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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71098	The hairy-giants, or, A description of two islands in the South Sea called by the name of Benganga and Coma discovered by Henry Schooten of Harlem in a voyage began January 1669, and finished October 1671 : also a perfect account of the religion, government, and commodities of those islands, written in Dutch by Henry Schooten ; and now Englished by P.M., Gent.	Schooten, Henry.; P. M., Gent.	1671 (1671)	Wing S888; ESTC R12539	9,879	32

Licensed November 27. 1671. A. The Fretum that parts the Islands B. The Towne C. The Lesser River D. The Marsh where Henry Schoten tooke possession Cacique of Benganga Vasques de Pagna de Lysbon Cross sculpsit THE Hairy-Giants OR A DESCRIPTION OF TWO ISLANDS in the SOUTH SEA Called by the name of Benganga and Coma Discovered By HENRY SCHOOTEN of Harlem In a Voyage began January 1669 and finished October 1671. Also a perfect Account of the Religion Government and Commodities of those Islands Together with the Customs and Manners of the Inhabitants which are of an extraordinary Stature viz. Twelve foot high or thereabouts Likewise a Description of the Compass and Situation of those Islands with their Longitude and Latitude Whereunto is annexed an APPENDIX for the Instruction of Mariners Written in Dutch by Henry Schooten and now Englished by P.M. Gent. London Printed by A. Maxwell for John Watson and are to be Sold by James Collins at the Kings-Arms in Ludgate-street 1671. TO THE READER READER IT was this Consideration that gave birth to the Adventure of the Renowned Columbus That the parts of the Earth and Sea discovered made up but half the Globe And he could not imagine that the Wisdom of the Creator would design so vast a Compass as must make up the other part only for Fishes to inhabit Vpon this principle of reason which carried with it a great probability of Success He first solicited Henry the Seventh of England but being denied there he made his Address to Ferdinand King of Castile who by the perswasion of Elizabeth his Queen set out a small number of Ships which after some Months sailing Westward not without the murmurings and despair of the Seamen at length discovered an unknown yet habitable World This Success of Columbus sounded by the Trump of Fame awakened the sloathful and incredulous World who before would believe nothing possible but what their eyes could behold or their outward senses fathom The World thus awakened and having wiped their eyes with the Gold of COLUMBINA saw more clearly their former Errors Now the Golden-Age returns again Gold is exchanged for trifles such as Knives Hatchets c. which were valued at six times their weight in Gold and Pearls and Diamonds bear but an equal value with glass But this lasted not long for immediately such multitudes of Ships lanched out with expectations of gain that they soon exhausted the discovered Mines and reduced it almost to an equal value with that of Europe Ferme omnes sceleratus amor nunc urget Habendi What crouding to the West with what cunning do they catch and enclose the Wind from what corner so-ever it comes and make it serve their purpose What prying is now into the private recesses of Thetis Never was more rapes committed upon the Virgin-Rivers than in this age Heu crescit Scelerata sitis nullusve petendi Cogendive pudor Quid non Mortalia pectora cogit Auri Sacra fames Several Discoveries was made so that none lost their labour and since that time many places have been discovered and yet there remains above a fourth part undiscovered this gave me encouragement to take upon me this Adventure though not without great trouble and care such as the want of many Necessaries for my self and Seamen which were much afflicted with a desperate Sickness that did deprive me of most of them but I accidentally met with a vessel that lent me some of her men which gave me greater encouragement to proceed in my Discovery which Divine Providence did bless with success for in four days after I came out of Fretum le Mair I discovered the Land which in the following Treatise I give you a relation of I do not doubt but this Discovery will be beneficial to Europe many ways first as it may encourage several others to proceed in the like Adventures which may happily find out other Lands and likewise these particular Islands may be beneficial they being very fruitful not over-peopled abounding with many rich Mines besides Pearls and precious Stones with many other rich Commodities The Inhabitants are a people very humane witty and intelligent ready to receive any Instructions and may be easily brought to Traffick If you accept of this my pains in the Discovery and Relation I shall think my time well bestowed and may possibly by your acceptance be encouraged to make a second Adventure in the mean time I rest your Friend Henry Schooten Amsterdam October 30. 1671. A Description OF THE ISLANDS OF BENGANGA and COMA SECT I. A Voyage from Amsterdam into the Southern Sea ON January 1 1669 We set Sail from Amsterdam in the Vessel called the Flying-Faulcon The Design of our Voyage being wholly Discovery We made way to the Southern Sea the twentieth of August following we came to the Streights of Magalan and on the twenty sixth we had a sight of Terra del Fuega by which we Coasted three or four days and then left passing through Fretum le Mair into the Main-Ocean called Mare del Zur on the sixth of September following we took an Observation and found our selves in the Latitude of fifty degrees fourteen minutes The Wind at East and by South we sailed directly before the Wind and on the tenth of September in the Evening we discovered Fire an assured testimony of some Land but early in the Morning we were better c●●firmed in our belief being in sight of the very Land and within a mile or thereabouts of it we Coasted along several days and could spy no Towns or Houses but discovered many good Ports and Promontaries On the thirtieth of September we discovered another piece of Land separate from this by a River or Fretum a League and half in breadth We still continued our Discovery by Coasting along this Land likewise About the Eighteenth of November following we came to the other end of the Fretum before discovered by which we knew it to be an Island that we had discovered and by computation Judg both the Islands to be in Compass about three hundred Leagues we ventured into this Fretum and at our entrance I gave it the name of Fretum del Schooten As we passed along we could discover on the Banks People of an extraordinary size and hairy Having sailed about seven Leagues we discovered a River running Eastward up into the first Island into this River we ventured and having sailed about a mile we discovered a Town as we supposed by the great quantity of Smoak that ascended from thence at length drawing nearer to it we espied Houses or rather Hills as they seemed to us by their Grass-Coverings before this Town we cast Anchor and made an Observation and found our selves in the Latitude of fifty Degrees thirteen Minutes South and the Longitude Two hundred seventy five Degrees thirty Minutes We had not rid at Anchor above three hours before we could espy a Canoo coming over to us from the Town the reason of which we could not well