in the Canoe because we doubted he would not liue those men had 2. holes bored in their noses on either side one wherein they ware rings strange to beholde There we saw an other Island lying North from that great Island The 27. VVe fild our empty vessels full of water and that day we got a hog from the land and there saw diuers red birds The 28. there came certaine Canoes aboord our ship but brought nothing with them neither would they ransom their man therefore we let him goe on shore againe Wee thought those people to be Papoos for all their haire was short and they eate Betell and Chalke mingled with it that night wee hoysed anchor and set sayle with a small gale of winde The 29. the wind was variable and our course was northwest and northwest and by north with faire weather till noone then it calmd At euening we were still in the sight of the poynt of the Island and yet we sayled along by the land which reached northwest and north and by west with many bayes and crookes The same day vve savv three high Islands more that lay northward from the great Island about 5. or 6. miles Then wee were vnder 3. degrees 20. minutes The 30. in the morning driuing in a calme diuers Canoes with blacke Indians came aboord our ship who in signe of peace as they entred brake their Assagayes ouer their heads they brought vs nothing but desired something of vs. They seemed to be better and friendlyer people then the other for they couered their priuie members with leaues and had better kind of Canoes set out before and behinde with some carued workes they are very proud of their beades which they paint with chalke and the haire of their heads also Vpon the three or foure Islands from whence those Canoes came there was great store of Cocos trees they brought vs nothing how earnestly soeuer wee vrged them that wee had neede of victuales There they stayed till euening and then went on land againe The first of Iuly in the morning after wee had driuen all the night in a calme before the streame about two leagues wee anchored betweene an Island of two miles long and the firme land of Guinea about noone there came 25. Canoes toward our ship with many men well armed being the same people who the day before brake their Assagaies ouer their heads and made a friendly shew vnto vs but with intent to abuse vs as after it appeared who seeing vs to lie in a calme thought to take our ship from vs we had 2. anchors hanging out before at the bough a litle puld vp whereon they sate on each anchor a man with a Pingay or girdle in their hands wherewith they vse to hold or draw forth their Canoes and so thought to draw the ship to shore the rest hung fast vpon the ship we still standing vpon our guarde at last they began fiercely to throw at vs with stones and other weapons and thereby hurt one of our men being the first that was hurt in all our voyage but while they were busie to assaile vs thinking they had got the vpper hand we shot among them with our Muskets and with our vpper tyre of Ordinance and kild at least 12. or 13. of them and hurt many more and while they fledde away our men rowd with the shalop well armed after them and tooke one of their Canoes with 3. men in it whereof one that was dead they threw ouer-boord the other 2. leapt into the water but one of them being kild by one of our men the other yeelded himselfe prisoner being a yong man about 18. yeares old whom wee named Moses after our mans name that was hurt Those people eate bread made of rootes of trees After this fight we saild all along by the land with a good gale west northwest and northwest and by west The 2. we were vnder 3. degrees 12. minutes and that day saw low land on backe-boord and also a great high hill and right before vs a low Island we sayled softly
west northwest with slight water east northeast The third vvee saw high land againe west from vs about 14 leagues from the other Island vnder 2. degrees and 40. minutes The 4. as vve vvere busied to passe by the aforesayd 4. Islands vvee saw at least 22 or 23. others great and small high and low which wee left on starrboord onely two or three on larboord They lay close one by the other some a league or a league and a halfe and some more then a Cannon shot distant one from an other vnder 2. degrees 25. or 30. minutes litle more or lesse That euening wee hoped to finde a road but were forced to holde because night came on The same time vvee savv a sayle come toward vs from one of those Islands but because it was night it boorded vs not and in the morning the wind falling contrarie we left it and yet were close by it The 5. the winde being south east and east southeast and our course south and by west and south west vvee hadde much thunder and raine and were vnder 3. degrees 56. minutes The 6. sometimes wee had a hard vvinde and some times calme with raine lightening and thunder and before noone saw a verie high hill being southwest from vs which we sayled vnto our master was of opinion that it was Banda by reason it was very like to the hill called Geomenapi in Banda and very like for height but going neere vnto it wee might see two or three hills more like vnto it that lay on the north side of the first hill about 6. or 7. leagues distant whereby we knew that it was not so Behind that hill wee saw very much land east and westward which vvas so long that on either side wee could see no ende thereof sometimes high and then low reaching east south east whereby vvee gest it to be Noua Guinea and for that night came vpon vs we held off from it The 7. in the morning before day we wound againe towards the high hills which was a burning Island casting fire and flame from the top thereof and therefore we called it Vulcans Island the winde then was south west with faire weather This Island was vvell inhabited and had many Cocos trees in it the people came with some Canoes to our ship but were very fearefull of vs they called vnto vs but we vnderstood them not neither could our blacke Moses tell what they sayd they were all naked onely their priuie members couered their haire some short some long There we found no ground and so could not anchor In the north and northvvest wee savv more Islands at which time wee went north vvest and by vvest to a low Island that vve savv before vs which in the euening we got vnto Then we tooke in our sayles and let the ship driue There we found diuers colours of water greene white and yealow which we gest to be water comming out of riuers for it was sweeter then the sea water There many trees leaues and boughs draue in the water whereon some birds and crabs sat The 8. the winde being variable wee held our course west south west and vvest north vvest vvith faire wether and a reasonable gale of winde hauing on starre-boord a high and on larboord a low Island reasonable high vve made toward the land which about euening vve got vnto and found good sandie ground at 70. fathom deepe about a cannon shot from the land There certaine Canoes came to vs with a kind of ill fauoured people all Papoos their haire short and curled hauing rings in their noses and eares and strings about their heads or armes and hogs teeth hanging about their neckes for an ornament They also eate Betel and were all defectiue persons some great legs others swolne armes and so forth whereby it is to be thought that there about it is vnwholesome land the rather because their houses stood vpon stakes about 8 or 9. foote from the ground there vvee had 3. degrees 43 minutes and found a litle shew of ginger The 9. in the morning lying at anchor our Shalop rowed to looke for a fit place to anchor the ship in and returning told vs that they had found a fit bay where vnto we went and anchored at 26 fathom good sandy ground mixt with clay There about stood two small villages from whence there came many Canoes aboord our ship that brought a fevv Cocos nuts but they esteemed them very deare for 4. nuts asking a fathom of linnen cloth Whereof they were very desirous they also hadde some hogs vvhich they held at a deerer rate and what neede soeuer vve sayd vvee hadde thereof and made signes to to them to bring vs some they would not doe it That day euery man in our ship had allowance of 5 pound of bread and a measure and a halfe of oyle a weeke a cup and a halfe of Sacke a day and a Niperkin of aquauita all our pottage as pease beanes gurt and our flesh bacon and fish being spent and vve knew not where vve vvere being vncertaine whether vve were far or neere to the Indian Islands as also what place vve vvere in though vve sayled continually by the land not knowing vvhether it was Noua Guinea or no vve onely gest at it for all the Cardes that vvee had did not agree nor were not like to the land that vve saw That euening vve had great store of raine vvith thunder and lightening which held all night with very darke weather The 10. there came at least 20. Canoes on boord of our ship with men women and children in them all naked only their priuie members couered but brought no great matter with them The 11. in the morning vve put to sea againe and held our course north vvest and by west and west north west along the coast with the land alwayes in sight 3.2 and a league and a halfe distant from it and at noone past by a high point That land of Noua Guinea for the most part reacheth north west and by west sometimes some what more vvesterly and sometimes againe more northerly The 12. we sailed stil west northwest along by the coast with faire wether and without sun shine at noone being vnder 2. degrees 58. minutes with help of the streame that set vs about the west as it did all along the coast of Noua Guinea The 13. and 14. Wee sayled along by the aforesay de coast sometime by high and then by low land The 15. We had the winde and held our course as afore sayd along by the coast with good wether after-noone we came to 2. low inhabited Islands about halfe a league from the maine land which stood full of Cocos trees We made towards them and there found good anchor ground at 40.30.25 and 20. to 6. and 5. fathom deepe and there anchored at 13. fathom good ground The master rowed with the boate and the Shalop well armed to the land thinking