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A11585	The relation of a wonderfull voiage made by VVilliam Cornelison Schouten of Horne Shewing how south from the Straights of Magelan, in Terra Del-fuogo: he found and discouered a newe passage through the great South Sea, and that way sayled round about the world. Describing what islands, countries, people, and strange aduentures he found in his saide passage.; Journal ofte beschryvinghe van de wonderlicke reyse. English	Schouten, Willem Corneliszoon, d. 1625.; Phillip, William.	1619 (1619)	STC 21828; ESTC S116796	53,362	91

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

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

short hayre like our men in Holland Mens hayre vvas long curled and very blacke their ship was of a strang fashiō It was made of 2. long faire Canoes with a good space betweene them in each Canoe about the middle thereof there lay two whole broad planckes of fayre redde vvood to keepe out the vvater and diuers planckes layd crosse ouer from the one Canoe to the other which were made fast together and hung a good way ouer on both endes without the Canoes very close aboue to keepe out the water before at the ende of one of the Canoes on starre-boord there stood a Mast at the end thereof hauing a forke whereon the yard lay The sayle vvas made of mats and as the vvinde blovve they sayled without Compasse or any Instruments for the Sea but hookes to fish withall whereof the vpper part was stone the other blacke bone or Torroyses shelles and some of them vvere mother of pearle Their ropes were very fayre and almost as thicke as a Cable made of such stuffe as the figge frayles in Spayne are When they sayled from vs they hold their course southeast The tenth We had the vvinde South southeast and southeast and by South and held our course West and southwest In the morning after breakefast we saw very high land on backeboord lying Southeast and by south about eight leagues from vs vve made to it and sayled all that day with a good gale but could not reach it and therefore held off in the night in the euening wee saw a sayle a great may beneath the land and presently after another also a great deale below they often wound to and fro and in the night they made fires and drew neere one vnto the other The eleuenth in the morning wee vvere neere a high Island and about tvvo Leagues southvvard from thence an other long low Island that day vvee sayled ouer a banke of foureteene fathome deepe stony ground lying about tvvo Leagues from the land and as soone as wee were ouer it wee could finde no more grounde One of the Shippes aforesaid came to vs and wee cast out a rope at our sterne thinking they would take it and draw themselues by is aboord our shippe but they could not gette it till one of our men leapt ouer boord and holp them to take it which they vntyed and tooke it into their shippe and tyed two Cocos nuts and 3 or 4 flying fishes to the rope and so let it go calling aloud to vs but we could not vnderstand them but we thought their meaning was that we should pull the rope on boord againe they also carry a Canoe in their ship which what time soeuer they can put out and are very good Sea men Their ships were of the fashion asoresayd with good sayles and are so swift of sayle that few ships in Holland can out sayle them They steere behind with 2. oares on each Canoe a man sometimes row with their oares before when they will wind the ship also windes of it selfe when they pull the oates out of the water and let it goe or alone with the winde vvee put out our Shalop to sound vvhich came and told vs that they had found ground at 15.14 and 12. fathome sheluie ground about a canon shot from the land wee presently made to it to anchor and tooke in our sayles The Negroes seeing that made fignes to vs to goe to the other Island and sayled thither before vs but wee anchored at the ende of the Island at fiue and twentie fathome sandie ground a great Cannon shot from the land That Island is a high hill almost like one of the Molucos Islandes full of trees most Cocos trees therefore wee called it Cocos Island The other Island is much longer but lower lying East and West As soone as wee were at an anchor there came three small shippes that sayled vp and dovvne about our shippe and at least nine or ten Canoes boorded vs some from the lande and some out of the little shippes among the which tvvo of them put out litle white flags in signe of peace and wee did the like Their Canoes which had 3. and 4. men a peece in them vvere flat before and sharpe behinde hewed out of a whole peece of reed wood Wherewith they could row exceeding swift and when they came neere the ship they leapt into the water and swam to our ship with their hands full of Cocos nuttes and Vbes rootes which they bartred vvith vs for nayles and beades whereof they were very desirous they gaue foure or fiue Cocos nutts for one naile or a small string of beades so that the same day wee bartered for 180. Cocos nuttes and at last there came so many on boord that wee scarse knew how to bestirre our selues We sent our Shalop towards the other Island to see if there vve could not lie better for there we lay in the open sea but the Shalop was no sooner off from our ship rowing along by the land but it was enclosed round about by 12 or 13. Canoes of the other Island and still more came to them the people within them shewing as if they vvere mad hauing certaine staues of hard wood in their hands like Clubs sharpe at the point and a litle burnt They boorded our Shalop and thought to haue taken it from vs but our men being thereby constrained to defend themselues let flee three muskets among them whereat first they laught and mockt thinking it but a sport but the third time one of them was shot into the brest cleane through his body which his fellowes seeing went presently to helpe him and finding him to be so sore hurt all of them kept of from the Shalop and went to one of their small shippes with sayles and calling to it would haue hadde them to ouer row the Shalop as wee gest but they would not for their Canoes had bin aboord our ship where they had beene well vsed and friendly delt with all Those people were very theeuish for in our sight they stole one of our leads wherewith our men vsed to sound and whatsoeuer they saw they would steale and swim away with it as some of them did that stole avvay one of our mens pillovves and couerlet others tooke kniues and vvhat else they could finde Wherevvith they presently leapt ouer boorde and svvam avvay so that in the night vvee vvere forst to take in our Shalop least they should cut the rope and carrie it avvay they vvere exceeding desirous of iron looking round about vpon the nayles and bolts of the shippe thinking to pull them out and to steale them avvay but they vvere to fast in the vvood They vvere lusty men vvell proportioned and of great stature and vvent all naked and vnarmed onely their priuie members couered Their haire vvas drest after diuers fashions some short and some finely curled some had long haire bound vp in plaits in seuerall manner they vvere notable svvimmers