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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

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 Marc●●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 weathe● 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

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