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
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
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
before and held our course South That day our men had double allowance of wine because we had past the dangerous sands called Abrothos The day ensewing to the 10. wee held our course for the most part south and Southwest and were vnder 25 degrees 33. minutes The 11 we found our compasse to varie 17 degrees northeastward and with a south wind held our course West and west and by south The 12 with a southeast and by east and an east winde we sayled south southwest and southwest and were vnder 26 degrees 45 minutes The 13 14 and 15 wee sailed south and southwest with an east winde The 16 17 and 18 the winde south we held for the most part west south west and were vnder 34 degrees 15. minutes and saw much Walschot driue The 19. with a north and northeast wind wee sayled south south west and perceiued that the streame draue vs much to the south The 20. we were vnder 36. degrees 57. minutes there wee saw many Quallen driue and a great number of sea lice which are a kind of lice for greatnesse like to small flies The 21. we were vnder 38 degrees 25. minutes and had alteration of water there wee cast out our leade but found no ground the compasse then varied 17 degrees northeastward that morning wee saw the new Moone being 21. howers old The 22 it was ordered by our master and his counsell that one man should haue a cup of sacke euery day and a measure of oyle weekely our french wine and butter being all spent The 23. we saw many Whales and white water and were vnder 40 degrees 56. minutes The 24. we saw many more great fishes and much Odenkwos driue the water very hollow out of the west and saw many birds The 30. we had white water as if we had bin hard by the land and were vnder 46. degrees 15. minutes and saw many birds The 2. of December being vnder 47. degrees 45. minutes we saw much Steencrosse driue The 4. we still saw Steencrosse white water and many birds and were vnder 47 degrees 25 minutes and 16. degrees northeastward variation of the compasse then wee cast out our lead and found 75 fathom sandy ground The 5. wee cast out our lead and had 65. fathom savv many birds and Steencrosse then we were vnder 46 degrees 25 minutes and had 54. fathom that night wee saw many Whales The 6. in the morning vve had 46 fathom vvater and vvith a northvvest vvinde sayled vvest southvvest and at noone vvere vnder 40 degrees 37 minutes and had 42 fadome vvater about 4 in the after noone vvee savv land not very high but vvhite and some vvhat flat vvee fell according to our desire on the north side of Porto Desire and at night anchored at 10 fathom deepe about a league and a halfe from the shoare vvith an ebbe that ran Southvvard as strongly as the sea runs betvveene Flushing heads The 7. in the morning vve hoysed anchor and sailed South vntill noone then vve vvere before the hauen of Porto Desire lying vnder 47. degrees 40 minutes and made towards the entrie thereof where we had very high water so that the cliffes wherof Oliuer van Noort writeth vvhich sayling into that hauen must be left northvvard from vs were cleane vnder water but on the south point there lay certaine cliffes open which we tooke to be those and therefore went southward on but sayled southward of the right chanell into a crooked bay and there at high water anchored at foure fathom and a halfe and when the water was low wee had but 14. footwater whereby the Vnitie lay with her stearne fast on ground it being ful of cliffes the wind was west from the land smooth water to our great fortune for if wee had had an east vvinde vvith any gale for certaine vve had lost our ship vpon the cliffes vve found many eggs and tooke great mustles and other fish and among the rest smelts of 16 inches long and for that cause vve called that place the Smelt bay our Shallop vvent to the Pinguijns Iland lying east southeast tvvo leagues from Porto Desire and came aboord againe late in the euening bringing 2 sea Lyons and 150 Pinguijns vvhich vve eate the next day The 8 in the morning vvith the land vvind vve sayled out of the Smelt bay and anchored right before the hauen of Porto Desire and sent our Shalop out to sound the depth of the channell and found 12 and 13 fathom entering in after noone vvith a high vvater and a northeast wind wee set saile the Horne first and so entred into the hauen When wee had sayled about a league and a halfe into the riuer the winde turned and we anchored at 20 fathom there the ground vvas slippery stones for about halfe an houre after the winde blowing hard north west both our ships lying with 2. anchors a peece out presently draue vpon the South shoare for there 25 anchors could not haue holden them so that wee verily thought both our ships would there be cast away The great ship sat with herside vpon the cliffes and shoke with the falling water some what lower and still kept stanch but the Horne fell vpon the cliffes so that the water went cleane from it whereby at low water a man might haue gone drie foote vnder the keele right against the maine mast the keele was aboue a fathom out of the water fearefull to be hould but as the winde blew hard northwest it kept it from falling ouer which appeared to be so for that when the winde ceased it fell from the land against the winde vpon the side at least three foote lower then the keele whereat we were all abasht thinking wee had surely lost her but when the floud came with still weather it rose vp againe whereat we all reioyced In the morning with calme weather we wound of from the wall and the same night the Horne came to vs. The 9. in the morning we set sayle againe and went further into the riuer and came to the Kings Island so called by Oliuer Van Noort the Horne went behinde it and there anchored but we could not get in with the Vnitie because the winde was contrarie our men went on shore into the Island which was almost couered ouerwith eggs for a man standing still on his feete with his hands might reach to 54. neasts each hauing 3 or 4 eggs a peece much like but some what greater then Sea-Mues eggs the birdes were blackish Sea-mewes wee carried thousands of them on board and eate them The 10. our boate vvent on the north side of the riuer to seeke for fresh vvater but found none for digging holes of 14. foote deepe they found brackish vvater both on the high hilles and in the valleys and returning on boord againe brought great store of birds and egs vvith them The 11. the boate vvent lovver into the Riuer on the south side to seeke for men and vvater and found
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
first of March in the morning we saw the Islands of Iohn Fernando right before vs north northeast with a south winde faire weather and a good gale About noone wee got to them vnder 33. degrees and 48. minutes These are two Islands both of them very high land the smallest lying most westward is a very dry bare Island with nothing in it but bare hilles and cliffes the greatest lying eastward is also full of very high hilles but hath many trees and very fruitfull Therein are many beastes as hogges and goates vpon the coast admirable numbers of good fish which makes the Spanyards often times come thither to fish and in short time fill their ships and carry them to Peru. We went on the west side of those Islandes which was not well for vs for there we must haue gone about eastward to get into the Road which lyeth on the east point of the greatest Island for going about on the west side behind the land we should haue gotten vnder the land in the calme water because the land there is high and calme so that we could not get to the land to anchor with our shippe and therefore sent our boate out to sound the depth which came aboord againe in the the euening and told vs that close by the land wee had 40. and 30 fathome sandy ground which still lesseneth till it come to 3. fathom good to anchor in besides a faire greene valley full of greene trees pleasant to behold but because of the shortnesse of the time they went not on shore and in diuers places saw fresh water in great streames run downe off the hils they likewise saw many goates and other beasts vpon the hils which they could not well know being so farre off they had also in short time taken a great number of good fish for the hooke was no sooner in the water but presently they tooke fish so that continually without ceasing they did nothing but draw vp fish most of them being Corcobados and Steenbrasses and saw many sea Wolues these newes cheared vp our men specially those that were troubled with loosenesse hoping there to refresh themselues that night it was calme weather so that the streame draue vs somewhat backeward The 2. day we were with our ship close vnder the land againe but could not get so neere what meanes soeuer we vsed to finde ground wee once againe sent our men on land some to fish and some to seeke for cattell they saw many hogs goates and other beastes but by reason that the woods were thicke they could not get them and the while that some of them fetcht water they that were in the boate had taken almost two tunnes of fish all with hookes and so we were forced to leaue that faire Island and could get nothing else there The 3. we draue at least 4. leagues beneath the Islands notwithstanding that all that quarter we did the best vve could to saile neere to it vvhereof at last being vvearie seing it vvas vnpossible to be done vve determined to leaue them and to hold on our course to performe our voyage euery day hauing a good fore-vvinde to the great griefe of our sicke men vvho thereby vvere cleane out of comfort but God holpe them These Islands are vnder 33. degrees 40. minutes this resolution taken vvee set our course northvvest and by West vvith a good South gale of vvinde and fayre vveather The 11. vve past Tropicus Capricornus the second time vvith a south east vvinde our course northvvest there vve had the generall east and east southeast vvinde and held our course north north vvest to the 15. till we were vnder 18. degrees then vve changed our course and went vvest and made our rovving Shullop ready to vse it vvhen vve came neere any land The 17. vve vvere vnder 19. degrees and held our course West northvvest The 20. vve vvere vnder 17 degrees vvith very high billovves out of the south the vvinde southeast as before we held our course West northvvest our Compasse then being halfe a Strike variation north westward euery day we saw many Pilsters other birds Pilsters are white birds with red billes and reddish heads and long white clouen tayles of two or two foote and a halfe long they are to be seene in all parts of the world wheresoeuer we sayle and are as big as a common Sea mew The 24. we were vnder 15. degrees and held our course west euery day hauing hollow billowes out of the south and continuall stiffe cold winde east southe ast and still went forward with a good gale The 3. of Aprill being Easter day we vvere vnder 15. degrees 12. minutes at vvhich time vve had no variation of Compasse for the needle stood right north and south then the flux began much to trouble our men for at times halfe of them at the least had it The 9. Iohn Cornelius Schouten that had beene Master of the Horne William Cornelius Schoutens Brother our Master died when he had lyen sicke a moneth The 10. In the morning after vve had prayed his dead body vvas throvvne ouer boord and presently after vvee savv land northvvest and northvvest and by north about three leagues from vs a low Island not very great there also wee saw great numbers of Sea-mewes and fish and set our course to the Island thinking to haue some refreshing whereof in regard of the flux wee had great neede About noone wee got to the Island and cast out our lead but found no ground and therefore put out our Shalop to see if we could finde any ground the Shalop returning they told vs that they found ground at 25. fathom about a small musket shot from the land they sayd also that they had seene many Hayes and other fish such as we found about Iohn Fernandos Islands but we durst not goe with our ship so close vnder the land fearing some danger Then our Shalop went to the land againe to see what they might get there but comming neere to the Island they could not get to the strand with the shalop the water rusht so hard against the shore which our men perceiuing leapt into the water and swam and drew one another to land leauing the shalop fast with a drag about euening they came on boord againe and could get nothing but onely some greene he arbes which tasted like vnto Holland Tuinkars they said that there they had seene three Dogs that neither barkt nor made any noyse and in it found some places full of raine water that had fallen that day The Island as wee perceiued seemed at high water for the most part to be ouerflowne it had nothing about it but a kinde of wall like a ditch full of greene trees pleasant to behold and in the middle of them and else where much salt water It is vnder 15. degrees twelue minutes distant from the Coast of Peru by our estimation nine hundred twenty fiue leagues That quarter the winde was
our course Westward with an east winde and an in different gale rainie weather and smoth water The same day wee were vnder 14. degrees 46. minutes That Island was 15. leagues distant from the other we called it the water Island by cause there we got some water The 17. wee gaue our men six cups of water and sod a great ketle with pottage made of the greene herbes that wee had in water Island which did our men some good and eased them of their loosenesse The 18. in the morning wee saw an other low Island south west from vs lying West north west and east south east as farre as wee could see at the least twentie leagues distant from the other Wee made to it and being hard by it sent out our boate to sound the depth they told vs they found ground by a point of land from whence there came a streame at twentie twentie fiue and fortie fathom running softly downe about a musket shot from the land whereupon wee sent the boate with our emptie caske thither hoping to finde vvater When it came to the land they let the Schut lie fast at a dreg in the water and drew one an other with a rope though the water to land as they did before there they sought a good vvay vvithin a vvood for fresh vvater but because they had no armes with them and savv a vvilde man vvho as they thought had a bovv in his hand they turned presently backe to the Shalop and came aboord againe vvithout doing any thing and lying a good vvay from the shoare there came fiue or six vvild men to the strand vvho seeing that our men were gon went backe againe into the wood Vpon that Island there were great store of greene wild trees being also full of salt water within When our men came into the shippe they were couered all ouer vvith flies in such abundance that we could not know them their faces hands and Scute and all full and the owers also as farre as they were out of the water were couered ouer with blacke flies wonderfull to behold those flies came with them aboord our ship and flue so thicke vpon our bodies and in our faces that vve knew not how to shun them for wee could hardly eate or drinke but all was full of them vve still wipt our faces and hands and made flaps to kill as many as wee could this continued two or three dayes with great trouble vnto vs all at last wee had a good gale of winde whereby and with continuall killing them in the ende when three or four dayes were past we were rid of them wee called that Island the Flie Island and therewith set forward from it and had some raine as also the next day whereby wee gathered so much water with clothes and sayles that it holpe vs well in the night wee made no great way but often times let the ship driue that wee might not by night fall vpon such low Islands and spoyle our ship The 23. wee were vnder 15. degrees 4. minutes and then againe had great hollow bill ovves out of flie south which the next day also continued the winde vvas north east and most part east and east and by south There they sayd that Terra Australis which we sought for lay yet 250. leagues further The 25. wee filled foure vessells full of raine water and still had hollow billowes out of the south as we commonly haue in the Spanish seas out of the north west The 3. of May the winde was still east and wee say led West and at woone were vnder 15 degrees 3 minutes That day we saw many great Dorados which were the first that wee had seene in the south sea The 9. Wee were vnder 15. degrees 20. minutes and at that time as wee thought were 1510. leagues distant from the coast of Peru and Chili About noone wee saw a sayle which as wee gessed was a Barke comming out of the south and went northward towards vs we presently made towards it and as it came neere to vs wee shot at it with one of our peeces right ouer her to make them strike but they would not then wee shot againe but yet they would not strike with that we put out our Shalop with 10. musketiers in it to take her which calling to them wee shot another peece yet without any intent to reach or to hurt them but they would not strike but sought as well as they could to get away from vs and got to loofeward of vs but our Shalop being too crafty for them rowed to them and being about halfe a musket shot from them shot foure muskets one after an other as they drew neere to her and before they could reach her some of her men in great feare leapt ouerboord whereof one of them had a little child and another was hurt and had three holes in his backe but not very deepe for it was hayleshot those we fetcht out of the water againe they also threw much of their goods ouer boord and amongst the rest three Hennes our men leapt into their ship and carryed them into our ship they not once resisting for in truth they had no armes when they were in our ship we fetcht two men more that were left in theirs which presently fell downe before vs and kist our feete and hands one of them was a very old man the other a young man wee could not vnderstand them but vsed them kindely and presently the Shalop rowd to fetch those that leapt ouerboord to saue their liues but they gotte but two of them that droue vpon one of their oares and pointed to our men with their hands to the ground as much to say that the rest were drownd one of those two that was hurt whom wee drest had long yealowish haire In that shippe there was at least eight women three young sucking children and some of nine or ten yeares old so that we made account they were three and twentie in all cleane naked prople both men and women onely something hanging before their priuie members About euening vvee set the men on boord their shippe againe that were welcome to their wiues which claspt them about the necks and kist them Wee gaue them beades which they hung about their neckes and some kniues and shewed them all the friendâ—hip we could and they the like to vs giuing vs two firâ—â— Matiens and two Cocos nuts for they had not many that was all they had to eate and drinke and they had drunke out all the vvater out of the nuttes so that they had no more drinke Wee saw them drinke salt vvater out of the Sea and gaue it also to their young children to drinke which vvee thought to bee against Nature They had certaine clothes vvhich they vvare before their priuie members and therevvith couered themselues against the heate of the Sunne of a yealowish colour They vvere reddish people that annoynted themselues with Oyle the Women had
North and wee held our course West to wards the Islands of Salomon and called that Island Dogs Island In the night it blewer hard with a great showre of raine The 14. the winde east and east southeast wee sayled West and west and by north with winde and weather afore sayd and saw much fish and many birdes after noone vve saw another low Island North vvest from vs being very great and reached northeast and southvvest wherat vvee reioyced hoping to get vvater and some refreshing there and made to it holding our course northwest About euening being with our ship about a league from the land there came a Canoe to meete vs with 4. Indians in it al naked of a reddish colour very black long haire they kept a good way from our ship first calling to vs making signes to haue vs come on land but we vnderstood them not nor they vs not withstanding that we ansvvered and called to them in Spanish Molucus Iauan and our owne Netherland speech About euening at Sunne-setting we got to the land but found no ground nor no changing of water although we were so neere to the shore that with a musket we might shoote into it and therefore put to Sea againe and the Canoe to land vvhere a great many Indians stood vpon the shore to watch for them not long after againe there came another Canoe from the Land to our shippe but would not as the first come aboord they called to vs and vvee to them but vnderstoode not one the other at last their Canoe ouerthrewe in the water but they soone turned it vp againe and leapt quickely into it they shevved and pointed to wards the land and wee the like to them towards the shippe but they would not come wherewith we held on our course and left the Island sayling South and southwest to get aboue the land the Island was not broad but somewhat long and full of trees which as wee gessed were Palmitas and Cocus trees it lies vnder 15. degrees 15. minutes hauing white sand ground that night wee saw fire vpon the land in diuers places The 15. in the morning hauing in the night sayled about ten leagues south southwest wee sayled close along by the land where we saw many naked men standing on shore calling and crying as it seemed to bid vs come on land and then again there came another Canoe from the land towards our ship with three Indians in it which also called to vs and would not come aboord but rowed to the Shalop and went close to it our men shewing them all the friendship they could giuing them some beades and kniues but they vnderstood not one another hauing beene a little while by the Shalop they left it and came so neere to our shippe that we cast out a small rope to them which they tooke but would not enter into the ship but went into the Shalop which came backe from the land without doing any thing and hauing bin a good while in it at the last one of them came into the gallerie and drew our the nayles of the windowes in the marchants and Masters Cabines and taking them away hid them in his haire they were desirous of Iron for they ventured to pull out the bolts with their hands and to earry them away we sought to keepe one of them in the ship and to send one of our men with the other two in their Cano to land to make friendshippe with them but they would not they were very theeuish people all naked only a peece of a mat hanging before their priuie members Their skin was marked with diuers figures as Snakes Dragons and such like things vvhich shewed very blew as if they had bin burnt thereon with gun-powder we gaue them wine as they sat in the Canoe but they would not giue vs the cup againe We sent our Shalop once againe to the land vvith 8. musketiers and 6. men vvith svvords Claus Iohnson our vnder Marchant and Arice Clauson the Marchant of the Horne vvent vvith them to see vvhat vvas to be gotten in the Island and to make friendship vvith them But as soone as they vvere by the strand and the men vvent on shore there came at least 30 Indians out of the vvood vvith great Clubs or Cudgels and vvould haue taken our mens armes from them and thought to dravv the Shalop vpon the land ventred to take tvvo of our men out of the Shalop thinking to carrie them into the vvood but our musketiers hauing their muskets ready discharged three of them amongst them and verily thought that they either killed or sore vvounded some of them They likevvise hadde long staues vvith very long sharpe things at the endes thereof vvhich as vvee thought vvere sinnes of blacke fishes they also cast stones vvith stings but God be thanked hurt none of our men bowes they hadde not as farre as wee could see Our men saw some of their women that cryed and claspt their men about the neckes but knew not vvhat they meant but thought they did it to get them from thence That Island by reason wee could there finde no ground to anchor we called the Island without ground On the out side it was low plaine ground full of palme trees but within full of salt water At last when wee saw that there was nothing to be gotten we determined to leaue it and with an east vvinde held our course VVest to seaward There we had slight water and no billowes as the day before we had out of the South and therefore we gest that Southward there was more land it is vnder 15 degrees about 100 leagues distant from Dogs Iland The 16. in the morning betimes wee saw an other Island North ward from vs which we made to but found it as the other without anchor ground within also being all drowned land yet on the sids it was full of trees but no plume nor Cocos trees Wee put out our Shalop to sound the depth but going to the shore found no ground and therefore came a boorde againe without doeing any thing or seeing any men Wee sent our Shalop once againe to see if we could get any refreshing or water vpon the land who returning againe tolde vs that they hadde found fresh water not farre from the shore in a pit or keele which they might bring with buckets to the strand but hard to get into the shippe for the Shalop by reason of the billowes lay fast at a dreg by which meanes the men were forced to draw one an other vvith a rope on land and in like sort on boorde againe so that it was very troublesome and dangerous to goe on the land and therefore fetcht but foure small fats of water There also vvee found such herbes as vvee hadde in the Dogs Island vvhereof vve brought a sackefull a boorde and some crabs as also some shels and hornes that had fish in them of very good tast That euening we held on