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5ri)e Utttit fêLOtt\^'<eatt attö Wttt ^afCagt* 
 
 DETECTIO FRETI HUDSONI 
 
 HESSEL GERRITSZ'S collection of tracts 
 BY HIMSELF, MASSA and DE QUIR 
 
 ON THE N. E. AND W. PASSAGE, SIBERIA and AUSTRALIA 
 
 Reproduced, with the Maps, in Photolithography 
 in Dutch andLatinafter the editions of i6 12 and 1613. 
 
 AUGMENTED WITH A NEW ENGLISH TRANSLATION 
 
 by FRED. JOHN MILLARD, 
 
 English Translator at Amsterdam. 
 
 AND AN ESSAY ON THE ORIGIN AND DESIGN OF THIS COLLECTION 
 
 by S. MULLER Fz. 
 
 Keeper of the Records at Utrecht. 
 
 AMSTERDAM. 
 
 FREDERIK MULLER & Co. 
 1878. 
 
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Gedrukt by Joh. Enschbd* & Zonen, te Haarl 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 The collection of !:racts on Arctic discoveries by Hudson and the 
 other Explorers, edited by Hessel Gerritsz. in 1612, has been often 
 reprinted both in Dutch and in Latin. These texts, however, which 
 present important variations, have not hitherto been printed together; 
 nor in any edition have all the maps been given. 
 
 As this collection has been, and always will be, the principal 
 source of our knowledge about these important researches, I have 
 considered it advisable in the interest of science , to reproduce the 
 very rare Dutch original, the Latin translation, and all the maps, 
 thus utilising my good fortune as possessor of both editions. 
 
 A quite new and extremely careful translation into English has 
 been added, the old one in the rare collection of Purchas, 1625, 
 being incomplete, incorrect, and difficult to obtain. 
 
 As the various tracts in the book of Hessel Gerritsz have at first 
 sight but slight internal connection , and as the idea of their combi- 
 nation and publication may be to many mind obscure, I have entrea- 
 ted Mr. S. Muller to explain the origin and design of the collec- 
 tion. Being the author of the „ History of the Dutch Northern 
 Company" he indeed, is the most competent authority upon the 
 subject. 
 
 Amsterdam, June 1878. 
 
 FREDERIK MULLER. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The little book we now beg to present to the 
 public in its original form, is not only one of the 
 rarest, but one of the most remarkable productions 
 of the very fertile Netherland press in the begin- 
 ning of the 17th century. However small and unas- 
 suming in appearance, it was not only the first pu- 
 blication issued concerning Hudsons most famous 
 voyage, but contains also every thing we know of 
 the plans of that great mariner. Mr. Murphy's clever 
 essay indeed already directed the attention of the 
 public to this sidvi of the book. In it, and in 
 Dr. Ashers learned disquisition concerning Hudson, 
 the reader will find a detailed account respecting the 
 great importance of what is here related from very 
 good sources about Hudsons voyage, and of the mafs 
 which accompanies this description. Only this would 
 be sufficient to justify a reprint of this little book, of 
 which only three or four copies are known to exist. 
 And more than this. Besides the accounts of Hudsons 
 
 voyage, 
 
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 voyage, we here find a very extensive description of 
 the oldest commercial connexions of Russia with the 
 then so very mysterious Siberia; we also meet with 
 a relation of the conquest of that country, which 
 followed shortly after , an event which is so very imper- 
 fectly known, and finally a vast treasure of most 
 interesting particulars in a geographical point of 
 view respecting the north of Russia and Siberia, the 
 coast of the Ice-sea , the trading-roads in ' use towards 
 the close of the ló''' century, and the customs and 
 manners of the tribes residing there. And all this we 
 have from the hand of an eye-witness, who was a 
 man of a cultivated taste and had come to Russia 
 with the definite object in view of obtaining a know- 
 ledge of the country and its traffic, — who did not 
 even hesitate to expose his life to wrest this map 
 from the hands of the mysterious Russians. Finally 
 this varied collection contains a remarkable, though 
 little noticed account, from the hand of the traveller 
 nimself, concerning an expedition for the discovery 
 of the unknown south country undertaken by the 
 famous Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, of whom Mr. Major 
 recently testified, that: ))he left behind him a name 
 which for merit though not for success was second 
 only to that of Columbus." 
 
 And how the favourable opinion we have of this 
 remarkal'e collection increases, when we learn that 
 the publisher was no other than the cartographer 
 Hessel Gerritsz., a name which perfectly wéirrants 
 
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 the reliability of the accounts given. Hessel Gerritsz. , 
 born in the Dutch village oi Assum, belongs to 
 the race of learned cartographers and printers, of 
 whom the Netherland Republic was so justly proud. 
 Well acquainted with such men as Plancius and Massa, 
 Gerritsz. was, like his contemporaries Hondius and 
 Blaeu , exactly the person fit to pronounce his verdict 
 in the learned questions which are discussed in the 
 little book he published. The fruits of his labour, 
 among which stands foremost the little work here 
 reprinted, testifies to his skill. We find of him 
 moreover maps of Russia, Lithuania and other lands 
 in the large atlass of Blaeu, — of America in the well- 
 known work of De Laet , — of Spitsbergen and Novaya 
 Zemlya in his own «Histoire du pays nommé Spits- 
 bergen." There exist also maps drawn by him of Batavia, 
 of the Indian Archipelago and even of New-Guinea. 
 His varied knowledge already attracted the attention 
 of the East India Company, who appointed him in 
 1617 their cartographer, a position which he occupied 
 till his death, which took place in the first days of 
 1634. It was of course to be expected that a man 
 of such a stamp, as soon as he published a work of 
 this character, on a ground where he felt himself 
 quite at home, would produce something not only 
 perfectly answering to the exigencies of the moment , 
 but which might be likewise of great value in our 
 own time to historical researches. And this is most 
 especially the case with his first known publication 
 
 entitled 
 
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 entilled: wDescription of the land of the Samoyeds.'* 
 That his work suited the taste of his ccntempora/ies 
 is not only evident from the four editions it passed 
 through , but more especially from the innumerable 
 versions it underwent in different languages , in nearly 
 all the geographical works of the time. We shall 
 soon perceive on a closer survey, that the book 
 is likewise of great importance to ourselves. We beg 
 however first to premise a few words about the time 
 in which it appeared, and the particular object oi ^3 
 publication. 
 
 The year 161 2 was cast in the very centre of a 
 period, when the general interest felt in polar navi- 
 gation was at its full zenith. The East India Com- 
 pany, that had been called into existence by the 
 States General , ten years ago , was now in her prime. 
 The treasures it imported from the East Indies, a 
 region with which one was so very imperfectly acquain- 
 ted, had gradually excited the envy of the excluded 
 Hollanders and inhabitants of Zealand. Besides this , 
 the aversion peculiarly felt by this nation to all kinds of 
 monopoly must be taken into account, so that soon 
 after the erection of the Company, enterprising merchants 
 looked round in search of means to compete with their 
 rival. And the danger impending over the East India 
 navigation was not a little increased , when the Twelve 
 years Truce had deprived the vast numbers of seamen 
 and adventurers, with whom the mariners provinces 
 swarmed, of a fair opportunity of giving full scope to 
 
 their 
 
their wish to share the dangers and profits of long 
 voyages and perilous battles. Also for them the 
 remote provinces of the southern hemisphere were 
 the only places where they could find the means of 
 subsistence and at the same time deal the hated 
 king of Spain, notwithstanding the Treaty, a rude 
 blow. It is therefore at the commencement of the 
 Treaty (1609) we perceive the efforts to vie with the 
 East India Company assume their full vigour. An- 
 other circumstance however, likewise contributed to 
 this state of things. 
 
 Earlier efforts, made by the enemies to the Com- 
 pany, had constantly proved futile fror"^ the impos- 
 sibility of making an infraction on the charter of the 
 Company; but during the last years before 1609 the 
 general attention had again been directed to a vul- 
 nerable point , which this charter offered to the aggres- 
 sors. It is a fact widely known , that the Netherlanders , 
 who in the path of commerce and navigation gene- 
 rally followed with extraordinary boldness the tracks 
 which the English had opened, had already towards 
 the end of the ló''^ century also commenced the expe- 
 ditions in the Ice-sea , first undertaken by their rivals. 
 Olivier Brunei , a Netherlander , who had acquired a 
 large fund of experience in Russian service, made 
 the first trials; some years after followed the three 
 world-renowned voyages of Linschoten and Barendsz. , 
 whereupon the Netherlanders, — again according to their 
 wont, — left their English predecessors far behind 
 
 them. 
 
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 them. Sinre that time however, the misery endured 
 by Heemskerck and Barendsz. on their third voyage , 
 had intimidated their fellow countrymen from making 
 similar vain attempts as they were then thougth to be. 
 The English had likewise long given up trying to find 
 that way; but after some fruitless expeditions to the 
 north-west Henry Hudson had again drawn the public 
 attention to the Ice-Sea. His two voyages , undertaken 
 in 1607 and 1608 to Spitzbergen andNovayaZemlya, 
 had again given birth to new hopes to find out the 
 passage, and the report of his expeditions had also 
 penetrated as far as the Netherlands. Immediately the 
 competitors of the East India Company were ready 
 to try this chance. The Company's license was 
 only available for two roads: the one round the 
 Cape of Good Hope, the other through the Strait of 
 Magellan. If a third way was found out, a fair oppor- 
 tunity for competition would be opened. The Company 
 and her enemies both resolved upon seeking out that 
 one. In 1609 two expeditions sailed out from the Nether- 
 land harbours towards the North. The East India 
 Company sent Hudson, and the wellknown Isaac le 
 Maire took in his service a sea-captain renowned for 
 his| boldness Melchior van Kerckhoven. Both vessels 
 took a too easterly direction and struck upon the masses 
 of ice, which encircle Novaya Zemlya and the Strait 
 of Nassau. But the unlucky issue did not intimidate 
 the Netherlanders. Hudsons plans were again stu- 
 died and his proposal was hailed with avidity, to 
 
 endeavour 
 
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 endeavour according to the plans already laid down 
 by a certain Robert Thome in 1527, to sail straight 
 accross the pole through the open Polar-sea to East 
 India. As early as 161 1, a new expedition for the 
 execution of this plan was ready at the expense of 
 the Amsterdam Admiralty: Jan Cornelisz. May again 
 sailed to the north. He neither succeeded this year 
 nor the following in finding a passage, but this 
 unhappy issue did not in the least diminish the zeal 
 of the Netherlanders , witness the voyages of Pieter 
 Fransz. to the north-west (16 13), of Jan Jacobsz. May 
 straight on to the north (16 14), of the well known 
 cartographer Mr. Joris Carolus, as mate on a vessel 
 of the North Company to the Strait of Davis (161 5) 
 and of Wybe Jansz. again to the north-west (16 16). 
 Also in England, it was exactly at this time the 
 searching of a passage was again zealously under- 
 taken. In 1610 Hudson had commenced his last 
 voyage; in 161 2 two expeditions, one under Button 
 and another under Hall, were again set afloat, and 
 I in 161 5 and 16 16 Bylot and Baffin performed their 
 world-renowned voyages. 
 
 It is indeed no surprising matter, that at a time 
 I when expeditions for the discovery of the northern 
 passage, formed the general topic of the day, the 
 public opinion was highly interested in favour of this 
 plan. A violent dispute was kept up among learned 
 men concerning the plausibility of the several plans. 
 [The one would, just like Linschoten, follow the line of 
 
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 the Russian coast and hoped, through the Strait of 
 Nassau, to get into a sea /ree of ice; another gave 
 the preference to the plans of Hudson, who boasted 
 a good deal of all he knew about an oJ)en polar sea; 
 a third recommended , not without hesitation , the hither- 
 to unfrequented north-west, as the place where it was 
 most likely an ice-free passage might be found. Hessel 
 Gerritsz. judged it necessary to enlighten his countrymen 
 upon this subject. From his rich experience he wished 
 to communicate, what the expeditions of the last years 
 had brought to light concerning the relative superiority 
 of the three plans. But as a professional nautical 
 man, he did not at the same time wish to conceal 
 the circumstance that he for himself felt only sanguine 
 with respect to the north-west passage. The plans of 
 Linschoten might perhaps still hold out a slender 
 chance of success; but the opinion, entertained by 
 so many, that the way round the Pole was the 
 best, — an opinion which was again held up to 
 notice in 1610 by a pamphlet issued by a certain 
 Dr. Röslin, — he considered to be a mere fancy of 
 the brain. Thorne might, in 1527, still have fostered 
 similar adventurous plans, the voyages of Barendsz. 
 and Hudson had , according to Gerritsz. , sufficiently 
 proved the folly of expecting any favourable result 
 I'rom that passage. It is even not unlikely that Plan- 
 cius too , who in the supposition that Novaya Zemlya's 
 north-eastern point was joined to the Russian conti- 
 nent , had just like Barendsz. zealously recommended 
 
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 the sailing round that island, — like his friend 
 Gerritsz. , at that time despaired of the practicability 
 of his old plan. At all events it is certain , that both 
 Plancius and Gerritsz. expected much from the new 
 road , which Hudson , after the frustration of his first 
 plan, had pursued, — • in the search of which Davis 
 had already, in 1580, reaped many a laurel and on 
 which Hudson himself had placed many an impor- 
 tant step onward: the passage in" the north-west. This 
 opinion was to find more and more adherents among 
 the public, and with this object Gerritsz. published 
 in 161 2, the little work now reprinted and placed 
 behind this. Two particulars were , of course , to be 
 discussed in it : the little chance of success the way 
 by the north-east offered, and the great advantages 
 which the discovery of the north-west passage pro- 
 mised to the discoverers. Concerning the practicability 
 of this plan, it was necessary to state at the same 
 time, what the most recent voyages had brought to 
 light in this respect. 
 
 Gerritsz. himself undertook to recommend the north- 
 western passage; lor the obtaining of information 
 concerning the north-eastern road he applied to his 
 countryman Isaac Massa, who, by the rich store of 
 knowledge he had amassed in Russia itself, had come 
 to the same conclusion Hessel Gerritsz. had. 
 
 The name of Isaac Massa is , as many others we 
 have just mentioned, only but recently placed in the 
 honourable light it deserves. In 1864, a short bio- 
 
 2 graphical 
 
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 graphical sketch of his life appeared, which clearly 
 points out the many claims he has to the gratitude 
 of posterity. Isaac Massa, born at Haarlem in 1587, 
 was sent, about i6cx), to Russia to acquire a know- 
 ledge of business there. During a residence of eight years 
 he obtained an extensive knowledge of that empire , 
 at that time nearly quite unknown. That he, subse- 
 quently, availed himself of that knowledge, for the 
 forming of commercial relations between his native 
 country and the land in which he sojourned , - - that 
 he afterwards resided for a series of years, as an 
 agent of the Slates-General at Moscou, — that his 
 economical merits were by no means of an inferior 
 kind , are particulars which it would be out of place 
 here to dwell upon. Our attention is now rather more 
 especially directed to Massa's great merit in having 
 supplied us with works, which are nearly the only 
 source from which we derive the knowledge of Rus. 
 sia's geographical and social position , during the first 
 years of the 17^1^ century. Massa himself already saw 
 the great importance, which the reports collected by 
 him concerning Russia's northern coast and Siberia , — 
 but only just conquered by the Czars — , might have 
 for the discovery of the north passage to East-India , 
 so ardently hoped for. 
 
 He had already, previous to the year 161 2, express- 
 ed his desire to Prince Maurice, that he might be 
 óf some service to his country, as Heemskerk and 
 others had already been;" he had even carried on 
 
 negotiations 
 
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 negotiations with Isaac Le Maire, concerning a plan 
 to accompany the expedition himself on the vessel , 
 fitted out by Le Maire, and which was undertaken 
 by Van Kerckhoven with so unhappy a result. But 
 both plans proved equally fallacious. Massa, who be- 
 lieved that the south part of Novaya Zemlya, which 
 was only known to him , was nothing else than the 
 farthest advancing point of America's northern coast , 
 expected , of course , only something good from enter- 
 prises , which , in conformity with the first Netherland 
 north-polar voyages , followed the line of the Russian 
 coast, and endeavoured to reach the far east through 
 the strait of Nassau. The difficulties , connected with 
 that voyage , were too well known to him , from 
 personal observation, not to advise undertaking the 
 expedition only with the greatest caution and after 
 long preparation. Taught by the experience of the 
 Russians, he soon considered it indispensable to 
 pass the winter in the north; while, at the same 
 time , he even then conscientiously desisted from hold- 
 ing out any promises, as to the successful issue of 
 the voyage. That part of the coast which was situa- 
 ted beyond the Ob was unknown to him, and he 
 even not without reason doubted, whether that more 
 I remote part would offer any passage at all to East- 
 I India. It was therefore a matter of course , that the 
 negotiations with Massa about a north-polar expe 
 dition led to no result; but, on the other hand, he 
 [was the very man, who could be of great service to 
 
 Hessel 
 
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 Hessel Gerritsz. He did not believe in the possi- 
 bility of finding- the passage to the north of Novaya 
 Zemlya; nor expected great resuhs f.om voyages 
 undertaken according to the plans of Linschoten ; and 
 thought nothing more desirable than to have his views 
 on the subject made widely known. 
 
 Massa had already , during his stay in Russia , with 
 great difficulty obtained possession of a map of the 
 coa.*^ t of the Ice-Sea from some one who had himself 
 been in Siberia, on which was pointed out the coast 
 of the Ice-Sea, and which had probably been drawn 
 between 1604 and 1608 at Moscow. This map was, 
 in 1609, provided by him with Dutch names, and 
 he had added from some Russian annotations an ac- 
 count of every thing that could be communicated con- 
 cerning the places delineated in it. In two little works 
 entitled: «Description of the lands of Siberia, Samoyeda 
 and Tingoesa," and: ))A short account of the ways and 
 rivers from Muscovy eastwards and north-eastwards 
 by land ," he had related what he knew of the first 
 commercial relations of the Russians with Siberia and 
 the conquest of that land which soon followed. At 
 the same time , he had noted down the ways in which 
 the Russians had obtained their aim, and what was 
 the condition of the lands they had visited. 
 
 That the cartographer Hessel Gerritsz. was the 
 right man , immediately to see the importance of these 
 two compositions, needs no demonstration. He had 
 no sooner become acquainted with their existence, 
 
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 when he immediately set to work, augmented what 
 Maosa had collected with a few additional notes and had 
 this printed. He then added a map of the discoveries 
 of Hudson in the north-west, which he had composed 
 after an English original copy. He augmented the 
 same with a. short relation of the expeditions of the 
 traveller, which he borrowed from the accounts of 
 Plancius. Finally, a short account of the able voyager , 
 Pedro Fernandez De Quiros, was added, in which 
 the latter largely commented on the wonders of a 
 country discovered by him, which was generally be- 
 lieved to be the long sought-for, but as yet unknown 
 southern continent, and which seemed to be easily 
 accessible along the road discovered by Hudson , 
 even since the way through the strait of Magellan 
 was closed to competitors of the East-India Company. 
 Hessel Gerritsz. himself wrote a short introduction, 
 in which he gave a short survey of the origin of the 
 relations of the Netherlanders with Russia, and the 
 far off north-easterly countries , and of the expeditions 
 already made for the discovery of the northern passage. 
 So the little book, which thus made its appearance 
 at the commencement of 1612, consists of several 
 parts which, at first sight, seem to bear but little 
 relation to each other, but, on a closer inspection, 
 severally appear to have only one object in view : that 
 of recommending the finding out of a northern passage , 
 and more particularly one in the direction approved 
 of by Hessel Gerritsz. We find in this collection: 
 
 I. Introduction. 
 
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 1. Introduction by Hessel Gerritsz. (6 pages). 
 
 2. Massa's Description of Siberia (8 pages.) 
 
 3. Massa's Short account of the roads and rivers 
 from Muscovy (14 pages). 
 
 4. Statement of a certain Memorial presented to 
 his Majesty by the Captain Pedro Fernandez 
 De Quiros (9 pages). 
 
 5. A map of the world by Hessel Gerritsz. in which 
 the disco verit of Hudson and De Quiros are 
 pointed out. 
 
 6. A map of Hudson's discoveries by Hessel Gerritsz.; 
 on the reverse of which a short account of 
 Hudson's fourth voyage in 16 10, by Gerritsz. 
 
 7. The map of Russia's northern coast by Isaac 
 Massa, amplified on the reverse with notes by 
 Hessel Gerritsz. 
 
 We beg to add a word or two on each of these 
 works in particular. 
 
 The introduction sketches in broad outlines how 
 Europe first became acquainted with Russia by Her 
 bersteyn's work , — how the trade of the Netherland- 
 ers with Russia was established since, by Olivier 
 Brunei ; and how that establishment gradually enticed 
 them further, and induced them, again in the foot- 
 steps of Brunei , to engage in enterprises to East-India , 
 which have rendered Linschoten's and Barentsz.' me- 
 mory immortal. The inference drawn from these 
 several facts is , that the finding of a passage in this 
 
 direction , 
 
XV 
 
 direction is improbable, and with vehemence Gerritsz. 
 then attacks the plans which gave rise to the voyage . 
 of Jan Cornelisz. May, inióiiand 1612 , andofwhich 
 the result was still unknown (i). The attention is 
 finally directed to the route, which Hudson had first 
 chosen with great success; many reasons are enume- . 
 rated to show the probability of the discovery of 
 
 that 
 
 (i) It must however be acknowledged, that Gerritsz., in hi j anno- 
 tations on the baclc of Massa's map, owned he had been rather too 
 sharp in his judgment; and that after the return of the travellers, — 
 in the edition of 161 3, — he gave a detailed account of the expe- 
 dition, which clearly show his appreciation of their endeavours. 
 Gerritsz. retracts his insolence to May in a rather remarkable way. 
 He wrote in the preface of his „Description of the land of the 
 „Samoyedes" : „returning to his winterquarters the author of the 
 „voyage or supercargo, by divine providence, (at it appears) received 
 „the reward of his folly." Already on the back of Massa's map he 
 hastened to state: „I must note down, that I spoke rather too 
 decidedly in the preface, of the accident happened in Nova Francia 
 to the supercargo from Amersfoort, for a matter sometimes proves 
 to be very different from what they appear at first sight, and as 
 the causes, why things happen, are nearly always unknown to us, 
 they could not have been spoken of positively at all." But his cons- 
 cience and perhaps the reproval of May's friends terrified Gerritsz. 
 so much, that he resolved to paste in the copies of the book 
 still in his possession , on the unhappy words a slip of paper , and 
 made the sentence run thus: „They retreated to their winter- 
 quarters, where they searched nearly the whole coast to the 
 Norenberga, where one of their supercargoes and six of his com- 
 panions were killed with arrows." This last version is re-produced 
 in this edition, so that the above mentioned words, on the back 
 of Massa's map , are unintelligible. 
 
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 XVI 
 
 that new route; and among the advantages result- 
 ing from it, Gerritsz. points out, especially, the oppor- 
 tunity of visiting the almost unknown southern con- 
 tinent. 
 
 After this introduction , which bears right on to the 
 object Gerritsz. had in view, follow the two pieces 
 of Massa. It has already been stated above , that the 
 first work treats of the oldest commercial relations ot 
 Russia with Siberia, and of the conquest which then 
 soon followed of that country. Other particulars of 
 this matter may be found in the interesting work of 
 Dr. Hai)iel entitled »Tradescant der Aeltere in Russ- 
 land, 1618." Massa's second composition , more exten- 
 sive than the first, mentions the commercial roads 
 from Russia to Siberia and describes the manners 
 and customs of the tribes living there. According to 
 the title it is «translated from the Russian language 
 anno 1609." From the contents it appears that this 
 »translation" is very free. Massa speaks in it of things 
 which have happened to himself, and among others 
 of Le Maire's request to be a sharer himself in the 
 north-polar expedition of 1609. It is therefore most 
 probable that, in the composition of the work, he 
 had before him the above mentioned notes of the 
 brother of his Russian landlord, who had himself 
 been present at the subjugating expedition. Of a 
 printed original Russian copy there can be no ques- 
 tion here , considering the well-known secrecy of the 
 Russian government of those days, alluded to by 
 
 Massa 
 
XVII 
 
 Massa himself, in every thing relating to Russian, 
 and especially to Siberian geography. 
 
 After Massa's writings follows in the work of 
 Hessel Geiritsz. a petition of Pedro Fernandez De 
 Quiros, presented to Philip III. It is necessary to 
 say a few words about this little work. Who were 
 the first discoverers of Australia , when and how that 
 discovery took place , is likely to remain a secret. 
 The uncertainty prevailing on this point is still in- 
 creased by the fact, that the first reporters generally 
 do not distinguish at all , between Australia and the 
 little known southern polar continent. It is certain 
 however, that at a very early period we notice on 
 the map many indications , proving that Australia , 
 long before we were aware of this , was known in 
 Spain and Portugal and even in France and England. 
 While , however , silence prevails in books concerning 
 this matter , it remains still undecided , whether the 
 mention of Australia in these maps must be attri- 
 buted to an actual discovery, or to a certain convict- 
 ion of the real existence of an extensive country at 
 the southern pole, similar to the supposition prevai- 
 ling in the mind of Columbus concerning the exist- 
 ence of America. That conviction was so firm , that 
 it may be considered as the cause , which induced 
 the Spaniards and Portugue.se to undertake so many 
 voyages to those parts — enterprises which soon led 
 to the discovery of small portions of that quarter of 
 the globe , which is now known by the name of 
 
 3 Australia. 
 
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 XVIII 
 
 Augtralia. One of the undertakers of those travels 
 was Alvaro de Mendana, who, on his second voyage 
 in 1 595 , endeavoured to found a colony on the Solo- 
 mon's island, and discovered the Marquis- and Char- 
 lotte-islands. On this voyage his mate was Pedro Fer- 
 nandez De Quiros, 9the last of the distinguished mari- 
 ners of Spain , and whose name claims especial notice 
 in every work treating of the early indications of Austra- 
 lia". De Quiros, probably a native of Evora in Portu- 
 gal , is decidedly one of the most remarkable figures 
 in the history of the oldest voyages of discovery to 
 Australia. Just as Columbus, so he was on scien- 
 tific grounds intimately convinced of the existence 
 of a large country in the southern hemisphere; just 
 as Columbus, he employed a great part of his life 
 in endeavours to prevail upon the king of Spain to 
 order its discovery to be tried He did not desist 
 from his efforts to persuade the Viceroy of Peru, 
 and afterwards trying at the Spanish court at Madrid 
 to have his plan put into effect, till at last, on the 
 21" December 1605, he entered the Spanish naval ser- 
 vice and put to sea with three Spanish vessels off Callao. 
 His voyage only led to the discovery of the new 
 Hebrides , named by him Australia del Espiritu Santo ; 
 and he thence returned, for unknown reasons, back 
 to Mexico. But his sub-commander Luiz Vaez de 
 Torres continued his route and reached the Strait 
 named after him the Tor«"es Strait. De Quiros, after 
 his return, immediately began to send to Philip III 
 
 new 
 
XIX 
 
 new requests to induce him to sanction further trials 
 for the discovery of those countries , that were represent - 
 ed to be very rich. The expectations formed of his 
 voyaji^e had however been very great , and the result 
 had proved so fallacious , that De Quiros did not suc- 
 ceed in obtaining his ?'m. He died at Panama in 
 1614. But his plan did not die with him. The sub- 
 joined printed eighth request, sent to Philip III , which 
 communicates many particulars on the island discovered 
 by him, «del Espiritu Sar.^o'^ already appeared in 
 print in 16 10 at Sevilla. Hessel Gerritsz. then reprinted 
 it ; two French translations and an English one were 
 published in 161 7, and the name of De Quiros is 
 now so well established, that Dalrymple declares that : 
 ))the discovery of the southern continent , whenever 
 and by v/homsoever it may have been completely 
 effected, is in justice due to his immortal name." 
 
 Of the three maps, inserted in Gerritsz. little book , 
 there is not much to be said. The reader will find 
 extensive reports concerning the great importance of 
 the last two in : Hamel , Tradescant der Aeltere , — 
 in: Van der Linde, Isaac Massa, — and in: Asher, 
 Hudson the Navigator. We only just beg to remind the 
 reader , that the Hessel-Gerritsz. -notes on the back 
 of Massa's map contain by no means unimportant 
 matter concerning the ideas which the geographers of 
 that time , and particularly Plancius and Barendsz. , 
 entertained concerning the situati n of the Ice-sea , — 
 and that those on Hudson's map supply us with 
 
 almost 
 
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 almost thé only source, whence Mr. Murphy reconstructed 
 
 Hudson's plan of his third voyage in a most ingenious 
 
 manner, — ^ a reconstruction which places the fame 
 
 of the renowned traveller on a firmer basis than ever 
 
 before, 
 
 ni ' 
 
 So much for the works, which the following book 
 Contains. The chief point of interest, of course, con- 
 sists in the accounts they give us of the condition 
 of many as yet little known lands ; of the history of 
 the tribes dwelling there and of the plans and degree 
 of knowledge of the geographers of the seventeenth 
 century. But besides this , it is perhaps not unim- 
 portant to r'=»inark , that the accounts which Hessel 
 Gerritsz. gives us in a passing and cursory manner, 
 contain nearly every thing, that is known to us con- 
 cerning the voyages of the Netherlanders to the 
 north between 1609 and 1614. Those statements 
 are , it is true , exceedingly short and incomplete ; 
 but still they afford, occasionally, a greater quantity 
 of matter than a slight and superficial perusal would 
 at first lead one to think. 1 
 
 I Again and again it appears more evident, at tllfe 
 publication of a new work about northern exped. lons , 
 that previous authors have not derived that benefit 
 from the very important communications of Hessel 
 Gerritsz. they might have done; and that the »Des- 
 cription of the land of the Samoyedes," is an inex- 
 haustible source, whence every one that is desirous 
 
 of 
 
lan ever 
 
 of knowing something about the north-polar voyages 
 of those times must draw , and to which he seldom 
 applies without bringing something new along with 
 him. The little work, alluded to, imparts particulars 
 unknown jlsewhere: 
 
 1. Concerning the voyages of Olivier Brunei to 
 Novaya Zemlya. (Preface p. 2 , comp. Descrip- 
 tion of Siberia p. 2.) 
 
 2. Concerning the voyage of Henry Hudson to 
 Novaya Zemlya and the Hudson-river in 1609. 
 (Preface p. 4 — 6. — Annotations on the back 
 of Hudson's map. — Descriptio detectionis freti. 
 
 P- i~3) 
 
 3. Concerning the voyage of Melchior Van Kerck- 
 
 hoven to Novaya Zemlya in 1609. (Preface p. 4. — 
 Massa's Short account p. 8; comp. p. 13.) 
 
 4. Concerning the voyage of Jan Cornelisz. May 
 to Novaya Zemlya and New-Netherland. (Pre- 
 face p. 4. — Annotations on the back of Massa's 
 map. — Descriptio detectionis freti. E. p. i — 3.) 
 
 5. Concerning the voyage of Pieter Fransz. to Hud- 
 sons-bay and New-Netherland. (Descriptio detec- 
 tionis freti p. 3.) 
 
 6. Concerning the first two voyages to Spitsbergen 
 on the whalefishery in 161 2 and 161 3. (Des- 
 criptio detectionis freti. F. p. 4 — 6.) 
 
 1 have mentioned repeatedly the «Descriptio detec- 
 Itiohis freti." Allow me to add a word or two on 
 
 this 
 
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 this subject. The work is nothing else than a transla- 
 tion of the «Description of the land oftheSamoyeds," 
 but one, remodelled and amplified. It was soon evi- 
 dent to the editor, that he had easily succeeded in 
 his work. The unhappy issue of May's enterprise, 
 who returned in the fall of the year 1612 from his 
 expedition, without having obtained, — in the two 
 successive summers spent in the high north, whither 
 he had bent his course, — any important result, by 
 no means invited to a repetition of the trial. And 
 nobody in Netherland thought of again following 
 Linschoten's plan , on which Kerckhoven's expedition 
 had again attracted public notice. The way through 
 the Strait of Nassau was evidently adapted to those, 
 who as yet knew nothing about the nature of the 
 route they were following; but so much more of 
 the extreme north had become known to the tra- 
 vellers of 1594 — 1597, that it could be no longer 
 required of the intrepid Dutch seamen to perform 
 the voyage in the circuitous and childish manner 
 which Linschoten had recommended in 1601. It 
 no longer became them , servilely to follow the line 
 of the Russian coast , now it appeared that way al- 
 ways led into thicker masses of floating ice. The plan 
 had become obsolete and only once more a Dutch- 
 man , under the impression of the renewed publication 
 in 1624 of Linschoten's description of his voyage, 
 tried that old way again. (Cornelis Teunisz. Bosman 
 ' |h 1625.) But though it was unnecessary to intimidate 
 
 the 
 
XXIII 
 
 the Netherlanders from trying either way in the 
 north-east, Hessel Gerritsz' little book was received 
 with general applause. The reports concerning Hud- 
 son's voyage to the north-west and the . new fairy- 
 country, discovered by De Quiros , attracted the atten- 
 tion to such a degree, that in 1612 two reprints of 
 the » Description of the Samoyeds" were necessary. 
 As a skilful editor Hessel Gerriïsz. knew directly 
 how to adjust his tackle to the wind. Without omit- 
 ting any of Massa's most important pieces , he simply 
 altered the title of his work , and the order of suc- 
 cession of the several pieces inserted in it , and thus 
 again directed th«^ attention to those several parts of 
 his collection , which had suited the taste of the 
 public most. Already in a second issue of the Dutch 
 book , he' amplified his notes of Hudson's voyage and 
 placed them , as a separate relation , at the commen- 
 cement ot the work , which , this time , retained the 
 same title. In the following edition , which appeared 
 in the same year, — now in Latin, so that the work 
 might be also intelligible in foreign countries — that 
 title was altogether changed. Hudson's voyage now 
 made a prominent figure. The work was called: 
 ))Descriptio ac delineatio Geographica Detectionis Freti. 
 Sive, Tranfitvs ad Occafum , fupra terras Americanas, 
 in Chinam atq; Japonem dudturi , Recens investigati 
 ab M. Henr. Hudsono Anglo. Item, Narratio Sr -mo 
 Regi Hispaniae fada , fuper tractu , in quint /- 
 bis terrarum parte , cui Avftraliae Incognitae nomen 
 
 est, 
 
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 est, recens deteéto, per Capitaneum Petrum Fer- 
 dinandez De Quir. Vnk cum defcriptione Terrae 
 Samoiedarvm & Tingoefiorvm , in Tartaria ad Ortum 
 Freti Waygats fitae nuperq; Imperio Mofcovitarum fub- 
 aétae. Amfterodami , Ex officina HeflTelij Gerardi. Anno 
 1612. 4°." Those too, who were desirous of becoming 
 acquainted with the adventures and wonders which 
 the south produced, were served by Gerritsz. to 
 their taste; the wish to discover a northern passage 
 became the stronger on reading a title, which parti- 
 cularly directed the attention to the discovery of 
 De Quiros. A part of the Latin work of 161 2 thus 
 appeared under the title of: «Exemplar i^ibelli fup- 
 plicis, Potentilfimo Hifpaniarui i R^gi exhibiti, k 
 Capitaneo Petro Fe*"nandez De Quir: Super Detec- 
 tione quintae orbis terrarum partis , cui Auftraliae 
 Incognitae nomen est. Item Relatio super Freto per 
 M. Hudfonum Anglum quaesito, ac in parte deteóto 
 supra Provincias Terrae Novae , novaeque Hifpaniae , 
 Chinam & Cathiam verfus dudluro : Vna Cum Freti 
 ipsius quatenus iam detedum est. Tabula Navtica. 
 Nee non Ifaaci Maflae Harlemenfis Samoiediae atque 
 TingoefTae regionum ad Orientem ultra Fretum Wey- 
 gats in Tartaria fitarum, nuperque Imperio Moscovi 
 tico adquifitarum defcriptio. Et Tradus eiufdem Ta- 
 bula Ruffica. Latinè versa ab R. Vitellio. Amfterodami 
 Ex officina HeflTelij Gerardi. Anno 161 2. 4°." And 
 when the interest thus felt, became so great, that 
 within a year , another edition was wanted , the addi- 
 tions 
 
XXV 
 
 tions the editor had occasionally made in the text, 
 were again entirely revised and remodelled. The 
 most important events, which had taken place in 
 Netherland in the course of the year, with respect 
 to northern navigation , were inserted ; and the whole 
 published towards the close of the year, under the 
 scarcely altered title of: «Defcriptio ac delineatio 
 Geographica Detectionis Freti, sive, Transitus ad 
 Occafum suprè terras Americanas, in Chinam atq; 
 laponem ducturi. Recens investigati ab M. Hen- 
 rico Hudsono Anglo. Item, Exegesis Regi Hispaniae 
 facta, fuper tractu recens detecto, in quintSi Orbis 
 parte, cui nomen, Australis incognita. Cum descrip- 
 tione Terrarum Samoiedarum , et Tingoesiorum , in 
 Tartaric, ad Ortum Freti Waygats fitarum nuperq; 
 sceptro Moscovitarum adfcitarum." The supplemen- 
 tary accounts in this last edition treat of the expedi- 
 tion of May, who had returned in the latter part of 
 1612, and describe in a few words the plan of the 
 voyage to the north in 161 3 (Pieter Fransz. c. s.), 
 and further, many particulars are added about the 
 island of Spitsbergen, now rendered prominent, 
 since 161 2, by the whale-fishery, which had com- 
 menced in that year. The attack of the English on 
 the Netherland whalers, in the summer of 1613, was 
 at the same time censured in the most violent terms , 
 and the English Company threatened with reprisals. 
 This however, drew down upon Hessel Gerritsz. a 
 reprimand from the Netherland owners of the vessels. 
 
 They 
 
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 XXVI 
 
 They felt themselves much too weak, openly to 
 resist the far more numerous English whalers; and 
 considered themselves as implicated in this attack 
 of the cartographer on James I . who felt already 
 highly displeased with the competition his subjects 
 had to endure on the part of the Netherlanders in 
 the Ice-sea. — To avoid, if possible, the dreaded 
 consequences of his imprudence, Hessel Gerritsz. added 
 to the still extant copies of his last edition, a few 
 pages , in which he owned , in very humble termi' , to 
 have erred in his judgment, and highly extolled 
 the forbearance of the Netherland merchants , who 
 expected the maintenance of their rights only from 
 the gracious clemency of the king of England. To 
 substantiate this good right, Hessel Gerritsz. at the 
 same time handed over a short abstract, which his 
 friend Plancius had drawn up, and in which, on 
 geographical grounds , the honour of Heemskerck and 
 Barendsz. as the discoverers of Spitsbergen , was fully 
 vindicated. 
 
 In this way the little pamphlet of Hessel Gerritsz. 
 became considerably enlarged. 
 
 It was however , in its original form , that it was 
 generally known, and everywhere spread. Already in 
 1613 , we meet with two German translations , in the col- 
 lection of diaries of voyages of De Bry and in Megiser's 
 Septentrio Novantiquus. In 16 14 , a third translation fol- 
 lowed in the collection of Hulsius. (Part 1 2) An English 
 version appeared in 1624, in the well-known work 
 
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 of Purchas. The collection was furthermore reprint- 
 ed no less than five times in Dutch works, (i) and 
 the spread of the work went even farther than this. 
 One can scarcely take up any volume , written in the 
 seventeenth century about the northern passage , 
 without finding the visible traces that the pamphlet , 
 ■v/ritten by Hessel Gerritsz. was the head-fountain 
 and often supplied the only spring of information. 
 It not unfrequently happened that the text was , either 
 partially or entirely, simply re-printed, without the 
 writer's name being mentioned. The contents of the 
 interesting work may thus be at last considered as 
 the common property of the learned. The book itself 
 however, long remained little known, and only very 
 recently it attracted again the general attention. 
 Meanwhile copies of it had become very rare , and it 
 cannot but be very welcome to the lovers of geography 
 and history, to know that it is now at last reprinted 
 in its original form, devoid of all additions, altera- 
 tions or curtailments, which such a work as this is 
 so likely to undergo , at the appearance of every n ew 
 edition in large collections; and especially in trans- 
 lations, such as the seventeenth century could fur- 
 nish forth. 
 
 Utrecht, S. MULLER Fz. 
 
 I September 1874. 
 
 ( I ) In the work entitled : Commencement and Proeress i r the 
 East-India Company, — in the collection of Hartgers, — in the 
 edition of Jan Jansz., — 'in Saeghman's „Description of Muscovy", — 
 and in Witsen's „North- and East-Tartary." 
 

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 ^mdandefoenntOim ddndeg^elegentl^bbanbr* 
 k ïanden (die ondtCoopltedendooi dereuoo^derfiaeU 
 Ut repfen beconien peUien) ecntdiftnjei drf|tU|Md^ te toe^ 
 (hi/(bo 0||f den top gaer ^tn m Iianden een derb^el dan 
 demeuuiebeecCr^apppe dec l^tiffentnde Handen dan 
 ^attatia/daet men m mogjien lïen d'odet-een-comin^ 
 0emetde(eercut:teure af-teecbentnoen dan Janipuii^ 
 Siien /endededetderglielegpentl^eiiddanoe l^andett 
 die 0i|ele0l|en 5tin otm: de nitm Bbp. 
 
 i^eden detir ddict|2|>mn0|^edan ;6idtevende ffiotït^ 
 dec(leCatcanen/0i)edentDpttootkeen<raetteupt tiet 
 ]^ttffd^0i|en:anaateettdanaUede (molirieiAenron:^ 
 trepen/ daerfpomei doo?0(|emaelt geobende 0f)el|ee(r 
 IS^eedp <0oCtrnde f^epoatiEi / endeeenU3etl)dienien 
 iiomnae't lEupden dan Catiiaptegaen: ^otli of de 
 pa(Iiasietenoo;tdeltitkg|)ele0i|end3are/g^elntkrulchje( 
 uptde(Caettert!itint/re roudemennorgtamK/^paren^ 
 teli)th 8|^e^6en/tDt in de<Ddp/oft eeniglie dan d'att^ 
 dergcootel^iUteten/teuiateteonnenromenrUianttm^ 
 mecd)o;tdendie CuOendande Uu(renmet!)arelodin^ 
 Slienofrctieephenjee bedaeren/endt repten dan dooittjei 
 tmuiddettmetrtguptenteUddtecoftellande/ daet't 
 ftj^tintdatmen mectfeeiqche dtnsben fuade romen te 
 ontdertou ^or|| alfo de O^epgatjEi ded^ometiei tDep^ 
 m^tt)t^$ofontdotittiei/dUlblt|rtbpdet)Deetorln§ 
 diegi.i^PSeneftlO* J5aitnt(l|«dettDaect gedaé tiebbi/ 
 ib en tonde deft opfoerftmge ntet Itrgt om do^ siim Mc 
 tïrlitintdatdenatuet onjeidekoudeende iii^ daettot 
 dpanden gefielt iieeft om onft begeerte te bedtDtn0i)en: 
 maer onaengetten at d'erempelf d^ to tteatrke pertonf / 
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 1^» ^tatente Dec(oecl^/om beftf Uttme op ntmist te htto^ 
 men/nae't noo^dooSf boiienttotia;6mibiaomte feplf/ 
 ftoutltct(afrtmt(rmt)e))&iieboo(^tetia7i0r>noo;ö(tr/ 
 om Ut langde daoen/lfig^ gor batmer te 59^: sebic ootft 
 gedaen tieeft eenen ^tlüm^ l^oatn/^octoi tA l^nou/ 
 ac|^term5tinboecicfeen(aenDe£9* i^. Staten geftj^^e^ 
 bcntÜQ^ttmmt i6io ai 22 ;^cetnb*)l^aet ||ti(natieel 
 (btterme t»tei|p(bnDeett op be Cactten hit tia oeri ouüe 
 tpdl gemaert 3tin t)& ^tt arta / dof lie lluCTen tiaet firl' 
 Der nocg gel henmCTe af en gatitie) üpt^ciutt f < ttdgcr (ent 
 
 Dmiu^ i)m6c(<ff)müC0€?pfed^o^crf4Ur gal(m ftli^^ 
 ^nbeonfèHedmmeetitimttocl^ todiiatde ^mttx^tetXmt 
 up i^oo^beti üioba ^Semüla 5otit fottde malun dan Qje? / foo fii 
 r^den. jBft tKfeopinmt5Qnfp 161 1 mtboo^aer uptoiefepu 
 om bent tobi noda jfcmma om te oaetvett ban daet/fo Öaet 
 Catiten |$ieldm/$.$.ooft aen/nade (tnttK ban^Shfan/eft boo?t 
 itae'tlanggdMte €Qti)a0cd4ripia:maertetiiffertittttoe 
 gecoml dae (p fm motlitl 1^ 6<Kt oflte ondestg^^ 
 Camen gmiaetiEit biaim; bi At alfd i]p te b|oecd tnde tm utitj 
 0ebacf/efttei^{)aermenm0ebantt)ji^bedmon0entoe(ende/ 
 in €o|lmf(ittH acn noba jKmbla gccoml^ sim/en fo $iinfe bat 
 tii^befcIjadtcOtm ^iBofcobtagcfopenom i^aet te repareren: 
 l^on daer siin fp/fondet berdet te attenteri/ nae de cufii ban 
 Canada/tufTcfien l^tc^tma th <l^erra noba/^efeplt /om bim^ 
 ter lage te leggen > bAet ft» mtifk al be cuflen wtm 6tbt"n tot af 
 dl iftMinbeoa/baer na ban Oaes Comiffen met ^«anDctt nwt ooim 
 dootfcQottn i$^ laan dit gefelf^jap tie; t'eene felieeplif énx^ 
 geeoml/eH t'andei: i;^ bieder nae't j^oo^i/ om beter Daer me-^ 
 m'ng te boldoem jd^aer aHb de ^ngelfcgien/na defe boo:^ 
 fepde toedtenbanlKi.S^arenm. nocl) effi)ciiep|ocffltKlii m t 
 ^oo^doofiengedaen |M^/(o dedden de i^.^bmtdedberen 
 bfi^nd'^qil^ndifedeeompagntenueentoe (arl geleden/ der;' 
 4viam gcfondl eeni genalt jBi. l^fon/die mitjsr dat f^ tn't 
 poffen m toetje enbom/nae't n^eflen gcfepU iie?/bl daer l)p 
 
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(bttter Wdfiit in engfytlmit tir Aettgetdmen : tmttmt 
 sdü t^gm ii'<éngel(irl^e mtüit ^tbbm uptsefonöen/beift 
 lip mttcMink meerder lioo;(rpaiti enöe minder gelncl^ 
 i^eiiadt: loanr al0 ifp naer deel moeiitetijei ontrent 3 00 
 ;Bn|itrcl^mplf dp Heeften ^erra de Baccdlaoiei uiajet 
 secomen/ende daer H^inter laoe oeiefien fieddende op 
 de !iooc|ite dan 52 grad^UitllenUe derder poo8en/tj0 |ip/ 
 met al 3tïn <aderi|ept opt ^Aip/dan:t è^ttnut^tAOi 
 aen Hand gefet/ dte tbnder derder te uiUlen/ r^upiei ge^^ 
 tomen snn/dtenjst af-tetomnggen dip u l^ier ati[rter dp^ 
 giiedoet^t ||ed!ï^n/iiopettde dat tdp dan de ftbepen die 
 nu dermaert gefonden siin 1 no^i derder defrgept ende 
 tpdmge dan een 6eele doorgang Tullen betomen/ )s)aer 
 doo? fp fouden dèrtrpgeneen eeutotgde eer ende fama/ 
 om dat lbo lange ïaren foo deel ma^ge lieden ende 
 derütandigge i^iloten gjïetratj^t bedden / om doo^ een 
 nieutnero^te mecgtetomentotdertKhdommen dan 
 Catj^ap/CJÏina/de seolucfif / ende $»eruaen&|^e Idolc^ 
 torn iènderUieltkeg&eUieellsim^dttin^oi^dtfger 
 ende 3|Aannei9i^adi0/ dieHnno 1585/ 86/ 87/ tuiïtSen 
 <^rerranodaende<3^oenland j^oo^dtoaert opggeüplt 
 3tm tot op de 72 graden/dan doo^'t ^^ uieergirtiouden/ 
 3ijn rp/fonderpetiei gedaen te leedden dat tot fiaet doo^^ 
 nemen dienltttg maiEt/fj^upict gliefeeert. 
 
 ^ fiope dan defenieu-gedonden doorgang oFSrate 
 boden ^erra noda dan #"* i^fon opgedaen/iisi gj^e^:^ 
 lterti(t doo;; de getnpgentnen der t^trginianen en ƒ lo^ 
 ridianen/diedadelitl^atfirmeriten ifloo^dtoeftendan 
 j^aerlant eengrooteZeetesim/daer fp rtgepenreggi 
 gefientebedben/geltïtftdeftgependan ti'<^irtl|en* 
 £9en leeft oodt bp JMv^ d'ilto8a int 1 2 captt dejsi 
 derden 25oecr dam naturae! dan ^eS-Jndien/dat de 
 Spaengtaertiei meenen dat d*€ngelft Capttepn ^go^ 
 maj6i Candi&^ dan dere doorgang goede tonmrre gfie'' 
 
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 boo;^ beunt tDtcg 5tin ffiupiei gliecomen / baecom bat be 
 
 €omn0 p^üiw^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^^^ f^l^t ^ttft taté tumne^ 
 
 mt bcmen am iS^arlDetnuio bp tlE^ften ttieuC^na:? 
 
 da/om te urr^mberi bat onfe tiatte ofte eentge ban $iin 
 
 t^anbl troo) beCrn ttiecii t)em s^m riitHboittmen/bie ^p 
 
 aen ^ae bei Eat ittet b;tebe bedt/met enfouben tmnm 
 
 afHanbtcb te mahi/tom cm boa? be Uiaetiitpt bertelt^ 
 
 ^Defeuietf) ban/tft batTe betbolj^t gj^eltitU bte (ttg op 
 
 boet/ fal b^oiifeeen toepat mkn niet alleen na be Cgü 
 
 unt/i^lnchen aft l^cnt/ maer oocfeom te 0aen beften 
 
 iDat boo;t l^oltHen aen be Eupb-spbe banbe Xn^n-^^t 
 
 tDoonen/uiat i^auenen en tsat U^aten oat baet te btn^ 
 
 ben $t)n/baerfp aller Uieoengoebe berbetfctiinge Dtn^ 
 
 t^tti ftiU&c'fp dat fp gaen aen o'CpIanbm batr ol 25tf« 
 
 fciiop ban <8utto ^ef geuireft lyttft/ baet af omei geti^i^' 
 
 poiteert tü bé ef on&r {antdteblbte baet geloeeil iieefï 
 
 met bten ^iXt^/t)i tnelhe ooekbeelban fultin beneit 
 
 Iieeft aen ben Hbboeaet 25a(nebelb/enbebm<e«i^«i5e^ 
 
 bitntbebberenban be «aoajnbtfciie Cotnpasnte/ofte 
 
 oock ia bat fp gaen aen't bane Hant/baet ith u (jtet een 
 
 btfcotnrjGi enbe detteltinge af lebere/ Iiopf be bat fnloc fal 
 
 af genaem toefen bp alle bte geënte Jiaec ttatftqne fou^^ 
 
 tm boen tn*t arUterlie bet aerben/enbe oork bp alle bte 
 
 IttQ liebben om ben ^etbtloot enbe 5tm Jlnmoonbetisi 
 
 t|oe langbi^ |^oe meetbet (e bennett/uielthe henmSe ith 
 
 tnenfcbe bp mm €.te maflimtot ^ate boltottv.rit()epb/ 
 
 eü bat bte u b^enge ttitl(bom eti onberganclulttbe eere« 
 
 l3U)e alberblptt(l|(te <Dtenaer 
 
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 %HtOitn Siberia, Samoieda ttSÜt Tingoefa, 
 
 met oocft De toieg^tiiit ^drobta DetUiaett <doS 
 mtu 00(1 tm ^tmptn aen/ foo het tiagÓeltKM 
 bctepfl )mpt bdtitie jlofiobttm. 
 
 fletUioomeenBolcRm ^fcotita/ 
 
 9iifiDttt)/fnlie ^ ban tfoetfet «ijicomft/ 
 gefb^otmban eeii SantMnan 9mca ge^ 
 naet / befen Unita n)cft Spnbe bS %attb/ 
 bioonbe ontrent een aibtete/ tOttfooba 
 0efieemi/be biddit: tnbe ütblete ^up^ 
 na bloent / bte I oo mpfen ban baer Inbe 
 tottteKeebaït/ bpjiBtc|[)ad[«tc|^an0d/eenMM:dfoo0|^^ 
 nacntt* 
 
 ^en boo^.91nica bmt/tt)cit $iinbe/ M bet|[dt!üt i^/^ét^ 
 be oocR beel fttnbeten/cnbe bian? bón<B(ob nan alUj^ b»I ber^ 
 ften/enbe ten boKen gteTesent/ban met gtoote be9eetlMü[)ept 
 gqijicitelt/biillenbe geenu bieten/ b^at boco lanU^tn oef aten 
 enbebebnumbm be I0ol«eren bie jaetlmtri^in j^^uTcobta 
 quanten banbelen mn eoffdtjcfie ptlttt^m s^nbe beeiS anbete 
 H^acen/ooeii b^emt ban (pideth/ban üleebmge/^Mif btenft/ 
 cnbe manteten/ noemenbe t)aer «(amoteben / enbe oocit beel^^ 
 betiep anbere namen baergebenbe : ^efe quamen foo 1% ifti: 
 btete mttfogbajaetlpp aftoben met !)aet <roopman(t!vs)i> 
 
 gen/manój^lenbe met be tuffen enbe ^Aoftobttetjes inbe fte^ 
 m 0(b|n enbe l^ltmga op be ^upna/bat alu^-boen tet ti)bt 
 ben tf^tapel biaie ban Ofi/mt^ Hm J^eFterpen offert Hntca 
 ban(alj^boo^betbaelt)i .<a«ibe<,ceedrcfi oma ^tenban 
 toaec fp quamen/enk toaet ^$xt Is^nmm^t toaj^/ enbe biel 
 benclifnbe batter gtoote t^clib^iinen te |uEiIm biaeren/ aen- 
 gl^eften be fcl^oone J^eltetpm/ btefe iemï^hfi b^cf^ten/gtoo^ 
 te (t^ beb^oej^en/l^t fülf bipgljenses alliantie enbe bnmt^ 
 
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 fthms Qteitmedit met fdmmi0T)e bi(tt t^olclimn / ettbe oock 
 tmmthmxont ^lAtoenmttt imecl^teit/totioofiteiztae/ 
 met tiSer in naet tUitt oefontmt/btteletibe t» ftlbe/dotfe alle 
 t'flmttittiatfeïoo^-rtiifbcn/QlUiBiitoelnearfieiych (lerpirben 
 foutim/etUie ooch alle j^att mdmcten/tooontngen/Iebm «i)k 
 flhebaertKti \ml op tntt^tk fouüm o)i-teecfienen/ om fo ban 
 aueier goetit tappn^ te tioen / aljsi (p \n^Kt t^up^ fuvhrn co^ 
 nun/nioelcft ttnü ^MtWt ^nHe efit ffpft/ ^^^^ getoreft 
 taiaten/tnel 8l)ettacteect/ enoe ooch ooetie gunfle toe-gfxXy^a;: 
 oi^en / ban Ijeeft f)aer ncctflelndk bcbolm te f to|i0!)en / etibe 
 oocfe beeft l^n't neetfUIiicIi bp bent aehouben/ fonber pemant 
 baetbantebennanen/ maet beeft get 3|aee baet aenbol; 
 0b<nbe meecbet pattpe baer b^nen i^fonben/ oocii eemgb^ 
 5mtet l^^cnben/met <rjooimtanfibap min Mepnbet bieecben/ 
 abs^^uptfcbcCtamer{ie/95eaenenbebter0b^9efie btngb^: 
 befe Jim oom met gerepft/enbe bebben't oocli geltjck aüasb'an^ 
 bete aHeier \ml booKnunelt enbe booaften/enbe tbf ben tot be 
 mibiere ^bp toe/boo^ bele n^oeflpnen/enbe betfcb^pben Av 
 btet en/bie baer bele 5ün / enbe maecftten met fommtgbe Jba^ 
 mopeben albaec grootr i^^fcbap enbe %\lmtk/ enbe bet:: 
 namen oocfi bat be ]9eltme baet ban Mepnbet hieetbE toa^es/ 
 enbe bat baet tüchbommente balen biaeten: ^^ochfagb^nfe 
 bat fp gbeen ^teben en bebtoonben/ maet bat fa met ttoupen 
 foo 0^ malcanbeten leefben feet b^eebfamttb/^oe bietben ge;; 
 tegeett ban fommigbe be outfie onbet baet y toaten oocfi on? 
 tepn in baet eten/enbe leefben ban't il^tlt batfe bongen/geen 
 €o;en nocb iB^oobt iunncnbe/enbe meefl al goebe fid^mn^ 
 met 95ogen/be bielcfte ({r ban taep I^out maeeiiten/ enbe bia^ 
 ten boo? gbeflepen fteenen aen / oocfi fommigbe met f^tpe 
 I9t jer-jutaeen/baetfe tlOilt met ftbooten / bat baet abr mi met 
 memd^te \oet^ : ^oeh naepbenfe met Idtjir-gtdten/gbei^pc^ 
 hmtit iCenuen ban clepne Olicbtetten tot baet ^aben/ enbe 
 boetbben foo be 9enen bjp malcanbeten/baetfe baet tmht be^ 
 becftten/^met|iftbontmipten/cnbe ir'u^ittt^t'bontbin^ 
 nen b^agbenbe: ^odi bectenfe bate bupfen met ^eiamyr-j^itp^ 
 ben enbe ^e^ee-beOen/bie bp baet niet gbeatbt en biaten, ^n 
 fomma/boo^-fagben't aHejer/enbe quaemen met tiithbommen 
 ban JMit bvbet tlMipjiK/enbe I)e bbenbe Uniea boen ban alUiei 
 
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ftm mdgbt €üüpmatifkimppt op toe Xatidm / eentg^e laten 
 [angfy/(o üat befe Uniconn nedtnactiticl^ lotetden/enbe hm^ 
 rrnalommebedXaittjEr/roobdtfiaertie lüebenalommebec^ 
 hionberbm ban htftfü^MniM r^dEibinnmen / nut hietnv^ 
 ^eb^aerfp ban baen quanten sfpbouUiebenoochltadtenm 
 fommtgiie bate ^Do^en : Sae namadjes boubenfe oocft eenen 
 rcboonen ^em^idmbe ^itabt ^foil/op bc Htbtere u^ttfogba 
 gbelegen/baet fp in toonben/ bieichen Cenqid banbc groiit 
 0)1 toajB? bandaeten kmtteii Hcbuim : %n fomma / en totflm 
 tttet biaer bipben met baee goeberen. 
 
 i^u mevrmen ^ oom toet bi^ffdtieii/bat baec fgeluekntoi» 
 j^dneft eenjer ben niggle bteben foube/gbd^ gfientetinliicft 
 mfuuftefaedtengi^aRniit/ftatbehaaabm b^embe 
 
 fctx benut / om |^ ti)dibommen btlie / !)oe-b)el fp nojit pt^ 
 mant eenigfie f|nit aenbeben/ enbe bacbten fuf cbje^ met groote 
 boo^te|)ttd^eiit booste comen/om te mpptn tnben gtaet baec 
 (bm blaten, i^ubolgenbebejuofcobifcl^niamete/lj^bat^ 
 (eg|^emeeneIt)cl^reg^^ibtetel^obegIieat l^aunben||eeft/ 
 gl^ecn menfdh te gj^e^cften uir / oin bat tn jBofcobta / bte ^ 
 begaefït Ui/tfp met biat bat bet ooctt foube mogi toefen/benijt 
 fft belogen u»gtaen*tf^f/(artibaer genat l^^itt enl^ben/ 
 cft fonbet eenftb tetl^t oft teben onbetbjfutitt hio^t/|a gantfej^ 
 f onbet-gbeb)onien/ baet-om (p cöcii ^nnbe/ iMben al eenen 
 l^^ntgebabt/ betoddtrteleen banbemee(iefl|^tte^^ 
 fen/enbe ooth biajer tmx felben genaemt 95o^ 4B»oitfienoof/eft 
 h)n^ jSbiaget banben ifoEpfer febo? 3I^anob)tt$/bte boat i:e:^ 
 geecbe/en^o^ btttt na bejsr l^enferjeÉ boot m #it plmtft bei> 
 ro^/aljs? (Hxfcf) itepfor/ gbeltfcn b^obet berl^aeit bio^ tnbe 
 gebenbaecl^re befcfi^bingbe bet jDofcobifd^et etglogl^n. 
 
 ^0 ^bbmfe ban gebatbt btfnt ü5mi^ altejes te o)ienbaten/ 
 bombe fjlt cttfl eentge gefcbendten/geliidt fp gebiobn blaten/ 
 dl baben Ijl l)p b<itt eenval betlioo^t bitlbe/ alia? ()ebbenbe een 
 fabe t'opêbaeen/bte't ^be bed p^of pteten foube» V5on^ inet 
 nae gaubi lunfletenbe / iKtfr l^et bed meet mmnebicmjeiibt 
 bebieren/alje? w te boo^n biel |iabbegebaen/enbe boenfe bem 
 afit^ beti)adtl[abbE ban befe onbetfoeeftütge bet jtononeb^ 
 f(|)e enbe ^ettfcbe S^anben/ooefi biatfe baet j^onetrt en oe^ 
 
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 te/ fMftanimlMitrel^mttUtmopenbaer^ / {|oe l^epimiiicK 
 ' barfeüoctmclie tm-vfytQom )xHi»ett;oociiliiitf^!iaet mft 
 matftttci) riicfi (Aemmiltt (labben/ titt f Vnegj^eitfe : mettemtn 
 fccgoft ^&t^se? te ngaittien ban teccetftic h licpb / cnte tottee tit 
 onbetfoc(hm:fael»tmntKi)aeraIji$tjnqi0(imhtni^ |a 
 tiet]^f(Ki»/0f)etmitie^act U^e S^^iebm uptbcjer ftrpferitf 
 nacm / batfe mod)tm fotitict tcgnetM^-fli^dicn Dacte Xanben 
 btefe btfatm/ uvL\n^h mitt ecffdüm gi^ebjumftnt/iuie ^a^ 
 Ken iBil enbe beliefte / fonber eeni^e ftj^tttig^ baet ban te 
 Sibben /nunotI)ndemaelseS: ^ttetfeoociim$iint1cbeboe^ 
 xm/a^ fp bn n^tntet-bag^ m jBofeou biaten/bierenbe een 
 0niote gendbe bp ben clfBorcobiten/ii^ütetpaliicn bp fo niac^^ 
 i ttg|)ml^o|(i{a2eK»^^bKi2di/eenbiet0amfc6^ 
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 jSo^jtKbttbttlbdui^t^tb&enbe/beef^etben ÜepTet^^Hei^ 
 ombeet/btet feet lief !>baie(/ m 95cȟ^ 
 be/enbe0af|)embaetinteboent0i)enebem1beiteiien foubr* 
 99o^f)tero9ntetflmien^e/lbc^ fem09c Cajritepnen enb^ 
 fommi0|^ atme 4Sbe]rIidieii/enbe bie tö 0Dnfnel| b^ 
 toe 0|l^upciit/bebeIenbe l^aet te ttetfen met b( 0lïene bte be 
 Smcomi j^aer met 0l^eben fouben/en iileeben fiaev ooch cofie^ 
 liüft alj^ SImbdffatat /iKiet oofii met-0ebenbe eenid^ htt)0ts^ 
 boldt/enbe oocb oefel^enciten ban felemiber bieetben/ om aen 
 beniaoIcltentefmen&en/baetfefouDencomen/ enbebebal 
 l^aer batfè ^Bte |paiTa0ien/IUbieren / 99offc|)a0ten ettfie ^)^^ 
 ^ bieimi-teeiliaien fouben / oocit be namen banbefdbe/ op 
 batfl biilien aHe 0oet rapnojt baet ban tc boen/idi^ f^fbiUien 
 loebet-comen } enbe bebal oaet oodEi mtnftlcii te liiatibelenAnet 
 be i^d(iterenbequaemomte0aen/eenbei|naeme )ilaet^te 
 bef)nen/omme naemaeb^/foo't mc^aticli toaere/baer eetttse 
 ^tercliteofit <Sa|idenn mailen /fitbebatfeimmeria^eenti^e 
 banbe Xteben foube maiien in üS^ofco te l^;en0en/foo't eent0:» 
 (InjGK niO0(eIiich btare : €nbe ^fao aajtt^ 
 iten/bi^ Aemaecitt ban c(eeberen/09ebieet enbe 00^ 
 0Milienclien/en quamen tot n^ttfof^Mi / bjp^bemeony / bit 
 oocn ]^bl(fttoe-maecfitenommit|^tettettoi> ooekbeel 
 
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btboirn/ettfie l^eblKii ben l^olclie albact 0roof c to^mUktft^ 
 tetoefnt/oitb etfoecliattie tu(tfidt|th luie bp fMut t^ ocflctiffe 
 toaten/rntie Defiben bie rere aciigcbam / mbe f^mfien ftact 
 beel bingm ban hiepnbet Uiercbat/bk bp ^aor (m riicltt^db 
 enbe coffdi)ch fc^ecnm te Uirfen: iac berbepbf fjarr met otiUM 
 te juptbcn en coepen/ballenbe te boete boo^ be oene tói't gaer 
 gabnt/ ftenbe be fdbe foo cofleltjeft gb^^bt ^ünbe/tTelbe on^ 
 9behiem te fien / en mepnben battet 4Sfotim tuaeitn : jBaei; 
 alfo be jttofcobtten boo^ €ael-mannen fo^alien/tliieleft^ta^ 
 moieben toaren/ hit eentube ^jaeten j^abben gfietooont bp be 
 JlBofcobtfiblie 25oeren op <2^c^pen/fnbe alfoo be fb?alte gcirett 
 i^abben/aaben j^aec te ttennen ban l)aeten itepfet/feggbenbe 
 be felbe bp nae eenen aettfegen <3ob te ^tjn : jae biel ggebeei/ 
 beel bumgen aenroercnbe/ bte befe arme menfcben beloogen/ 
 om furdfiiar toenfcl^enbe te (len/fp oocli nut beter bienfibenbe/ 
 namen't tetfbnt aen: lae nocb baet bp fe^ri^enfe/batfè téntgb^ 
 jnofeobttetiB^ bp baet foo langfje tn oftaote tenlben laten/ en^ 
 be oocit ombe fp^aiie teleeten / foobatfe beel lüeben met buf^ 
 bantglie manieren op befe $pbe banbe ^tbtete ^bp aen Ijaer 
 ^ipbe etegben/ bte j^aer ben jBofeobifd^n !ftepfet onberbitet^ 
 pen/enbe Iteten Haet ooch tetfionbt b'^^nbe jaófcobtten tare^ 
 ten/belobenbe fattü^i^ ben jnoTcbbtfcfien üpclie te geben/ 
 pegbelnch menfcbe/iae tot ben fttnberen toe/bte maet ben hn^ 
 gbe en begonben te barneten / een paet ^Miel-beQen / bte bp 
 baet ban hiepnbet bieetben biaeten : maet bp ben jBofcobt^ 
 ttn boo? een |ubieel gbei)ouben/en beloofbcn ffelbe te gbeben 
 in banben banben imenen hit bat t'ontf«atgben befidbt fout 
 too?ben/t*bielcltoomtenbo0engefcfm: «enbeboo^jeitroc 
 ften fp obet be Hibiere ^bp b»1 200 mplen boo?'t Xanbt bee^ 
 nr n/fienbe beeï feitfame €^ebiertm/ftboone ipontepnen/ frap 
 €tupben enbe Vfcfft^agkn/ oocii beelbedep J^amopeben/ be 
 fommtgbe op eianben rpbenbe/ fonurngb^ ^ f^ben fttten^ 
 be/bie ban Heen gïjettoc he n bietben/be fommtgbe ban ^on^ 
 ben/bie foo fnel bepen aljaf ]|^etten/tn fomma fasen bele baet^ 
 fe baet ban betbmbetben/enbe teethenben oow adesB? o^ben; 
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 om He fp^afte . eii/m ^m m in ^ofco gt^ecomen/baetfe 
 ban sXkH 0oa ^^ithtM b^eafmt aeniim hoo^fi.1^n^/ cnl» 
 aki^$t aen üm ^fcr / cntie fau^icn nut groot bethiontttten 
 Ik |^amo{iettfn aen/to f? met 0lieb?aclit Batmen/ tie feltae be^ 
 Mmnc te f^Iiteten/ t'bielcEi foo ftcjc ban i^aec gft)efct)atl^ / hau 
 ttt 0beeit menfcQefoude Uitnen^bHooben: it^ant een^ien^ 
 ninofhen tlembet ban een (lalbenfhtpbet/fcttenfeineenett 
 tSoom / enbe ginnfien bact foo b»|t ban / batfe naubtel^cM 
 t'tienmncptint / o^ e^ tn't gbefltj^t tonben Ijebben/ enbe 
 ereftentTtI^efomentcbmael/ar$sf{ibepi)le baetnaTei^oten/ 
 fonbeteenjBitemtffen/ttoelcIibdlenbebe betbionberen. 
 
 '^:enaiiberen ^bben/fagl^ befebitlbe littnn ticben bee 
 menftlien in jiSofio met 0toote betbionbctinglie aen / oodi 
 ber ddcabtj0i manteten/enbe meet biet0|}di)clte btngcm^lBaet 
 met betrct)?tclttn0{)e aenfagfienfe ben iiepfléc/stmbe foo cofle^ 
 I^]^ 0cam/fittenbe fo te }daetbe/ ofï batenbe fo tn een ^oetjBt 
 ban beel iieerben getroclten/ cofleUKH betdert/ omringt met 
 menmti^te ban gtoote lieren / feet cofldiich btmett/ en fof 
 l^enooclifeetnaeanet'finjctifboUh biemetberoeria^fooal 
 m toobe tocftcn om ben ttoen Ite^ien / ^ftinbe af tijbtjas eidi ben 
 Itepfet u^rteebt /omttcnt bier-l^onbetbt fcfmtten bpl^em: 
 4^oc{( f^oojbenfe met betbronbctinglje aen t'shelunt bet eloc^ 
 Itcn/bte met mentctm in gBafto ^n/ ooch fi^jenfe met bet^ 
 Inonbettnili^e jdle be eoftd^cfee bimcl^ in Mo(ta/ enbe al; 
 le {)eetft^ft|)e|ibt aibaet / in fomma/ fp mepnben batfein bet 
 <0obiR ti);oonbiaten0i[)etaecRt/enbebienfti)ten jdmbete 
 itfxi 6p {jaet mcbe-b^oebetcn / om gaer bit mtf^ te berconbt^ 
 g^en/noemenbe i)act falicf) te ^tm / fulclten l^oft te mogfien 
 obebieren/aljss ben 3^epfcr / bicfe mepnben eenen 4Botxt te $tin/ 
 oocitfmaechte |)aet be fpt)fe biel/ bte baer in jBofco toOji^Ve^ 
 ten 0f)e0|^ben/ bid moebenbe batfe (aer betet fmaedite ban 
 caubi beeflen in baet lonbt/oft bjoogiien bifd^. 
 
 :3n fomma Ijebben ben l^fet odoofic 1^ boo? i^eete aen 
 te nemen/enbe beloof ben oodi j^ate mcbe-b^beten/berte ett 
 bpte bebiegl^: 4enbeboo2tjBf babenf^benltepfct/batto 
 baet be 0en(te boen bnlbe/ enbe fepnben $aec (^oubetneurjf 
 
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dtebaetfouden tt^femt /ettilebfr^ebeboo^berhadtlefcl)at« 
 tittcAen moci)tm m Iianbtn ïebercn: aen^aentie ban hatc af> 
 oobmc / boer f n bsetbt met af berbaelt / maet bleef foo naec 
 Sart g()eb}oonte/ ban ti^titnüit toiel bat t'Ci)^ften <3beloobe 
 baet baetl gbeplant foube too^ben / toaett battet eentg^ be^ 
 ({uarne lUtxatt^ toacen / en gb^Ioobe metter tübt t'felbe b»l 
 int mercft glieflelt foube koetben/ Uiaert bat fp met befitl) en 
 koaten/ met befe fixate ^o^Iogbitn/baei; fp met belaben ji^n. 
 
 iCijnbe bit dXUfi gbefctjtet aljat boben bernaelt ijer / fo $yn be 
 htnbeten Sfnieonii feet betbeben/ett bietbt ^aec alomme toele 
 bn»b^ gegeben/eft ooch bebel ober eenige plaetfen/ontrent 
 !)are ïanben gelegen/bie bele en groot )i)n: %u pbben lant/ 
 lionbert müIen banmalcanberen/j^ier enbaer o)i belUbteren 
 ^uina/mtt(bgba/enbe ^(oelma / fo batfe rpcii enbe alomme 
 bol^iin/ enbetoo^nnocbbagb(mt^bp!)aereerebe!)ouben« 
 
 48nto»rttn jBofhm g(eraebt{!aee|ft batmen Qerbiaert/ 
 langjBS eft omtrem be liibtere ^bt/inbe blache belben/fiereli^ 
 ten eft plaetfen upt ber natueren baer toe foeciunbe/Caflelen 
 moe(t maften / enbe met crö(i)f boich befetten/en btenbe oocli 
 tenen generalen <^oubemeur albaer/om be 3lanben eSlmgff 
 henje? müber enbe lobber te berToecften/en tfeltoe alfa te inco^ 
 po^ren/b'hielcli allej^ g!)efdbtet ijai/enbe eerft wn albaer g|^^ 
 boutot getoo^en eem(|e€a1ieelen ban groote oalcRen/upten 
 boffcijen albaer/enbe bte met aerbe gebult/enbe fo tmt fotba^ 
 ten befet/oocft tetter b wiiltF beel nolc^ j^enen gefonben/ fo 
 batter op fommtge plaetfen/metter tQt ^le gemepnten bia^ 
 ren/bermengelt met ^olen/^attetjis/ Huffciien/ enbe anbere 
 fatten. 
 
 mamaïlebalïtngen/enbebiemoflgbetig/ bet c ab ecjirettble^ 
 ben toaren/en allerlep fcimpm ban menMf / bte be boot ber^ 
 btent babbë/toterben baer l)enen berbarail/be fommige baer 
 een ttjt lanc gebangen gegoubi/ be fommige bebolen te taioo:: 
 nen/na bat f)are mif baet groot toaiBr/ enbe taiierbi fo allengp 
 "hm groote fleben ban beel bolchl/ bef^ Caff eelen en proote 
 g^emepnten/ nu biel een ComncrtfcK befbnber gbeUcnenbe/ 
 biant naemaeïje? beel arme Iteben baer benen trocften/ om 
 batfe albaer beel b^bom !)abben / enbe lanbt om ntct : <en 
 befe lanbt-boubtie toecbt ^iberid ggenaemt / enbe oocft 
 
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 tuctttr tm JkM ^fm^/tkmm üibrt ttodttne/ cnbe boc^ 
 tncn tn't crfte ttt jBofto ^ttapz banben naem #M>ena/ atu^ 
 toielben be boofbabeti? ttt jHofco bare boo;/ 0i) tltjcii mt crtft 
 t'Sntfterbambte't toeecbtcti gtiebieelt $9n boo; b^f ^ucijt* 
 i|ti|i|r betfcb^tcftten. mattt ntnt fotttfe tcmottt tta j(tbftbattt* 
 üutftfogb^n^nbattettttetmeecgbeacQt m biert/tttactbe 
 Ifattn ett ^belm m jQofco ^ttbe in li'Utpfttf^ onghettabe 
 betballeit/süttber ttocb bul bangfie boo; / ban bte bio^wnbct 
 fonttbbtii boo; een tüt lancii gefonben/mct i^;ouUi* enbe Mixa 
 beem/enbe bni;t baet baet eemcb goubetncntent bebolen/tot 
 bat ben too;ne b»r 45;oot-bo;(l^ glefl tit i^/sAfi ban b)o;ben; 
 fe biebet in jBofco otttbobett. 
 
 4^m nu u bteten ben btecb n^ Jttofcobta tot baet toe / fal 
 tck \mMgfymfi/ nae bermogen/ bet balen/al^tbebbenbe ntet 
 meer cmtten becomen/ enbe bat nocb ntet gtoote moepte enbe 
 li;unt||lba)i/bebbenbe te l^obe fommtgbe b;unben tn jnofco/ 
 boen icR baet Uiomtbe/ble mp gtoote )on(te toe-b^oegm/ enbe 
 mptfelbe gaben/ alfoo tcb lange aenbtdt / eet $t^ ntp bo^ften 
 
 Sben / en babbet no^ upt>gbecomen bp tnbe ban l»;ebe tn 
 ofco/ ffoiibe baten bwolehoflbebbm be gbenebte't mp 
 gabcn/fobbamcb tfi Mmumft^ ü^olcb: tl^ant fp en moggen 
 tttetlpbenbatbefectetenDan^aetEanbontbeciftbïo^bem 
 
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 <3o(lU]am0 en <Doft ten i^oo^den aen te lanDetuaett/ 
 
 foo{)etnunlteetietia0l)diichjef bere|iflbio?t bmtben jBofco;^ 
 
 bttm > 4^ocH De namen bet d^tetien al&aec bmiben ^fXHBTeotaü 
 
 tm gil^cbouVDt / met titfi fdben 43kntbmtcur ooch beftt/ 
 
 tic bat ftantit baer al-ommc bclooont / ofi-foethen 
 
 cnbe fn-ncmtn lact ; fat bp nae tot tn gtoot 
 
 OTactaneit toe j^eeft loten befoeeften* 
 
 C tiattrostia <£ot(/tian baet be Itntrmttj 
 
 b)oonen/re|ifenfp be ^ibiete opUrarrty tot bot- 
 fe romen bp een j^tebelten banbe^lHofcoibttm 
 uetoooitt/batmen 3iabmifeo noemt/enbe ï^ 17 
 bacfi'te|ifhiie? banbe ^abt jSoil/be ^tbiere npf 
 tooêtt/bop; ^bieren en 93offc|)eit tepfenbe/en;: 
 bebaltbefe^ibtere Mtro0bauptf)et0f)ebercbte %iiigmxa 
 0(Knaant/be bi^ïehe flteehen unt Cattnrten ban't %ut^tn/ 
 tot bp na be 9^ee nca't i$oo|ben : n^t be jHbe gebereijteh baït 
 ooehbe lUbtetel^etftoja/ bteinbe Hee bolt/ opbefespbe 
 
 I0an ^abünfhi/ b^ toeecften tepfenje^/ernnenfe tn een AU 
 btetebk (c ^e-em noemen/of i^tom op tDuptfef)/ om fjaeren 
 fltflen{obpi^b)ilIetufrc|)enben^ofrfd)en: ^00 ontrent b^f 
 bagl^en met ^c{)upten ofte i^lotten 0ete{ifl()ebbetibembefe 
 mibtete j^e-em/ fo moetenfe t'goebt een m^e obet %anb boe^ 
 cen/toant brfcn j^é-em loopt eenen onbeten routis? ^ (p rtj?^ 
 fen moeten/ fo batfe om bet eootf^ept b^ilie obet I.ant een mp;; 
 Ie b)eegf)j9i tep^n / eit eomen (00 tn eeit lUbtete btefe n^tiffeta 
 noemen/en tüêfe fttbüre balt npt iS^teen-tltpjien/ Jte be jfBofs 
 cobttett Comenattoemett / etibeltgobett oocnüVt 0{)ebertf)te 
 3ioe0otta/ enbe tepfen foo met be limiete nebetbiaett^ 9 ^(i^ 
 
 Siert lanob / enbe eomen bah bp eeit ^tebefien batfe noemen 
 otfCamftop/entj9^battben jiQoftobtten ^[lebontot toteen 
 tutl-ploetfe boo^ be tepfenbe Uteben / b)ant fp bon t)iet moe;: 
 
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 ten bosïttt teXmtde Vfp|hi/mbe be boo^noembc loopt boc^tir 
 liacren courjt/eiUie baft ten lefUn mbe Htbfete Cam/ toeldie 
 Cam loopt onbet be fitattt l^tatea in Moftobia / enbe epn^^ 
 bietst baer tnbe groote Htbter ; Aba/ of l^olga/ hit in jQatf 
 Caf^mn bloept met 70 in-firj^ifym/ alle^ gbef)ooat ban per^ 
 foonen btet gbefien enbe gnefocbt bebben. 
 
 €t ^\ Camfco? betu(t bebbenbe / foo jtinber bele )9eer^ 
 ben mettec tpbt a( op gl|eb^bt/enbe iff oocft alreebe Vnel be^ 
 boont enbe t*Ianbt ronb-om met ^o^pen enbe 9ee Inel bcr;; 
 f1en/al meefl Huffen en 'Cattatjet $iinbe/ foo nemenfe baet ba^ 
 sagie op J^eetben / enbe cepfen ban baet meeft obet gebercb^ 
 te bol 9ennen/)9i)nboomen/ oocb anbet feltfaeme Zoomen/ 
 tntit repfen bbietjef ober een ititbtere injbet gl)ebercl)te ^tepba 
 gbenoemt/baet nae nocfi ober eene btefe Coofha noemen/foo^ 
 penbebepbenoe!)etji)oo^n. ^tgbebetcbtetoo^bpljaer 
 m b^ien gbebeelt/enbe t|r een beel onber Xant al^ef baer fp upt- 
 tomen/fcboonber Mflfeben/bafler ban l|^out / enbe oocli beel 
 berfcbeiriDlien Crunben baer toafTenbe / enbe bio^ tbiee batlj' 
 repfenir laitgb gbenaemt Coojifbmfeop<ramen> nocljanber 
 tbiee bacli-repfenj^btojtet genaemt Cnrgtnfcqp<amen $ baer 
 nae bter bacb-remiir langb Uf }^obbmfeop camen/enbe co^ 
 men ban tot een ^abt genaemt Vergaterta: ^efe ii^ boo^ 
 noembe tooefipnen bio^ meefl bifotl^t ban \miU ^artarjji 
 enbe ;(amopeben / bte met en boen ban al(e ftoflelntfi ti^übt 
 bat^rben boo? ben jlofeobiter : 9at gbebercbte ^obbinftop 
 Camentjirt'boochf& enbe op beel plaetfen met fneeu httnht 
 enbe biobken/enoe tfclbe Uf fecr moepeipeii om repfen / maer 
 fbalt fo allengnunj9?feer leegfie. 
 
 Comenbe tot 9ergaterta boo;noêt/moeten|l ffitt Voad^en 
 tot tn't t^oo?-|aer/ biAt baer iff een üïbtere «Coera bte*t Ijeele 
 
 Sllaer albaer onbtep ifi/ om batfe baer eer(t baren oo^fiii^ncli 
 eef^ / maer in't i^oo^-jlaer biome gantfeb btep banben |heeu 
 be^r gl^ebercbte albaer/enbe repfen ban apo met booten enbe 
 (tfiupten booker. 
 
 ^fe ^tabt i^ergaterta Uf b*eerfle ^abt m't ilant ^Spbe^ 
 rf a/ enbe toiert eerfl glieboubit ober z 1 blaren / met meer an^ 
 bere ^teben al-baer ontrent/enbe tjet oocli biel betooom/ooeh 
 boubtenfe Xaubt g^iicli men m jHofcobia boet. 
 
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venmenicfite \ïart Jp^biaiU»ntinDe 4roo;cn fmbt al-onmif 
 Jboa^hit AMeten indni fuuttfd^ Mmifti^ Xanbe/ht 
 Alle €afUcUn enbe ploecfm baet ^ioibatnt mbe lbri)8f)it- 
 boicfctjBT: ^ochobftbe 4^ii|iin allnt fo^rnt tnbeplaetf'en 
 ocn't .ipdofcobifcl^ 9oIcii/tt)ant fp dtiaet mrt en boulDi iiocli 
 tertt)bt/eHtiei»e jdmtopcHenletoenbaniiet müot oljat toet" 
 
 .0u tiefe boo|-f(f)?eben ftibiete €oera af-b^bentie / tm 
 menfe naet Injf daoDen m een iStatit / ^lapiiantm gi^taemt/ 
 tofk 0liec tmce Siaecin jfj^etoukot / eitiïc met l^olcii g!^ 
 piêxit, 
 
 •Cot 3lapl^antm comettbe / tej^mfk tan^ inbe feltoe Coe^ 
 ra/ende tuiee bagi^en ^tttpit hebbenbe/Iiegtnt Ibaec befe Au 
 hitvt feet hnmtme te b^aepen/ (oo batfe baec btcltmaeljai moe^ 
 ten oberfetten inbe felbe ^ibtete abec tanbt / om be tttt^tt 
 u Htbben/enbe om ber to^t^qat bitlle. 
 
 €nbe mibiooiteniner am^€actmienbei(amomben/ 
 biebaet omtrent 9ee|)ouben/baetfp ban Uben: ^ock^üUf 
 toenrelOooten. 
 
 ^nbeteti kfltn ban befe Mritu ^onn comenfi in een 
 cproote Hibtere €abab/)9nbebpnaettbiee b<mbert mpicn 
 ban ttecgaterta / maetf^ tepfen tot Cinnen toe / een ;ètabt 
 bol 9oltfi0 / oodli banbe fdtnotie boo^bed^aelbe obeboubit/ 
 ban bde cepftn ooc bicl ban Siatibamm met fUurmbf n^m^ 
 ter tot €tnnetuntb)aelfba0l^ent9btir/enbei)ter 0f]|efc!)tebt 
 nu gcooten Hanbel ban J^dtecpen met ben jl^ofcobtten / ter 
 
 gdeabe tartten enbe ;&amoneben/enbe befe plattft i^ goebt 
 00^ be gbene bte maer een ijaiff Soer npt en bitl $ijn : jKaet 
 bde fótcften't b)^ec / ƒ ae tot becce ober bte ^itbiere <^bp/ foo 
 nae 1 0afteïiü\^ natt Xupben. 
 
 t0fin €mnen cotr^men tot ^bolfca / 1^ !^f% ber ^pbtf 
 ti^ jftteben/ enbe al-baet ij^ben ü^tod j^^wena / enbe hm 
 np^sj^n l^iceron banbe «iBofcobtten/enbe bair moeten edf 
 Ie iteben (Ktere fEbatttng$en ^aedjIdijBf b^engl^en / foo bid 
 banb'anber $t^ be ^bp / aljer 00 befe »be / enbe b)o^ baec 
 both berfantdt/enbe foo met 8i)nepbe ^[aetlodtjer met €dfac$ 
 lien en itr^gsi^-bdcti nae JGofco gefonben/eft f)ier \»mt oodt 
 
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 ittut^mjtaiiopetiaen^tbmAtKffiti^tnfmL ^otiigi^^ 
 (IrSiiettMKt 0tootm fianbdmdlle bmgficn/tipt jBofhibta 
 t^aet gbcb^acgt : ^otft comenbo; /Cdtterett ui^t ffct icupbcn/ 
 fteti 6Qt ugt Catratta / enbe Ued tirtfcl^epiKn l^olcftm / tit 
 bun eiUtnfhm^ vm t ntiie meer comett/ nae tiat t» fame ban 
 2»U Xmtt U)^ entK bi^et (Ireclit/ en ijBf al batt )i?o(^ boo? 
 2» jiBofeobiten/bte't met b^oenfoc getnco^ojeett heejfit/ twit 
 gn tüet en fioeft te b^eefen/foo feer sönfe ben jBofcobatcn toe^ 
 S9ebaen/enbe ooeH sünbet idoimne ^bfxthm/ biilbe <0ob bat 
 ben bijeiben ^{laen^taert lUneetea in plaetfe ban m^t oiU 
 ntenfdpeltitfie tp^mxm/met fvüthen b^e m-0|$eerei|lpen f)ab^ 
 be/foo mocl^t men |^ nocj^ eemrf)flttj$ tfelbr gunnen / biant 
 men beel meet ban fubftjss imt b^tmtfchap fal tonnen bemp^ 
 
 §f|en/g{)el9c]N üh t'fef be r{f)emeteitt Sieb / en noti^ ba0l^ttieH# 
 anben jBofcobtten |goo^ en aenmetcl^/ban met ^^e t^ 
 rannte oft 0!^bie{t/ete. 
 
 ;Defeboo^oembe ^tabt €obbI(lale^o)ibe0rootelU^ 
 bf ece if^ói^ ghenaemt/bte feer fierch balt u^ten i^u^^/en; 
 be ioo)it b)d (oo fuel é^ be «Donoubi boet/ntbe balt tnbe ^ 
 bfere ^b^/enbe fp fetiümmet ^bp imt een netoefte te eomen> 
 al b'anber 5nbe be j^tabt loopt be Utmere €oboI boipfi^mt/ 
 baer be ^tOTt be nncm aflieeft* 
 
 3[nbe ütbtere Cobol eomt een batlenbe ^sbtere / bte tetlit 
 upt l^et ^oo^ben u|it liet gbebercl^tebp ben ^ee-eant feJHjnt 
 te baden/ enbe b)o?t ^anben bnlben gej^eten €affa/m op be 
 felbeHtbtere bebbenoe jl^ofcobttennu onlancjireen i^tabt 
 aeboub)t/l9obem0ena$mt/enbebebben befelbebefet metals 
 feriepbolcftuptbe ^^iertfcbe^teben /en bat om oo^f^lte 
 batter foofléboone Xanbonbtt omtrent ije?/ oociifcboone ^5ofi 
 ffihagien sibtiiebol leilt / banXuppaei^/ XojTen/ troffen/ 
 iSbirrte / oocft ^(abelir en jaaterjsft^nbefe ^abtlept tbiee 
 ^Ken renfeujer ban «Cobolfea / noo^biaert be üibtere Jf^/ 
 baer banbei^adt ijat/loopt oodEi inbe ^bp/tbiee bielten rep^ 
 feujf banCobbIfea: ^nbeopbejllombiajeieerttltjeroociiem 
 ^abt sbebonbtt/ bie gbenaemt biaiss <01fcop-0o^t/ maer ifi 
 naemaeljé? bOQ?:tbeberbe39r ^E^oubemeurjg? in ^tbiriengb'^ 
 tupmt/nietf d0benbebiaerom :3[(libemliet'ij9r0ebieeflom 
 
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bt hmïft/üft or batfe tui fmtmtymm/ tt na hm ^tt-timt 
 ftonM/b^fmoebatttteimül^ oberbalofite bermtbetttiglie 
 moclit qfieftbit^mi^v^t nlfo iipt t» sroote i^ibu» 4^bp ren 
 0TOot heater loopt/ombongeniie een groot tieel Xantje^/ gelilc 
 ecncu arm/en balt tTHbe fo toeber tnbe ^bp/ maecftt foo een 
 groot ^pIanbt/mMbm<q?^ ^planbthieber eenanbcr 
 ,^tabt QljeboiilDt/ tn jilaetfe fianbe gfiem^teerbe / ende !)eb# 
 benfe Itergolt gltel^eeten/^ynbe ontrent 5onn9len oj^koaerbet 
 til0 b'anber giieflaen f^Xsiie. 
 
 4Bn ali$ fp ban baer boo? be atbtere opbiaert^ repfen/gfir^ 
 d|uncitmre tnepntdfi %t^ op ^tt ^idooten/tTp om baiter biep^ 
 tam n^tnt tjer/ of omt boogfie Xantji bulle / Qoe-bul be ^op 
 dlfintjer groot mu b^eebt i]ir/maer treeften be Sdooten o]p/0l)e^ 
 Itjchfcmectlmane ))laetfenbob?be litbterentn jBofeobten 
 repfen/ en retfcn ban i^ergolt ontrent 200 mnlm opbiaertjer/ 
 en comrn ban tot ten Cafleeï/gj^enoemt jHoplnftup/ bat ober 
 I i %0sxm tsfythoiiM bJicrbt /aljes b?n grooten 4l^oubecncnr 
 l^olch upt jbtbirten fant/ om lanben o)i te foeeitett/bequaem 
 ^irnbe boo^ menfcljen / enbe om f^ben te boubien / en {iebben 
 bocn alfoo baer een Caff eel ^r'^eboutait / baer eentc() l^tMl^fSf 
 bolcR op 129^/ een plapiktte/ gijefbttbe ntbe b^arme maun/ en 
 ferr b^cbtbaer / baer ooeli beel frap <E^Debterte enoe <BHpebo^ 
 gijelte tjBi^ : ^^ ?ept tn't ^upb-oofien/ enbe ifi naemael^r ooeft 
 tm <01)emepnte gbetaio^en/en Iiaer lotert bebcden nocj^ bip^ 
 ber en b)pber/nae be biarmte o^noaert/ t'^anbt te be|btebcns 
 maer {)aer tie? ^ittibt bebolen met l^^tfcfiap te t)anbcien/eit$ 
 be bett i^olclte b^imbeliieh te tratteren / btefe fotibett ontmoe- 
 ten/ oft btnben / om foo bipber ettbe bipber l^olclt te {jebben. 
 Klffe nu met troepen te Slattbe-biaert in repf ben / tot ober be 
 400 mplen/fagj^fe alomnte fcttoone Xanboubu/ maer geett 
 menfci^en/maer al Isoefl Xanbt* 
 
 ^an a(fbofe bp be jioo mplen quanten boo? be Hibiere ^bp 
 op-repfenbe/t)ebben (nn geieben 10 larm) eene fcf)ooite plap^ 
 fante manbmtb^ gfiebonben /ootb f^ teiarm / fonber batter 
 eemgl^e onbequaembept biaiiK/enbeoocli biepniet) U^mter/ of 
 bp nae gl)een/er> fp baerom bieber m Liberia gljeeomen ^^ 
 be/bebben berr/o^r^Ht gliebieeft t'felbeinber JRofco te ont^ 
 bteben/enbe regctro» .^^baet ben 95o^i)tf 4Bobbenoof / be ïétk^ 
 
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 he be raef^efktf)e]f)etttct)be/entK behal oocft tctflont bat Urn 
 4Sioubenteur upt m^ma baer bolch f)enen fotOK feitbmyom 
 üact een ^aHt te lateit bouUien / bet todcft güefci^iebé / enbc 
 baet tjet een fefjoon Cafleel oemaeent / met nocl^ ernigl^ ^np^ 
 (en/fo battet nu een fc^oone ^tabt ifi/ enbe iDO^t ^Toofm gfje^ 
 nacnu/om batfe namael^ gl^eDoo^ bebbcn/battet mmmebte 
 i^attareii op befelbe plaetfe gi^eUaoont bcbben / enbe foo fou^ 
 bebie ^fitabt banbenCaetaren/foobennaem ontfanggm 
 liebben / om f^&tt plapfaneo \xxillt / eit\ie befe '^rtaten l)ab^ 
 beneenen Conmcli onbec 9aer/bie3Itiin gbenaentt toa^sf/ 
 enbe foo too^bt befe i&tabt bteimiaeljsï iitocb bcfp^ongben ban 
 btberfcbe Uoleftecen tnt baer bettooaett^ m ^dbt onrlpouben/ 
 ban mt tffe foo mad^tdj/battet metter; tüt ootii biel een tlcpn 
 Contnciinicfi mocgt too^em 
 
 Jia tuf|tf)en btt €a(Uel ilortnfcoic/enbe befe ^tabt Coont 
 en^ibhrtenbmbenfe noej^bagbeiycMtelanbc-taiaett beel 
 btbetfcbe l^oIeHeten / tnt b^ec ^fiaej^t) noemen / bte nu 
 ooch al metten ^ofcobtot/ Cactateii / enbe ;(amo^en in 
 ^Sibettal^aecbeteentglien/ettitemeeb^enbtfcbaptie j^anbe^ 
 len/ b^engbcnbe fomtmob^ 0otit <0oubt enbe anbete btn^ 
 ^m/mt» bobben onbet baer beel €ontngl)en/3;tjnbe bte g!^ 
 lock be 5[nbtanen / te tiïttm / be clepne bte m ^ofl-3(nbten 
 Inoonen/ enbe met begrootet^Infomma be jHofcobtteit 
 eomen foo bai^bt bat Ctuatttet upt / bmtt te betbionbe^ 
 uni^. 
 
 4^och stinber beef ^Tafteelen en ^tebefienje; tuffcbm be 
 i^tbterc ^bp enbe f ^tpj9?/ bdneicKe m be felbet^bt / o^ toei^ 
 ntci^ baernae 0()eboub)t toierben/aljarcobolfca ifiyebrnp^t 
 Uiteebt/enbe $tin nu ootft gantfcb ti^lt/ 5i)nbe ggemengt met 
 jBol^obtten / (QTattacen enbe ^omopeben/ bte tamme 5i)n/ 
 enbe Uio^ben befelbe ^teben gb^aemt ^ta / omtirent inele^ 
 hc piaetfe / bte ütbteteit 4^i^ enbe ^^ / ttntti bacb reicifen 
 ban maleanbeeen 5iin : oocb een ^^abt bte ^ti^tt genaêmt 
 M?/ enbe bte tja? g$ettmmettober btertbtenofte bi^ftbten ja« 
 ten/ ooch Sftefou / enbe jDauganfotfco^j^^ab / enbe Üggb^t 
 befeboo^noembe ^Stebenopbiaett naerbet ^uuben/maet 
 opi be tidell-jtjbe ber Aibiete ^bp/ foetben be Sfntooonberjer 
 ttocb ba0|^ei@tic hiiibe^ en bitfber tt tomen, i^crbiaert op befe 
 
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Jutte tie ^bp/ It0obett de ^utm Cobolfbi/ Mitt/ Vmftd/ 
 ennemeer aittiereo)iberfcl)ept»en ifUbtettn(igg|inte/eiitie 
 tDo^t noclb tKiglieltic^ meet gt^ouhit 
 
 i»aa; tie ^teben i^attm entie €oom / ligdieit op ti'mttiee 
 ^e tie ^totere ^bp : Iptet i^eb^upciteti tK uelKii beel ^een 
 tn daec {fetien/ oodi ftieUe j^onben/ ote fp beele met bifU) fpi):; 
 fen/tiaetfc na liaet oo^I feec Hetth ban IdDO^tun mitne flp^e^ 
 t»;ooel)tuti ^oiii : ^SkKt 3|oifflQet boo^ber!|acIt Iiglit m tie 
 ObpopeetKEpIantit. 
 
 idu ban idartm op-bmert na l)et boften/ tie ^iinttt ttlfif 
 naemfCelt/tiaettjebbenfeoorlt eenCafteelgfieiioutotenbe 
 noemen t'felbe ComgofTcop/tn befettem oodi van boItK:i^an 
 tix CafteeOien en ^nm/ jimfe tmo? t'debel tie^r ^tbeti^ 
 fcben^E^ouberneuriir/ ober fében jaren glieletien/gl^efonben 
 nut fletien en Jtorben recj^t nae bet <^often / om albaer te 
 foectien ofter eemgbe onbehenbe l^olcberen b^er ontbtel^ 
 ben/enbe repfbenbiel ontrent tbten bieecken landi/retbt 
 <^o^biaertboo? groote bioefUinen/ binbentie alonune fcboo^ 
 ne%anboubie/ oocKf^ooneboomen/enbebeelbiberfcbellt^ 
 bterem maer omtrent be tijbt boo?f5. gberepft bebbenbe/beb^ 
 benfe op ben belben eenig(e butten gbefien / btnbenbe oocli 
 beei bergaberingbe ban menfcben/ ban alfoo fp ^mopeben 
 enbe Cérterja? tot Xepbtf-lteben babben / bte oodk mjagbe:? 
 Itick be b»gben biel boo24oo|ien babben/en biaeettfe niet oe^ 
 
 jiDlaer comenbe omtrent be menf^bett bebttfht b^ier groott 
 eerbtebmge enbe tregen be ;ftamqneben enbe ^arterjeii fo beel 
 ^an baer te berfiaen/ batf^ b^er (eiben met be name Cmgoe« 
 Ipnoemben/enbioonbenal langbje^begroote aibterebief^ 
 SJKnifixa noemben/ eft biefen baer te fp^upten upt ^ ^pb- 
 <0ofl/ban biiften baer begtn niet/en biail be iftibiere grootet 
 ban be 4^bp/ooch babben befe Iteben groote (toppen onber be 
 hinne Mocnenbe met baer fpi^aedie aljB? be Italtoetten/tTcbeen 
 bat be i^mopeben baer fp;alu in beel berflonben/ enbe fp tie 
 ^amopetfe fp^dbe met beel ongclijc en buijgf/maer baer naer 
 feerbelbe. 
 
 ^Hft üibtere ^[emfeea / beel grooter siinbe ban be ^bp/ 
 beeft aenbe ^^ojl-jpbe groote gbebettbten / baer onber ooek 
 
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 t^nn-htt^htn Jt$tt / 2ne ^toebcf ofte fitAvlittt npt-ïattpm: 
 ^Mto^t^ft ipttnonf^tt mtfttn Uaertfl feegf^e fchoone 
 EanDoitUie / fret plapfmtt ban alberlcp Ctupben / 2$oomm/ 
 Iteffeltichc ü&iomten/cntic btbctfclje li^rmiie l^^ut()tcn : <dDCl( 
 bec( fdtfaciu «i^l^^ebooltelte/gct toclthe Ut0)c %Ant hio^t taoel 
 Uü be 70 mp{eit Uüeegb^ obet-Iooptn tnbe Hcnteit banbe Ht^ 
 btei:e3Iemfcea/eben(uae \m bctftaen)glic!iichbe ji)t)( itt^:: 
 gppteti bott/mbe tK(t Ctngoefn bit b)ctaibe/ont{)ouben{)aet 
 obet b'anber ^i^ibc foo lange op be of^rbetglnen/ tot bat be mu 
 btcre bolt/ettoe comen ban bKber in befe fct^oone iecgl^e %an^ 
 ben met alle tjaerl^ee. 
 
 UDefe^ingoefp toa^e? miroteltKh l^olelt/enbe onberb)o?pm 
 gaeroockben <0oubemeurj9^biebe ^amopebentrgfjeerbm/ 
 cnbt bit ai boo^ be jlbamopebe^t {laet batt toe beb)e0^nbe/ 
 etl noembeit tit t^ nae €^oben te ^. Jl^en tonbe niet mete^ 
 ften \jaat <0obief-bienften befe lieben bobben/ noci^ men beeft 
 f)et no{it eonnen betnemen/alfoo boo? onaelitfacnitjepbt ban^ 
 be jmofeobiten alle bingb^n ten naufien niet oefpiet en bio^t. 
 
 ^cn berbïonbtrt mp oodi gantfcb niet/ bat laetf^cir U^ap;; 
 0atja; fo betflopt t^ met üi^ int ii)oo:ben/aen^eficn be gcoo^ 
 te^ibieren 4^bpenbe SI(nifceafoofe{)?icbeli)ettbeeliji9fupt^ 
 fpoultien/enbe noetj meet ontalïtjthe anbere aibirten/ bienier 
 namen men niet en toeet/be \xtdmt foo ontantjehe biehte ban 
 Ü^ nprb^etpen/batret ongb^oopelt i^/ \nmt int l^oo^-iatrc 
 b^pbet n^ omttent bett ^ee-cant fomttibtias ijeel S$o|Tci^en met 
 liembiécb/banbiegbcn^pn biehteenbenteniebte/biaetboo; 
 eomt batmen aenbe flranben batt tt^apgatjor fo bed l^ut al^ 
 lefin^ ftet aengbcb^ebcn liggfjen : 4^oeiK^bnbe in be eii^e bp 
 noba ^embla be nptetfte honben/foo en ijl niet bionbet tau 
 tet baet op-boopt boo? be engfibe/enbe oocft noeb b?iefl/ rnbe 
 foo bicl|t tn moieanba-en fitb fettet / tot bat bet be btehte ban 
 60 often minflen 50 babemen Hrpgbt/K^Itielt bit Jaer be6^ 
 benaf-0!)emcten bie met een eiepn^btp^enbaet loebet-otn 
 toaren ban %fa&t it jBaire uptgbefonben/ bie mp baer oodt 
 jfreecne been babbe gl^ebabt / maet fioecb get af/biant ith be^ 
 lupfen U)il batmeitber niet boo? en ran/en alttit^ betoee^éf fal 
 loefen koat fp boen/oft nioeflent anbere aenleggl^en. 
 
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men/m^et huUnt tetf^t int boften/ kDepnicti ho?benlie nae't 
 ^upben tucntKn / en fyadbrtt ttni^ ban tuft Ctnffocfe nut 
 i^att/ ban be bielclte fii berftonben/ battec ilbii|ibt-biaett beeC 
 bolcEieten bie j^aet bKemt biaten / toonben / enbe oodi €o^ 
 ntiigboi nae bat Tp brrftaen eonben / onbec j^aer babben / bte 
 büïtmaelje^ teg^en malcanbeten oo^oo^ien. 
 
 <Dan nteinant betnomtn bebbeib/ ijMft tneberom gl^eco; 
 men nae eentgb^ bacb vtf^n$i / maet gjebben be Ctngoe^ be^ 
 bolen b)t)bet te fbeclten/bte't j^aet beloofben/tn oocH b^tenbt;; 
 febap enbe altantte met baet maecluen/latenbe eenige jBop 
 cobiten/0f)eaiO[ieerbe ^(atnoneben enbe Cattaren bn {)act/ en 
 gaben Ijaer ooc eenigi^ectbef^b^n^n: <Dan fbol^bcnbelaec 
 (onben be «Ctngoefp boKttban b^et vgüu / ^o(t4»aert op/ 
 nocb berbec ban fn te b<Qen 0b<btte(l mann / en ttochf n met 
 0roote menmcbt^baer benen/ en bebbrn ten leftett noel)een 
 groute lübtere becnomen/ban niet \M fo b?eet aider Slcnifcea 
 baec ütbiere/maet Vnei foo (hel iooiienbe/en baer een^rbc ba^ 
 0fien langj^ Qt^lttapm befobenbe / ten leften nocb eentgbt lit^ 
 bensM'ten/ bteftiaebterbaelben/enfommtobegbcbangj^ 
 cregben maec tottfien tmt met betfiaen ban bo^ hiüfen ttu 
 be bebten l^ebbenfe foo beel ban b^et ob^boo^t / bat aen b'an- 
 bec 5bbe bitftmaeljer gbebmibet taiaje^/fe80^nbe:<^m-om/oocii 
 batter mentcbte ban fjb^ttet enbegbttunffcb toaje^banmem 
 fcben/en biefen op tne Mntu/tn fe^n pefsba/ baet upt be 
 Cmgocfp atbe Cattane^ befloün bat fp beHtbiete foo noenu 
 bcn/en upt be U)oo^n/^m-om/be(loten be jBofcobiten na^ 
 maeljB? / bat b^ gbHui^ ban Cf ochen moefle b»fen / en bie^ 
 bet bemeclienbe/namfnfe ernigb^ ban befe Iteben ntebe/ ban 
 fiurbrn ai onbet biegb^/ t'$p ban bangitbt^ oft b^fe/oft 
 bctanibennge tHfi Xu^jer/baet be €mgotfp/i&amopeben/en 
 tie met baec blaren /feet b^bitb om Inaten/biant bsebetom 
 tomenbe / fe^iben batter cloeche lieben teiaren / boel f&itHtlt/ 
 depn ooghen bebbenbe/ tntft platte aenficbtcn / b^upn spnbe 
 uptbengbee(en. 
 
 ^e jBofcobiten tniStbertabit alfe^ir tfindfoo^t gebbenbe 
 banbe J^amopeben / bie u^it <€tngoefln-Iam in ^ibttia qua^ 
 men / biaren i^et begbeericb om nocb Uitibér te forcken / be^ 
 gbterenbe bolcHbanbm<Óoubenuur/bte|^aer t'felbeber^ 
 
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 oonbe/ oocii fdfii tol iitlje/^i^ii^m met fmbenbe / met be^ 
 Ijel allejgr toel te twx^il/oocR Cmnoefen mtt te mmeti/m jia< 
 mop^mi/oocbCattcr jei/nitie^iin fo onttcnt 700 mannen W^ 
 tim 0!)et¥ocft<n/ obrr 1» laibtete 4^bp / boo;! bet i^amopebea 
 cnbe '^tnooefen 3lanb/ ober be oroote ^biere 3[enefcta/enbe 
 5t)nfooboo3iliet enbe boo2bet 0betep(t/ !)ebbenbetotboo;^ 
 9dngl)ecir €tn0oefen/bte ^aer ben toegb boitt-b^aefben / bo^ 
 re f]^^e beerbtclj onber-toeoben ban(^enbe/foo l^ogbel^ atö 
 i&een/40enten enbe anbet b^rmbe bieten / en bongbm ooen 
 l^iffebefi/cup' tlanbt boo^ regben ^«tjnbe met bee( fcboonr ^v 
 bieten I enbejitm ooctt tot be boo^oembe lUbiere J^efliaa ge^ 
 conien/ enbe bebben bn be felbe butten 0)>-gbefet / enbe baer 
 eenen tifbt-Iantft nbelegben/totbet i^oo?-|aertoebatfebie 
 Hibtere opai ften unmbenV enbe t toaji^ b^ naer in bet 19 om- 
 jaer alffe baer quanten : maer ober bte idtbiere en bo^ften fp 
 niet tomen/ aije^boo^enbe bat baer teboo^en gbefepbt toojsr/ 
 enbe berttonben/battet (^elupbt ban Cloehen toa^ : (A^ ben 
 «ainbt ban ober be üibtere quam/boo?benfe oocft bitHmaeljer 
 gbeb^ennbanl^blclienjdeerben/ enbefasbenooeheemobe 
 feplenfomti)btj^/oocb toennicb/ bte af-Iiej^en / naebaer tnep^ 
 nmgbe/be ^biere onbenoaert/enbe fepbim naemaelj? bat be 
 jeplen bter-cant biaren / gbelbclH icK benche be feplen in ^n^ 
 bienstin} maerobeenmenfHjenbernomen fiebbenbeacn bie 
 jpbeoaerfetoaeren/blebenbaer eenigbentt^t/enbebebon^ 
 oenoociibatbe Aibtere beel boo^be bierbttn't l^oo?-|aer/ 
 ban biemticb te acbten / naebemael t'Xanbt aen be|ibe ^pben 
 boo0be mdi^ : 9^^ berte berbeuebbe in't aenften banbe feer 
 flboone3CanboubieAtinbetnjBapenbefl)y^l <0orlifa0en' 
 ^ beel raritept ban «rutiben/SSIoemen/ l^^tbten / enbe felt;; 
 fïmte Zoomen/ bieren enbe b^mbe l^ogbelen : jilaer aifoo 
 be ^fBofeobiterjef baer niet curteujer en )im/atbtent felbe niet/ 
 Toechenbe maer p^fbt aen aOenspbensbiam bet sbn een beel 
 ))Iomiie beele menfcben» 
 
 4anbe foo inbe Aomer ^fe b)eberom gbetomen/ renfenbe 
 langbfoem: mant bet biaj^inben ^erbftal^fpin Liberia 
 quaemen / enbe berhmtbKbben auejei kuatfe baer gbefien 
 enbe fibeboo^t babbetvenbc eonfirmeevben tfelbe mtt baeren 
 
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abbemett ^lynbe / ficbbm hm itepfer 93o^ inbe alle aniKte 
 oroote ^ceccit (laer bacr obet feci: betUuntiKtt/met pbmgj^ 
 &0|^erctc ont(iec(iteng)nbe/ommcbttaII(3B^tranatitDftente 
 bomfoecltm/me{ittbet^o{0f)enbe3aetbacc3linmaf^^ 
 Jjeeitcti sfiefanbm te fiebbeit met bde qf^t^emlum/ Dr melt;» 
 Rc mebe fi^cttomett fbuben fiebbeit Cattcen/ ^tonmbeii etu 
 tK €in0oêfen / om te tixcften ober be lübtece J^epfuia / ettiie 
 tebememenb)atbaetbiaje?/ettbe oocft aUtanttetemactltcit 
 met ben <Cmtmg{)enenbe l^olciierenal-baet/fbojibaerpe^ 
 matiben boitbrn: Ij^ec mak bebd gj^enbe/allejrfiino?^ 
 bentelmh te betfliten enbe boiQflen/ eitbeopteteecibnieti/ 
 biantfp eonbcn niet betsgetcn bainbatfi^ber CIocitfnQ^ 
 lupt Q^ej^o^ bobben: jBaet bit i^ aOejer naegliebleben / aljsr 
 boen oesmnetwe m jl^hibta befi ttoubel enbe 9nlanbtfc||e 
 éo^ooen/ (^ mbe befcD^pbinge beia^ felben baec oan te ber^ 
 llaentjar. 
 
 9ltfi (sficloobe battetffetbeul^ ban*t ^onincftnjch €as 
 tlma ifi/i"tmUHt iiaelt aen Cfjma enbe 9[nblen / ban (m^ 
 bot ben «iBorcobtta'baec metten Doofbe te(sm ben muet loo^ 
 tt<nfa(/ban ben titt ailejef (hl lecmt/foo fp |^et noc|^ naemael^ 
 oetfoetiien« 
 
 ^an niettemin j^ebben be 4Bionbemeut3e^/0bi!bnetebbe 
 be jfl^oTtobtfcbe^o^Iosfie/nocl) betbiaetttf eeneit t ocj^t boe 
 boen/baeconberbeer9$ut0|^ie? lupUitnicQupt^tbename^ 
 bettdcften/ enbeeomenbembec ^mgoefhtHatait/obetbie 
 ^biete^lentfrea /jtinfemceftal teboetgiieloopen/foobat; 
 tec boo? onolgemacH beelftutben banbegbcne btegl^emae^ 
 fteliicft gl^eföft l^abben / enbe bonben ten leflen eben bet felbe 
 t'0|)enebeboo?t0b( gbtconfinneectbabbcn: 250ben bat (ba 
 boi^en(^altemetal)eIupbtban i^olchenbe Clocften/ban 
 boet banb( <Ctimoe]cn ontraben ^ünbey bo?(tcn baer met be^ 
 Qbtben olifr befe i^tbtece/ ban bebben m fomimgl^e 35etaen/ 
 al'baer abdegben/eenigbc bïammen upt flen fp^tnmn/ 
 bo» ban (n eenitl^ ^olpbet b^ocl^ten/ enbe ooch iSimthfUm/ 
 foo battetfcj^nt/baer beel Hoffeljlclie jBpnen ^ijn mocj^ 
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 9m (0outtmttur tti üibetia liet lunk tmi^t fcimpten 
 toe maecHen tne betdecKt ttiaten/en bebal |)aer met bet boo2; 
 ^aer te baren tot ^ee/u^ öe Atbtere 4^to/ en giieboobt batfe 
 Imq^ Oe &ee*cant tuffetijer lanbt fouben baten/tot batfe foiu 
 ben (omen tot be ^ebiere Slcnifcea biant fffi ftpbt batfe oocfi 
 moeft enbigben inbe ^e / eu bebal liaet baer tn te repfen ee- 
 nt0ebaeb'rr|ifen/Oaet tegttenierfanbtfipoocli boich telanbe/ 
 bebrlende fiaerfoo lanoüe baer te bigben op be cant ban be 
 ültbiere / tot bot fv brfe fcbuptcn bememen fouben / en ghe^ 
 boobt fyaerfoo (p bte niet én bemamen/naeen iaer bieOerom 
 tt Uceren : if^bbentie bte ter ^tt boeren bebolen / batfe aUe^ 
 fbuben befubttgt)m blatter te ften biare/en gaf tiaer oocfi ee^ 
 nen ^berften met/bie 9.uea gbenaemt toojer/ ben bieltben l)p 
 bebal/anejT op te teeekenen/ en beefrfe foo beenen 0i)efonben/ 
 cnrp3i:lnoom sbecoinentnbemonbtbanbe ftibtere boo^fs» 
 inbe Qebben maleanberen baer ontmoet / alfpo bte te Xanbe 
 biaten gbrtrocHen / met Hen af-Ioop ber litbtere / op blotten 
 cnfcbupten eeniQl^e af-gbefonDen i)abben/ bte op ben %^e' 
 cantbefelntpten imtmoeten/enbebonben anejergiidtjtltben 
 4Douberneur baer te booten berliaelt l|abbe/teb»ten/ na (m 
 mepntngbe : <0>an alfoo tiaren ^berfUn luca boc^;. mtf 
 
 etbenSoajer/metnocbeemgl^e anberebanbeboo^aemfte/ 
 ibenf^ gl^aben giiebonben ban maleanberen te fttirpben/ 
 enbe elehbieber fYjnje^ bieegb^ te treebrn/enbe $tm int bieber^ 
 omeomen/ nebertfjupje^sbearribeert: in Liberia comenbe/ 
 en allejf iq>-getec(bent/ bebbenfe feer goet rappoo^ baer ban 
 aenben€(oubertieur pebaen/btetTelbe aen ben ibepfer in 
 jftofco fostot/en iff ffmt gefloten inbe feliat-camer in Jifiof^ 
 CD/fo Iaii8{)e tot bat befe ^o^iogtjen ggeepnbicfit fonbenxijn; 
 alfoan foubet oberfien bio^ben / maer beneft ()et al berfo^ 
 ifi I b'biddt jammer i^ I bKmt f^ beel feftf^iemjer baer bonben 
 ban ^planben enbe Hiibteren/ l^ogi)cI^ enbe ^S>teren/ tot 
 boo?-bp be Senifcea i)eel bitj t 
 
 €nbefboemen gocben b^ienbtin jDoflobta baer eetten 
 b?oeber beencn geiiabt l^obbe / gaf mp een blinbe Caerte baer 
 ban gbdptb (p^t upt fpn b^erjer monbt berflaen i)abbe/bte 
 boobt ttf / ban Jelber tjtr f)p boo? mapgatie^ gl)ettecft / enbe 
 Item lAe plaetfm tot ^bp/ bmt mat baer boo;bp ij0t / 1)^ 
 
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ntaetol^llomt/rooenfjertTcïbe <(a(Vt!(^nm«tr(it betotrp 
 baet tom mffbj? 2)ens:ec-canit/b'taielcii tcft nut gtoort moeii; 
 u brrcrergf) / bimtt hat l^et u]^ i)tiainc het fotiHe bun Mnfc 
 oAnttt ftjttm lialir cofien batrom laten ^em on^fienaemt 
 
 SInbegroote Htbirre^^b^comt ooch een Htbtere baden 
 biefe CaSyes normen/enbe (cn^ te tomen ban ontrent 3|entf^ 
 tca/n^ een gtoor 33ofif)/bact upt oock een Hibieïe balt/niet 
 bntt banbe boo^^j^. / bie tn ^enifcca baït/foo batfe upt be <^frti 
 te biate t tomen trpfen boo? be j^amopebenjl HanbouUie / en 
 fetten fiatt maet tbiet nullen obet Sanbt / foo tomettfe in eett 
 ^tbtrcc btefc €o?galf noemen/ nibe baHen foo met ballenbe 
 biater in%miftta/ en ffelbe tjei f^ec bei)uaem om repfen/ 
 enbetje? al^ebonben nu onlani^ ban be ^(amopcben enbe 
 'Ctngoefm. 
 
 jQaet fifi lammer bat liet ben i^oOanbetiernietenglhe^ 
 Jitciu boo? t^apgatjor te tomen boel) en bieten niet boe f\? tftU 
 be fooben te binrtK fldlen/ biant met fcliepen/baer m Iionbett 
 mael ntet boo? te tomen en ifi : Man alfre immer^Br bte Xan^ 
 ben alle biüben boo?f];neben/ motflenfe baet tbiee ofteb^te 
 f aer bl^ben/omtcenr t&skm&tff oft )^rcfio?a/ baetfe bief goe^ 
 be l^ben enbe f^-tcOM fottben crugen / nibe ban baet moe^ 
 ten fp boltft fenben mét Sdooten/ geltjcfi be Mffen boen/enbe 
 ootli eenigbt b?ienbtfcl)a|p met ben ftttfftti maethen / bte 
 1^ ban geeme ben biegi) fbuben toefen / enbe alfoo foubct 
 ombttht bietbcn* 
 
 l^ele (Ifioone pYaetfen fouben onbeclit bifuben/ fo ban <epf 
 lanben aljéi bafl 3f onbt / ban t)er aen te tbiüfféfcn of America 
 omtrent €l^na met aett befe b;ie beelen bejif a^eteltjsr bafi Ui 
 met een etmhbe gfielticlt 9frira aen 9|ia ()angbt / bp be ^ 
 ^ee/ en t'ftni^ \f^ boo^biaet biel mogljelgcft / mtam biie bieet 
 te feggi)cn üfi nPtn Uf I anbetj» banfe upt be fommtgj^ ft^^jf? 
 ten bet i^bmen gbebonben hebben/ bte ftiiniben battet ban 
 een ghefc^epben ije^/'enbe beel bebiüf-rebenen bp b^engliem 
 
 eft foo bet open i^/fo moet be ftrate feer englje $i)n/ biant 
 icftbpnagf)efèpt|)abbe/batbttonmogt)eIiitftf8ube3ön/ bat 
 be mtnfd^n m ftoienea fouben tomen / baer Hbam tn Hf^a 
 gi)eft|^apen tjer/enbe baermen nergDtnie^ mbe btpltgfie ^i^tf:; 
 tenleefl/ batboojbe^lNlubteetntgbe ^^epenof iScl)upt(n 
 
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 \»attn I ettde oocfilttert-tmn tol bamr ntaer rtit tt^etelt tn 
 tjit/ eft op geen inberfcl^e iilaetfcnfc5e)ifrlcn j^tm oo^paonch 
 cu yeibben/ ban itpt Hit jparaimfe/ctc. 
 
 j^u mojcl^tmen oocfi toelyer fe^nreti/ !)oc lie tmnfctien alottt^ 
 im utile ^eplantieit (Aecomcn sint/entie irit t|B^/ ttoe mtm mep^ 
 nmg^/noe be <I^tluVrie gfiefebtet : ^odt bte in Hmenea/baer 
 tó een mgl)e ftcate oelyclimen Uieet/eitiiefulchenengcn jbra^ 
 temaclituffcnenlirta enbeVmenca oochkuclsijn : l^oehiel 
 tut fommtge oart bipben/batter een gcoote Jtee tuffeijat bep? 
 ben tjB{ obec i oo mplen h;i^a!tA. 
 
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 gj^jermteert am 5pne ap^eRept/ 
 
 hp Dm Cltpitrini Pcdro Fernandez de Quir j aetl^ 
 
 ^m mht D;uc|iriMcrbeM/ottt(rct 
 
 Hcere, 
 
 Ch ^Ü^iUym Pedro Fernandez de Quir, 
 
 Smu^m \)thbe qf^pfxtfmuat / atnoamte te be- 
 toofcfatnoDe Mr boer behoort te dj^cmcbfinnjbet 
 S^andt bat ubie jTaafeflcM belafl bufr t'ontbf cwn 
 inbeti|uani(( ban't onbektnc9u(maUa/fonber 
 batter tor nocb toe refoUttfr met nip gibenonun tjn/ 
 nocb eentobe anttoooib ofk bope btemp becfciicre ban mön afbeet» 
 bfngb/ »aer t'rb no(btan0 1 4 maenben in btt ftof ben gbebeefl/enbe 
 i4larenbefêfabcgbebanbelt tteb fonbet befbfbinobe/ enbefonbec 
 battee pet tot mpnen boo^beele ob^oten ia 1 maer aueen om baecber 
 goeb^b tof Ue/met bebielcitt/enbe met omeUiclie tegenfli^ngben 
 ttft 20000 mplen foo ter S'.ee al0 te Hanbe gberepd ben/enbe alle mp.- 
 ne goebeten berteen / enbe mpnen perfoon onnf eft ^b / Ipbenbe foo 
 bete enbe fooJcb?tciie(uiie bingen/bat fp mp ftlbe ongbeloofltcb (irDp^ 
 nen te a^alleie' om niet te berlaten een mccii ban fbo grooten ^m^« 
 baurbricmpb enbe bacmbecticbepb. Cen taieltiten aenlKme/ enbe om 
 alle be Stefbe<^ob«i kb ntoe jPOaieftept inelootmoebeurit bibbe/bat 
 ^ n<et gbebf ent en fb te gbeboogben/bat teb ban foo grooten enbe foo 
 gbeflabigben aibepb enbe omnfte/enbe ban een foo mercitelttb enbe 
 twi gbrfonbeert aenbouben / niet en nretfie be bintbten baer ttb foo 
 feeenaeberiangbeenoe p^etenbete/ naebemaelbeeece enbe gloite 
 ^obejK / enbe ben bienfl ban ub» JBajefiept / baer fb beel aen gbele^ 
 gben f |i/enbe baee onepnbeldcb beel goeb upt f^npten fal/bat btiecen 
 fai foo langb aijf be ll^erelb ttaet/enbe biet nae inbet eeubncbepb. 
 
 I « ^Ungaenbe be grootte ban befe nu nicubieltoc ontbecbte Xan^ 
 ben/oo?beeTenbe nae't gbene bat iefa gbeflen |)eb/enbe nac't gbene be 
 Capitepn lks»M be 9ae5 be Coitteir/fCbmitael onbet m^n g^ebteb/ 
 
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 vimt JDa^fNpt gTt(dtbffemoflt(V»rU9(ttfr]^t ftttft /foo ii itaeoorlK 
 uhtn ttMc \tngbe fa acoof alit bte ban gantfrO 4Puropa : Clepn 9fia 
 tor ten t» Cafpifrljr ^ee toe/eittu ^^lafmtt alle be tfplanbeti ban 
 be jétbbdlantfttie rube ocootc SS' r/ omtmif enbe ronbcfom be felf > 
 be iBjobfncten / cnofielanbt enbe ^erlanbf imbe baer in begrepen: 
 ^t berbojabeti bcel 10 t'WtU ban ben obebeelm «erbt-cf oor/ enbe 
 foo graot bat baec in mogfKn 3i)tt ftoeemaelfoo oed ConinrfiiDclien 
 enbe beerlncbb^ben al0 a\k be obene baec ban idoe JOaieftepr reoen^ 
 looo}beluBlHieec t^/enbe bar fonber benabuertte stjn/ met Curcaen/ 
 jE^o^en/ ofte onber natten / bte gbcbioon 5$n bare gbebueren te onr« 
 ruften enbe te beroeren. 9Uebe X.anben bpond gbeften/ltggben 
 btnnm be Zona-to;rtba/ enbe een bed ban bten raect ror ben <f qui» 
 nocttael bte ^o. ^iatxn b?eebt mogben sibi/enbe fommtgbemtnber/ 
 enbe tnbten fp op-gaen na bar fp belotien/baec fullen ilanben tn itg* 
 Qf^m tegben be boeten ban r'be^eban Africa enbe bed <Curopa enbe 
 c'medte tteel ban groot 9fta. 
 
 9cii traerfebouiD/bat naoten be Xanbrn bp tnp geften op 15*^7*1^ 
 ben / beter 50n ban j^angten/ bat be anbere bte in booctite barr te« 
 0ben liggben naer abbcnam/moeten een Herbtftb f^arabüü ^int. 
 2* ün befe 2.anben it beet bolcr / bare bednen )pti H^tt/ %mn/ 
 JÏInlaetfeb / ünbtaenfeb ^ enbe gbemengbdt/ ij)an bobben fp (om 
 f toatt/lang enbe loMom gbefdfeertenbe gbeiirolt/ fommtgbeoocb 
 roob enbe feer bun/tDdcbe berfcbepbenbept een teecben Uk ban groote 
 imberbanbeltngOen enbe bp-eencomflen/ om bieirbe reben/ al0 mebc 
 om be bent l^ beiei Slanbtjf/enbe booy bien fp ggeen «iBbefcbut oft an« 
 ber Idper-toercb en bebbeti om malcanber te moo;bett / enbe om bat 
 fp tn gbeen <$tlber-bergben en bierrben / enbe beet anbere rebenen/ 
 in te Qbdooben ^aet / bat bit bolrb feer menicbbulbieb td/ men tan 
 niet mertfien bat fp eentgbe bond bobben t'5p depn ofte groot / nocb 
 mueren nocb fterciiten/nocb Contncb notb Q^/ten )im anbern niet 
 ban een boop flecbte Depbenen/gbebeelt in pactpfebappen enbe geeit 
 goebe b^ienben onbcr tnalranberen / bare o)binanfe I9apenen jijn 
 bogen enbefcbicbten/bocb onbergift/iinobfcti/ftofben/pötben/eube 
 kno^P Pi)len altefamen ban bout / fp ïmhm bare fcbameibepOt / 5t)n 
 pumicb/b)olii(b/ rebelbrit /enbefoobanciitiaeratjBtcb fetftfbebon- 
 Hen bebbe/ upr alle bet todtbe te bopen (taet/ bat fp niet 4aobeie( boo|« 
 fitbticbepbt enbe fad)temibbden feer goebt te gbefeggben/ re bt\s^9 
 bigben / re onbertopfen enbe re bol-boen fullen 5bu / f)èt bidcbc b2t< 
 faetiten sün tnben aenbang fêer noobtcb/ om befelupben alte male te 
 bjengben tot bie foo MHigbe epnben / ttit men tn't mtnfl enbe mce^ 
 met ben beften pberenbe etnft moet boo; nemen : ^e bupfen $iinbtc 
 ban bwt/gb<becht ittet blabercn banpalmboomen / fp gbebiupcfien 
 aeebe potten / bebben gbetoutoen gbcb)epbtfel]$enbe anber gfaebicp» 
 bejfNttea/'^ b$a(bit>b(nJI8atberfteea/maraienfliipteii/C(om«> 
 
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 imU/enteXcMlbanboittaltomtffcBt/ftil^btoi tatt^fuMa 
 gttpfen tnttt wgcsMnoH^/f^axt üoben Mop-gfytftfiUhv Cmupm/ 
 ai&clMpafU/O^bebdpen iaec bedtmt 9Ananmc-fcOtIpen/fniK 
 nMccittti tectaf mbtfeit/il5(|ici(|i/4^}moic0/;9a0fim/i|oii^ 
 tnU fba oroote al# cfefme tttthmtabitijfoentKn \iéfy tbagDm: ^Hc 
 ^landftn {KWmt dat^ jMccpbcn^ tod aftclii^bt/ciibe oeauoim 
 om ban t'eeti Santo ia i'anDcc te barqt / 0(C toeKli al te fiitmn een 
 feeciKctteciutil0tiattiialmerfcftap/raet tooleii ttattmet^epiMttttt 
 f0/ea geen tmnterneclmi toan menen ijl clubben ban becclieiijteit» 
 be bocnbcren* 
 
 u l|etli^obtbatfpbebiien/$önb^foo?tenbanl0(oteIen/bietiaet 
 n 0taote menftbteson / enbe comen boo^ fonbec arbei^br / tnant fjp 
 baer toe niet anberiK en boen ban bat fp bte bjoben enbe Itooclien / fp 
 50n fmaetiieldcii oiiefonbt enbe boebtfaem/bueren lanobe/baer 50n* 
 oer We een dien lanob enbe een baif elle bicfi st^n ; 9e f rnpten 3tltt 
 bele enbe feer goebt / Piaunos ban fefteder aert/ gtoote menit^te ban 
 ttmanbeien ban Merbed» foo^r/ oroote obos,bat een b;utbt i^ ban 
 grootte enbe fmaecb aljf ^Btte-appdif/beel Inlanbtfcbe jOoten/ (B;an» 
 gien enbe Simoenen bte b'^fnbtanen niet en eten/enbe anber iqnne^ 
 menbe enbe groote jprupten/nf et min goet/biemen gbeften enbe gbe^ 
 
 8 beten beeft / met bele enbe feer groote 4(updicr-rfeten/mbe benntiK 
 an 9{ipden : l^att sgn ontalltjtb bed palmboomen baer men ter« 
 Ronbt Cuba uft trernen can / ban bc OMlcbe men matcbt Wfjn I C-- 
 blcb/^ntgb enbe SBep/enbebe l^almitaiBi 3ön feer goebt/ be b^ucbt 
 bte befe l^lmboomen gbeben / 5gii Coto^/ m fp groen 5tin / btenen 
 9p in plaetfe ban Carbon/ enbe get JBerob ift alu fioom/ t^p itinbe/ 
 Ift onberboubt ban fnajf enbe b^ancfi / ter Zee enbe te %anbe/ sAM fp 
 oubt s0n gbeben fp tNp om te Itditen/enbe met tejAecfteren al^ met 
 ^alfem/ ooeb om f eten /f ong smtbe 3$n be j^cbojffen goebe agaten 
 enbe ipleffen/ be Mnnenfle fcbojffcn jgn taie rcb om ;écbepen met te 
 Calfaten / enbe albedep Cabdif enbe labd / oorfi o^btnarfil toubten 
 enbe Honte ban te maecben $ ^be bat bet befle ia ban be blabeien/ 
 niaetfitmen Men tot clepne iSebeepbenjl/ enbe f^ne JBatten / enbe 
 Cicbden baermen be bnpf<n met boert enbe beebt/ bwUbe gbrfiian' 
 nen toerben met tit ftarnmen ble retbt nibe boocb 5^/enbanbe fd« 
 btge maetbtmen pantben/ 9§cben/ enbe anberefoojten ban bsape* 
 nen/enbeatemen/met bedanbere goebe btn^ om bagtUrr te oêft^ 
 gen: €nbe ftaette bemerdïen bat befe l^abngaerbm een iBgngaerb 
 3Ön baer men t'bede |aer ttut ban jnucftt enbe IQöii ban leei^ / enbe 
 nocbtawf niet ban noob en b^f^ eenigbebidDaeb/aidenbe noti) grib 
 notb^* 9e JBoetr^crbj^ben biemenbaer b^c gbeftm )ijn Ca- 
 taioerben /grooteenbebdeBiedosenbegroene Crumien: JBen b'ef* 
 ter ooeb Soonenbemomen. )l5dangbmbe t'0eejtb / baer 5Uit beei 
 JènchM tam aljü beon[e/ ütnnen/ caiioenen/ 9arqHïm/ epnt-bo< 
 
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 0Miii/€0^1bti)^bm/9u{iben/ïDaI^bnintte43a>iirti/bt'ednt(m^ 
 M»ii Capttcm gfitftett D^fr. ^e SMmtn Uofm otufteteii' 
 mnol^egóébniliatt l^otpenente tttitffdi». ?^ IMtfcj^n 90n tele/ 
 
 Hargos^Pefccreyes, Lizas, C0tl8i)en/;Mmiiai|f/ Meros, Cfft/ Macabts, 
 cafanes,Pampanos,4^a(tlpnen/iftQCC|^2eebanen/Chitas-viejas,9aIm<' 
 afiiett/Perces Puercos,Chapinc$,Rubia Almexas tnht 4damtt I tt^t antKC 
 
 \imtvi Oaec mp Iw naem niet ban tooo; en floet/entie iiaer moetenter 
 notD beel meet $ön/naeiiemael alle te terbaelte t'famen gftebangten 
 ^jntittfitlipteftl^pen. ^ntefoomen t^gi^ene Q^ctöoen \$ toel 
 bemertht/ men fal bebtnben batmen tem foo tele cnte foo goete leef^ 
 tocl^terftonli0f)enteten tangcooteente tele licffddcii^ben/felfjï 
 tot JBarfepepnen ente teelDerlepe Conferben toe/enbe bat fonber pet 
 te bieng^en ban btiptan : €nbe ten aenfiene ban't ü^ootttbolcli / bo^ 
 ben t'gfiene bevbaelt üi/en (bUenbev niet onti^iun bele groote l|amf 
 men/ootcen met ;&oter/ente t'gene baec meer ban groote 3aercBen!B( 
 af bau/fonbec geb^ ban ^er ente ^pececf en / flaet aen te merc^ 
 ben bat tele bon be booaf3.btng6en be onfe gbeKJtii 3tin / enbe batter 
 mogbelüA bed meer 30n/ enbe bat bet Xanb bier boo? toont feet be^ 
 ^uaem te sOn om booit te b^engben alle anter bingben biemen bint 
 mCuropa* 
 
 4. 9e agcitbommen 3un ;SiIber enbe |^eerlen/bie ttb/efi <E(oub/ 
 bat ben anteren Caoitepn gbefi^n neeft/foo bP fegbt/tn 5bn bertoog/ 
 t'toieltiibeb}ie rMe fooien 3tm btebenatuere gbefcbapm beeft. 
 ;i^acr ii beel idote JBofcaet/JBafltc6/|pepet/4Sengbet/ battep bep^ 
 be gefien bobben. JBen beefket taietenfrbap ban Caneel/rmacb oock 
 teelbattet ^agbelen ^n/naebemael be anbete ^pecetien baet 5dn/ 
 tnte ie meet om bat W Xanben paraUeel aijn/ oft teepnicb betfcgU^ 
 lenban Cerrrnateenbe ^Mcban. 9«etis(oor& doffe om ^tete 
 b)innen/Pica,4^nptter/9ftirtemaeti»tt. ^aerii^goet Cbbenbom/ 
 tnte ontalUcbe foo^ten ban (Hout/om foo teel jMiepen te maben aljj 
 men teilt/met alle baere jSeplen/ enbe bi^eterlep fwen ban «Caiiel/ 
 reen gbelDtfienbe onfen !Bennip/enbe met \»:^\t ban Cocos canmm 
 Gaiagaia mabm/baer men Ceer mebe ^erfbaert. 9aer ijet (éber <^tt* 
 pentün geften baer '\^ te Snbtanen met bebelpen om bc*te Piraguas, 
 ofte ^bepen/ te pf Hen. <Cnbe naebemael batter C^men 3bn / enb^ 
 tennis ban Itoepen/foo falber oocb Co}buaen/2ter/«oet ett )^leeftb 
 obetbloebi(b5iln t CnbeSdpengbefienjiJnte/ falber ootb Igonicb 
 enbe IBaif 3ün. ^te tebalben alle befe rucbbommen terfrbcren fp 
 ban beel anbere bentftbappen. <5nbe be gbelegentbept ente geftal^ 
 tentffe beti Xanbjl/ te oclciie gbeboeej^t 38nte bp be tele bie be neer- 
 (ttcbepb geben fal/naebten baer foo geooten boo^aeb \t ban baer ep^ 
 gben bingbrn/enbe om be onfe te gueimt / \^it iDn boo? ^t^ baer t iet 
 ben eerden te boeren / met notb alle be anbere bede ente nutde bie in 
 ^vx ente nitu jlnaengien groepen/ fcbunt bet bat bit al tTamen bp 
 
 een 
 
Srtn om btptte firn fellien entie Mmttica te tooeben / ende 4^a(noiett 
 oroat mbe i:0Cfi te imfiett/tn futcfiec boeatien al5 itfi beroonen fal/in « 
 bten tc6 bp anbete 0t)e|^o(pen toerb om bit upt te boeren. Cnbe tett 
 aenfteit bant oD^^ (Men tjf Anefenbe See^ufbn/firo itit/tiMnre/bat 
 opt ^ fiiFct ban't lUnb te becbopeti $0nfoo groote enbe foobantobe 
 Ocootbeben enber0cbboitmieit/enbe ooebefaten / Og^mfé begtit^ 
 tten te biecben. ^m te noteren bat mön p^tncipael boo»tiemrn al- 
 leen t0 getoeed te foecten fo grooten %anb alti trk obrbonben tttbbt/ 
 enbe bat tcii om mpne cranctett tnbeanbec oo^aiien/ bte irii beef bipff 
 ge/niet en 'biii tonnen fo beet ften Bi$ itk gebitlt beb/ oorii en eonbe af 
 t'gene tiii bepeeEbe/nfet geften btecben tn een maenb/baec-ber tbiaetf 
 ban in een üTaec romt/be bidr&e te iiennen gbeben be gualitepten tn* 
 be tamcbten bte alle be gbefcbapene Slanben boo^tb^engben/enbe but 
 men be SInbianen ban bte Éanben niet en moet oojbeelen upt onfe 
 beboeftigbebcn/fknaben/begeerltcbbeben enbe acbtingfje ban fabem 
 maet boo:) menfcben bie fraec Icben tcacbten ober te b^engben met fo 
 bKpntcb arbepbjBi alK fp comten/ gbeli)(fi fp ootii boen / fonbcr batr te 
 bermoepen in pet meervbaer bip on0 om bermoepen. 
 5. ^ gberiefliciib^ ^be fftt gbetioecbütne leben fal baer ft» 
 
 goot 3iin alier men ftet/in een foo gbeoetfntben/lnfligben ^nbe ftodtii 
 anb/bat f bMrt/bet enbe goeb ban ,mpn iHf met Xeem-pntten/ora 
 terflonb K|iipfen te mogben boubsen i <$teen/ «^iccbelen/ enbe al toac 
 meer bon Eeem biert gbemaf tiit/ ootii met bete enbe foo nae bp gbe* 
 Ir gben roubie enbe btercante JBarberffeenen/ om tofMtcbe en fcboo« 
 ne 45beboub»n te mogbtn fttcbten : ;9oo bed enbe foo bienflelttfien 
 ^ut tot alle noobtgbe biertfienifuiciun gbdegbentbepb ban 9alen/ 
 3^elben/ben mecdenbcd boo^g|ieftteben / enbe boogbe tubbtlt Bov 
 fen/ fuUiieS3eecrbenirenbe blietcnbe aibieren/baerbegiiametDtii 
 tonnen SDater-mofenK/Azefias. Trapkhcs enbe anber üBati r-toerc iieit 
 gbi^maeciit bw^ben. Eflènos, ^Sont-pannen enbe 0iet-bofDben gfte* 
 tupgben ban be bjucbtbaetbepb beif Zanbn / baer men fiteten bi nbt 
 ban b^enbe feti palmen / enbe min / enbe be b;ucm naer abbettant/ 
 t'epnb bun enbe ban/be bnpt glat/ enbe foo goebe l^pecfleenen al(fec 
 SÖninJBabjtb. 
 
 ^X^ape ban ^tm l^iliptfenbe ^acob btcft tbnnttcD mplen 
 ftranb0/fp i0 gbtbtd fcboon/ enbe b;p om in te comen bp bagfie enbe 
 bp natbt^/betft tonb-ombed bdnoonbe l^leclien / m be ttieUfie(enbe 
 bat feet betre) men bp bagbe btd toocb^ fatb opgaen/ enbe bp natb^ 
 te bed bpetsf/bate baben gbenaemt l^etatrus / bet biate iirupjf tf fo 
 mpmbattermeerbanbupféntftbtpni in mogben liggben/begtonb 
 t^iftboonenbebanfbMttsanbt/menbeefcetgbeen bupiengbefien/ 
 men tan baer dttten opfoobedl^abemalivmenbüU/ban beertitb 
 lot em |)alf toe/tniftdfn ttote atbleten/be een fiw gi oot aisi I» <3ua« 
 
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 l^alQuebfc In ^biUtn/met t^ ÜSorn oft floatetH» blottit/ !Mtt tmer 
 aluf tto» baUmt/ üaergoete jpccgocten mte j^taffen f n inoi^dt/itv 
 b'atitin knetnionfe jearclutilawin /eti^ftliiciini bantoatecbat 
 ^(t fcfiomi \§ op alle be plaftftn/ban bebrie baenmit het btnbr: w 
 üof-plaetii in een (hranb ban b)ie mülen/ enbe meefl arftefclacbtit|i/ 
 taatifbatu/depne enbef biare bepen/feet opebt om ^tJmtn te bau 
 Ui(len/be ^anb/boo; bten fp oeen b;euclien oft breben beefk/mbe om 
 bat be brupben op be tant dcoepenbe/aroen sdnAoterbt berftaen niet 
 gbeflaoben te taserben banbe ^e / enbe sim be boonten albaec al te 
 macl tecbt op donben/fonber fcbabe noebte beberf/ fo oo^eelbe men 
 baet npt cMtttec obeen groote ontoeberen en moef en ballen: ^fe ba* 
 ben/ boben bat fp foo lucbtitb fif / beeft een anbec groote upmetnent» 
 bepc/ten aenfte ban becmabelpcbbeptAoant fo baeftal^ ben batb oen 
 Quam/ boQjbemen booit'gbeheele naebp-gbelegnen 9ofcb eenfeev 
 foete l^atmonpeban mentcD oupfent becfcnepben noobelen / fommU 
 gb^foo't ftbectOjbaebtegalen/fommioe SButttkn/ 4buacben/ ^ilel- 
 btncben/omeIIncbe;êb)aIubien/Penquttos,ntbeeen ëopegap hit men 
 farb/enbe behawen befe beel anbec fooien ban bodieuu/feifjtf tot bet 
 fingben banbe j9p9iwb-banen enbe «cebcl^/beele rao;gben(lonben 
 enbe abonbenlangbcoocbmtnbeelfoetereucben/bercomenbe ban fo 
 beelberUp aeetban bloemen /tot 49;angten bIoepfei«( enbet'cnipbt 
 Aivahaca: enbe om alle befe enbe anbece gocbefaeeben beflootmen 
 bat bet ba^ moefi goebe ïucj^ sOn / enbe battec be naitieie bAec ai^ 
 b^ebielonoetbielbt* 
 
 6* ^Defe baben enbe bace ÜBm toerben norb luttnemenbec boo; be 
 nabueefcbap ban fo beel goebe Cplanben / enbe fonbedtngbe ban fe^ 
 ben/baee ben roep af iir batfe ttoee bonbert mfilen groot snn/bet eene 
 begrdpter büfttcb/ enbe lepnec tbMieif ban berfebepben : gin fomma 
 Ickfiêgb IKeere bat op beft 9ap enbe iQalben/bte i5.^.<E^;aben booeb' 
 te ban be noo?ber i^ool lutgben/tcrfmnr tm gefHcbt totrben een fir 
 groote enbe boKbcbebe ^tabt/enbe bat be lupben bie befdbe betooo^ 
 nrn/fuHen gbmieten alle gbebienfebe rbcbtnommen enbe gberf efllc^ 
 beben/ bie ben tgbt fal leeren/ enbe bie men marb mebcbeelen am be 
 ^^bincien ban CDiI</9<nt/1^ttiama/|U(aTagua/ Catemale/ntru 
 ^paengf en / «Cerratena enbe Jptltppmaif / ban alle bielrbe Xanben 
 ubie JBajellept (Heer in/enbe mbten utoe jll^aleflrt oorb ^eer bioib 
 ban befe btef cb p^efentere/fo boub tcbfe ban fultber toeerbe/ bat/ bo« 
 benbienbat^gb^bal^befleuteljesbnbanbeboo^berbaelbe/f^ 
 (nae left berdaeTfuUencomentebiefm/foo beel ben banbetbelangbt 
 ban curf r ufe enbe psofj^telgrke 3flbaren / iKerUelibepbt laet ftii (laen/ 
 een tbieebe Cb^na/SNipan/enbe anbere i^ncien op bie buden ban 
 tOfKa met boee epianben/enbelritballe cttt na fgbeen leb baer ban 
 abeboele/enbelneen bergaberlngbban ttlf-confrniaern tanbetog' 
 fen/ootltenberlengltfimpb<erntnmettefeggcn/ bat befe ^anben 
 
 tirflont 
 
tetffon)>t f «men brlyen/ tnhe tnt>tt\mtxn/ taate !)on&m mijtfenM 
 AV^maanlitniSnfommal^umU^tit toerdt barc^paetijstm 
 
 Set mUnel-mmt ban gaet kimt»n/ ente ten aenfien ban tltctjacm iü 
 il be naol^l/batmen b?p W ytmt biel noteere* 
 
 ^ ttj^emtmtj^bt/enbe beucgt beitf Eut^t ji/i}eer/ f jf foobanfcb 
 aIjK men upt alle t'gbene boo^ept tH / ften can / enbe ootb bier ^n 
 bemecefien matb/bat alboebsel be onfe ba» alle b^embelinoen toa« 
 ren/ niemanbt nocbtansf en tiü fiecii ggetoo^ben / niet tegbenllaenbe 
 bet «Mtarfn iwrcmn/ f bireten/enbe nat too^ben/fbnbet ficli te ont» 
 Bottbenbattbiatertebjfntiun nocbnucbtersönbe/ofrban allen t( 
 eten bat bet lanbt bo<9tb^nabt/nocb ban brn abonbtftonbt/JBaen/ 
 ofte;(on/ btebipbaobe n^feec b)anbtcbenb»0:<^beatbtecbe 
 ttiibbernatbtepfclteenbe tonbe menfeer toelberbaagbeneentaiol' 
 lenbecreh Cnbenaebienbetnlanberiiin'tgbeniepn boll^cbenbe 
 feecb;ooni3dn/ffnnmtQbe ootbfeec onbt/baecfjFnotbtanif neben 
 bec Slerbe bioonen/ t'imth een oeoot teetben iif ban ooeber obefont^ 
 Bepbt/toanttoaret'Eanbt ongi^onbt/fpfoubenbare bnpfenban 
 . bec üerbe berbefM / foo men in be i^tltppinen boet / enbe in anber 
 quactiecen bte icli obef)ien bebbe/ nabfen oocb be btfcb enbe t'bleefrb 
 onobefoutcn jjinbe/ tb»e bagben enbelangDer goet bleben/ naebten 
 be|prui>ten ban baer gtiebiacm/fbo men (Ken mach / aen tbiee bte ith 
 tiitt bf bbe / fut gefont 3bn / alboebiel fp bupten ^ta ban be boomen 
 abeplutbt 59n/nabien men baer oeenefanbf oe gronben en beeft ge^ 
 jien/ noti^ gbeenberlep btffelen oft boo^nacjhttge boomen/oocb (^ee> 
 tie boomen bf e bare bio^tclen boben ber flerbe bebben / nocj^ eenigbe 
 beiti;onciun belben/ nocf) joelen/ nocü ^neeu op bc boogbe ^et;^ 
 0benAtot{) Cocobiitilen in biefltbleren/ nocfi benpnigbe guaebtaer^ 
 b^Hegbebm^mte op t'gbebercbte / nocb Mntn bte gbemepnl^rK 
 fnbebupfenenbe b^ucbtenfinr fehabefgcb 5dn/notbNiguas, nc^^ 
 fiupfen/noc]^ JC^0b^ foo fegsu' tcft/ bat bit tot onüboo^nemen/ 
 een nptnementbepbt IK boben alle upmementbebea/enbeb»erbtg|| 
 geacbtte^fofeeralitbele Hanbeninbe^bicn/ineom befeple^ 
 gben alleen onbeinoonbaer te 3gn/ enbe anbere/ baermen fo beel ban 
 bèfelbe te $ben Deeft/alji icbbiel gbetupgtren can. 
 
 7. ^it 5^ fteere be tiptnementHeben enbe beucbb ber lanben 
 bte ttft ontbetbtüeb/ ban be melcbe tcft upt ben naem ban ubie jea^ 
 jefteptbepotfeifftegbenomen beb/onberubienltlomnqblfrbeni^tan' 
 baert/enbe alfoo jSietupgtenlf be acten bte tcb dier bebbe. 
 
 Ceneerflen/De<re/totertereen4rruP!fopg|ierecM/^beeen%ercb 
 toegbemaecbt ban onfe )9?oub)' ban Xo^eto / baer tttecben ttomticb 
 jBeitfengHebacn/ menberbletiberbenSflaetopbenl^incrttrbacb 
 
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 bccfetttt/mttf teat totm een folemneTe ii^tefrie ofiei^otibm op't ^t^ 
 rramentj» bacD. 9» fomnui net alOer()ei>ttct)<te ^crametif /mbten» 
 tieuttiecJBaK(lep^ij(uindaecffotXept)]S-nKin / betoanDeUieettbc 
 tiereeclie tite toecbiuom SanHen/bart icb b^te l^elti-battücen op D^' 
 lie o]^ecf)t/ente tti alle tte fMbe toertoonc be ttoee Coloitmen ter 3i>l)e 
 ban iitee Coninol^dciie Umioenem Wan bom itk met recfit fegcü^n 
 niacfi/boo9 fo toeel Dit een Heel i0l tm fHer t$ toolb^acfit fiet tnoo^ti tiait 
 Plus ultra, enoe }um fo beel f^n bad %mt it al \iofitet ent» «cbterter* 
 4Sntie Mr/ met ol matree meer o^etiaen toteebt / ^eb icb gfiebaen al0 
 cm o^etrouto' 0aff9<l/foo icfi nen ban nine JIKa)efiept/enbe tm tma 
 be utte JBaiedept bit terfionb mool^ bp-boeoljen/op bat citntlie bm 
 b«rI0ciim titrt ban Auilrülia ban ben ^liflDin 43ljeeft/tot meer bet 
 ee^re ban ben fdfben Ikerey bte mpobelepc/ bet ilanb gbetoonr/ enbe 
 In te6bentaoo}btcbepb ban tttoe JBa jeftept 0be<uatbt beeft / al-biaer 
 icfi flae met ben fdben b)iUe/bie tcb alt^ttot bcfe falie gbebabt bebbe/ 
 hit ith bebbeobeoneecbt/enbe om bare toeerbtcbepbenbe berbten(te 
 bobcn maten itiéf ueb enbe toeobebaen ben. 
 
 9cfc obHoobe \od/ npt ben topfm iSaeb / <6;oomioebtcbepb / enbe 
 CbJitefttbe 4Dobb}ncbticbepb ban ubie jQaieflept / be oroate fo?gbe 
 btefp bjaobenfal om fwberfeecben tej^nbanbe bebolcbingbebefec 
 fllreet0 ontbetbte Xanben/ al^ toel beboo^t/aenobefim be mtncipael 
 eoifaecb bte onji beboo^t tt berbinb2/om be fetf be niet moeit enbe on^ 
 betooont te iaten/iA'bat bit be remebie i^/bienrnbe tt epnbe bat ^ob 
 onfe l|eere baer m teerbr abebent/ obelooft/ acngbebeben enbe gbe» 
 biem/ baec nu be ^Dupbeffoo feer «mebient toetb : €e meer oocb bat 
 bit be beure fU sun/ biaer boo} aen fo bele Idolcberen/flaenbe onber't 
 gbebiebtban twe JOaieflept/tncotnenfalaUe baer goeb enbe taiel^ 
 baerb /enbebeongbelbrbmeerberfo^gbenbie boo^teomen fouben/ 
 bpatbienbaerbeenengeraeebtentegambebpanbenbanbe ftoom» 
 fcbe Hertbe / om bare balfcbe leeringben te toerb;epben / enbe aile be 
 goeberen tit ith le bennen gbebe te beranberen in meerber guaben/ 
 enbe (icb te noemen i^ren ban ^nbien / enbe bie 6eel te becbecben. 
 <tocb gbeloof icb bat nme jfllaieffept md bcrbiitticbt ifi bat foo f toa^ 
 ren febabe/aljii bie ifi baer ban gbefpjoben teerbt/ oft aiberlep anbere 
 ongbefjcbifbtbept/bie nu boojbanben tis/of naemaeij$ foube mogben 
 toefen / co^nfoube millioenen ^ubjü enbe bed bupfenb menfcben/ 
 eer men foabe tot een onfeber remebie connen tomen : 0bie jBaie^ 
 flept biinne nu/nabté (Xt betmacb/met mepnirb ftlber^ in Jpieru upt> 
 gb^b^ben/om eenmael ben i^niel te mnmen/ ben eeumigen naem/ 
 enbe be ntrame Sbcreïr/met af I'gbene fp toefepbi : <^be naebemael 
 baer niemant i$ bte ubM JBajeftcpt boben-b^b epfcbt ban fo groo^ 
 ten enbe merebefbcben toelbaebt^obe0/boo;umen gbeiuebigben 
 tbbtbebMiert/fbepfcbtcbboben-b?oobl|eere/enbeinplaet|(banbien 
 mim af bcerbingy enbe bifc|)epbt/mambe ealeoenen ign reeb/tnbe 
 
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idibebbedtt mftn/tnlte mumMthm/tntȕia\ tcbefdbirfieti/ 
 ooth ift ttt Qftfttl^th entii tpbddcii goeMfnclKde batoUe iim b(r< 
 lo;ni oaet/mtvnlmmmiiecrtaKdccnt can t»ettttgt)m)mfimu 
 
 f^tbttn C(i^moffel€olonfliiie ftif)ncim|iannecfit(Q agemaetirt/ 
 t'oienempfoomoeplDcfttiottbaliat /lif batttiifdteoéfuiiniOege» 
 f a(t ()eb / tnt» nu aenbute. aODaa toe vim JBaM^r g^rlf ete / dat 
 ban foo tocel rtnieDien alff» 5ijn / tista een allemi tooet&^ g^oj^ben/ 
 O)) bat 1(6 t'booaglieflelbe cclangiien macD/ biaerfcboubienbe bat 
 men mp in aUejes fee( (tbelttii fal bebinbfn / enbe icftfal m aUijf bol*' 
 noeofng^Obeben. 
 
 i}eere / bit tti een groot btectli / naebemael be ^iipbel bet fiibe foo 
 bloebtgen lirücb aen boet/enbe t'en if niet tnd bat bp fo beelbccmacj^ 
 biefenbe utoen JDajeflept baet ban ben befebetm-Heéc. 
 
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 een boo^sangfi gfiefocfit iieefr / Daö 5tin oogt)- 
 imtch om doo> SumdlepjEt inlet in ƒ return 
 9)aliii6(ineentioo;9aentie ^ee terdmen/j^tielijcli top 
 fulcvin5tin€aerte(i|]^* l^lantumQefienfteliben/ ett 
 Iniuieaenil^oba ^Ibton in iBat MZm te Toopé/Daer 
 een <en0(|e(j6t man / foo lip gneteechnu liab/ öoo; gf|e^ 
 patTeett U)a$^* iS0an naeDeelmoeptenü^ j^eeftDp ^efc 
 \attb/tïit liter op becse (Saerre glieteecUent Itaet/oeüon^ 
 üen / Die l|p lierbolcljt rouDe tiebben / Dadbe'c ^gemeen 
 J^elieep^-botcft niet foo onmtlltcg oi|ttueeft:Uiant alfo 
 fp mei 1 omaenbf uptgeturea IjaDDen/baerlir nocgtaniet 
 maer booi s maenben gebict alieert luaren / enbe op be 
 Iieele luedi maer een man ggeften fiebben :bit l)aer een 
 groot <l^ier btot\}t bat fp atett -, bit/ om bar ÖP qualiich 
 gijetratteert uitert/ntet loeer en quam/foo t (Tet cemeen 
 ^!ieepieitiol(k(atefptDeber kianbe Qoorfiteban >2 at. 
 baerfpuertDtnterbm/totopbe goocljteUan63 (prab« 
 lanolie be UDell-5Pbe banbe a5ape/baer fp in fieloopf n 
 Uidren)op£jieclommm/baer fpeenrupme Zee enbe 
 groote baren upten Ü^ooitbioraenbernamen^ enbettcti 
 
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btmmtitht^itn d'<0))n||rptaltrramenment ;&! 
 bfteft&ti{itliuptmrc|^(epf(0{|e(irt/entie5tin alfoo 
 lirt;6^ipnae<Bn00elant0mprr tl^eromsiinrpi 
 O>t'&tVÜ0Quamen/aKefattimm p?<ron0ge(itc/ettdi 
 ie J^tiin: stjnDer op tttetuai fcj^epi m o^Ootmantir 
 Dm €otm^ entir den f^^mrr lian ll^aUt0 benod 
 ogefoni^en/om Dr Doo?0an0{| DerDer rontDerlttti/ 1 
 :^'' t^tiDfon ntft Den 3|inett op te foechen : WKkti 
 prtiDelielfirDDen om met j^un tUi^t/alKDepaGf 
 0(ieUoiiDen fal 5ijn/Doo;^ tepafferen/ enDe een t'gtq 
 renDennietDet|iDtn0|^e/Dte UipDetuiacgtm* 
 
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 bnvendeiieliom d'<adn:|^eptaltrramentneen j&loep 
 ófite rcl|u|it buptm fcj^eepiGt gtieCrt / ende stjn alfoo met 
 i|n^iptuir€n00dantgef(plt :l^eromsijnr|i/aU 
 ttit'(|O|i0quamen/afterammm p^tfonggefet/ettdede^ 
 fe J^nirt stmder op ttteutf rcgepf ter ordonnantie dati 
 den Comngjï ende den 0}tnre Man VddlM dertoaertjet 
 sdeConden/om de doo;^gang|| derdet t'omdechen/ ende 
 a^'- i^udfon met den spnen op te foecUen : tDelcbefr^e:^ 
 pen bedel drdden om met l)un ttp^t/alKdepalTagte 
 gfielionden Cal syn/doo;^ tepaiïeren/ ende een t !in)i^te 
 fendenntet de tpdingfie/dte \S3p detUiacgten« 
 
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 Ifluflfc^e Caerte mDcoocbop De tur^ 
 
 r^tn-itdm Die Jfoac iS0at[a bti tt Mt^ip^ 
 )im0be 0f)e)ioecf)t i^ttfu 
 
 OP be Caerte l)reft jt^afTa bc ^ttfl|tl)e noem / bie met 
 <E(^icchfcl)c l^etteteit 0l)ercf);e)ien ftonDt / op't Hantit 
 baerbobmbeiSccate efQarfeioftfar / anberjir Ma^ 
 tctifbinfarch enbe CoffeinfaccH geiioemt/geintenneteert boo; 
 9menea/0i)eltich bp bat m mi|it boo;rbeeIbt gliefcb^ieben tjob/ 
 bat \nt\ ten groote faitteije?» t9ant tKaitbt bat Willem 
 o^arentf^. laitgfjiBt gliefe^It (jeeft / enbe baet l^ fbehoiiben 
 I)upjtf op rtmmetbe/ ftcrcht noclj Uiel 60 mplen inbe Qoocf)te 
 if)oo2bchjcher> eitbe ije? ooc altoojs^ met be itaem j^oba ^em^ 
 la oiienoemt / bat foo t>et\ te (tagfym i^/sA^ i^ieu-Ianbt/bat 
 men meent een «eplanbt te toefen. 
 
 ^an ^. J^etec pianttiije^ iieeft baer een te0en-meentn0i|e 
 af/upt t)et telae^ei ban U^tllem 'Batentf5.enbe ^axifi ban i^f^ 
 fefen ban iHottetbam/ bte l)em berteit ^iWt berflaen te beb^ 
 oenupteen ^betflebanbe ;^mope^en aenbe Kupb-^^be 
 banbe jftttate ba uae^ioatjor/battet boo^o:nnbe ^ ba i^em^ 
 la ^off toaectjSr aent ^ii^ibee bafie Honb bafl i^ei/enbe bat be 
 4!Bat jino^(bat {)p nptleiibt boo^be fiine ^ce) 4^ofhoaertjai 
 bol ^a betflopt lept/ bat upt becrtoote Atbteren comt/t loelc 
 ujgt befe Caette biel alfo eemct^fmjer foubefcf^pnen/toaert bat 
 ttanb batbpi^oo^benbe Hibtere l^etfiba 0t|eteetitentlj9i/ 
 enbe tKanb ban noba ^embla aen een gl^etrochen biaer. 
 
 ^an alfoo 3lan 1^\xa^tm febnjft bat b'9ftm|lecbammet 
 ^Tblelibeet btnpen qiunpeltber|laen beeft: enbe bat be Htir^ 
 fen aen $|tn €oTch/ f canfopi^ be la <9ale/0bef^!t iiebben bat 
 men loof 2ompien boo? be ^(tcaeteban teepgatje^ gomfc^ 
 0been i^ en bint i foo laten top befé fahe / al^ noc^ onfeeltet 
 
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 Op b'eetfte am-gjgmKtnbepIaetfr bast jH^affa frpbt bat 
 j^librUipfcn hjil batmen met boo^ I9ep$at^ en mac()/ 
 (lact te inercken bat ff^ biat tonbeiücK be fake af fept : l»ant 
 üfi immtfi ban b'€nci)upfer^ gebaen/m baetom fout oocfi 
 nocl) meer eonnen gi)ebaen too^beiü bot() t i^ bltjcheloch tiat- 
 men't alle 3Iaren met foube comien boen. 
 
 4Enbe in be tVneebe aen'0f)ete((lienbe pf aetfé fept f)p/battet 
 tn honbert 3[aeten niet eenbar te boen ijE? > baer't nochtans ))att 
 be b^temaH^ battet bn onfe ]^onanberja^ bep^oefï i^/tmfi ge^ 
 beurt tja^ enbe be tVneeoe-maei Uiarenfé ooch al tot tjet Jètatm 
 4BpIanbt gbtcomen / ban baet fp tipt b^eefe ban int i)jQf befet 
 te taio^ben/5i)n toebet-gfjeheert. 
 
 «(3 nbe be tbspfélingen banbe ^trate ban Hntan/fo men btf 
 gemeenIpcR noemt/be|U)?pft bp a! biat fleebtelt^ch/bDant bp 
 fonbeert 5t)n ^iopfel baer op/bat bpuiet en toeet boe be men^ 
 fcben tn Hm^rica fouben gbecomen 5tin/ foo'er een topbe tuf^ 
 fcben t balie Hanb ban9(fia enbe ifmerica koate ; baer nocj^^ 
 tan;6rfo toet be Cf)mefen en ^apohefen ten «beften ban baer; 
 al^ onfe natte ten Oojlen banger/ aKe bepbe ban ober lan^ 
 gbe eeuUien altoojet fcljepen gbebabt bebben/baer met fp ltc!)t 
 tonnen bertoaert obergfiefet toefen. 
 
 <Z^it moet icUnott) noteren /bat tcft ban't ongfielucKban 
 b*ISmerj0^f oo^ber <$Dnimtije( aê noba f rancta al brei te ^fin 
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 Sive, Tranfitus ad Occafum fuprk 
 
 terras Americanas, in Chinam 
 atq; laponem duéluri. 
 
 Recens investigati ah M. Henrico Hudfono Anglo. 
 
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 Exegefis RECI HISPANIiE fafta, fuper 
 
 tradtu recens deteélo, in quintS Orbis parte, cui nomen 
 AVSTRALIS INCOGNITA. 
 
 Cum defcriptione 
 
 Terrarum Samoiedarum^ & Tingoefiorum ^ in 
 
 Tarcarid ad Ortum Freti VVaygats fitarum, nuperq; < 
 fceptro Mofcovitarum adfcitarura. 
 
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 Ex Officina Heffelij Gerardi. Anno 1(^13. 
 
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Lïber ad Leétorum. 
 
 Qui cupis ignotas LeSior cognofcere terras^ 
 
 Corpore quas fulgens contegit Vrfa fuo , 
 Et fimul extremos Borea^ Cauriq; receffus^ 
 
 Et freta tam nautis per via flu&ivagis. 
 Quafq; Samojedus commutet vellere merces^ 
 
 Quam late Mofchus proferat Imperium. 
 Impiger Hudfonius freta qua petretraverit^ & qua 
 ■ Restat adhuc Batavis gloria Martigenis. 
 Me pretio parvo redimas^ animoq; revohas, 
 
 Sim Heet exiguus commoda magna feram. 
 
Ad Leftorem Prolegomena, 
 
 in traélatus fequences. 
 
 
 
 T antehac novas tcrrarum detecliones, labo- 
 riofiffimaequc navigationcs, tam Hifpano- 
 rum, quam Anglorum, nee non Batavorum, 
 maximo novitatem ftudioforum obledtami- 
 ne, in luccm cditae fuere: Non alienum a pu- 
 blico commodo duxi, in Theatrum orbis hac 
 tabulam Praefeéli H. Hudfonis producere de navigatione ip- 
 fms fupra Amerieam, in Chinam, & lapan: maxime euni vi- 
 derem eam k praeftantilïïmis viris magnoperè expeti ; Ne au- 
 tem ob brevitatem, exiguitatemque apud nonnullos vilefce- 
 ret opufculum hoc adjunxi hiftoriam Ducis Petri Fernandez 
 de Queiros, quam in libello fupplici Regi Hispaniae exhibito, 
 narrat de regionibus Meridionalibus, deteélis in mari del 
 Zur; eam nonnulli magni fecerunt, aliqui quibus de certitu- 
 dine rei conftat, veram effb aflèrunt. Oftavius Pifanus, in fut 
 totius Orbis tabuM, quam inverl^ delineatione, circulo com- 
 prehendit, de Regionibus k Petro Fernandez de Queiros de- 
 teélis, delineationern fuam fe coparaflè ait, k Nauclero quo- 
 dam, ftatuitque eas k parte occidentali, lima, cidado de los 
 reyos in Peru. Viginti quinque gradus in longitudinem, 
 qui superant trecenta, & quinquaginta miliaria Germanica, 
 extenditurque fecundum illius delineationern, plusquam 
 quingenta miliaria Germanica occidentem verfus, at verfus 
 Meridiem extenditur ufque k Doétiflimo gradum ab iErqua- 
 tore. Sed cum fuperiori Anno ab Illuftri Viro Emanuele k 
 figueiredo, Geographiae, & Hydrographiae Profellbre Vlixbo- 
 nae, nunciatum eflbt, Petrum Fernandez k Queiros nihil Geo- 
 graphiae dignum prodidilTe, fibiq; relationem tantum obfcu- 
 ram delatam efTe, fitu, latitudine regionum carentem: infu- 
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 Auld Regid Madritij,nec quid certideprofeétione ejus ftatu- 
 tum eflè; Exemplar Oétavij, Pifani fecutus non fum, maxime 
 cum hie ex amicis quidam, ailirmet apud fe eflè delineatio- 
 nem Regionem, aut Infularum nouiter deteftaram in Mar! 
 del Zur, quam brevi impetrabibus, .eamq; cum Oftavij Pifa- 
 ni delineatione conferemus. Cum vero apud Batavos ferbue- 
 rit aliquandiu ftudium inveftigandi tranfitum, in Chinam & 
 laponiam, eumque tentarint non nulli Septemtrionem ver- 
 (us, non nulli per VVeygats & mare Tartaricum, opera preti- 
 um duxi, in publicum proferre, qus k Rufllis proxima loca in- 
 colentibus deteéta funt, TabuM ab Ifaaco Mafl^ ex Idiomace 
 Ruflbrum cranflaca, ut quid de oris Samojedarum fit fèntien- 
 dum certo conftet. Afliduae etiam navigationes Cantabro- 
 rimi, Batavörum, Anglorum in Septentrionura, venatione 
 balsnarium, & cuniculorum marinorum, gaudentium, quos 
 Morfas idiomate proprio Rufll nominant videntur quid certi 
 promitcere, de oris Nov» Semlae, Nieulandiae, ufq; ad Groea- 
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 DETECTIONIS FRETI. 
 
 Sive tranfitus, fupra terras Americanas 
 
 in Chinam, & laponem. 
 
 Elicifsims Anglorum navigationes, & pro- 
 rperrimi earum fucceiTüs, magis ac magis ifti 
 genti ftimulum addiderunt, ut facile omnia 
 taedia devorarint & novas deteétiones fuTce- 
 perint, qua licet laboriofiffimae fuerint in O- 
 rientem ad ora Mofcoviae, Novae Zemlse & 
 Groenlandiae, nihilominus defudarüt in partibus Occidents- 
 libus (occupatd iam etiam illic, & colonijs fuis infelTa Virgi- 
 nia) ut fibi tranfitum, intra Groenlandiam, & Novam Fran- 
 ciam quaererent fed fruftrd haétenus, fedufti vid in Septem- 
 trionem obduétd nivibus & glacie, elaboratum eft, ufque ad 
 altitudinem feptuaginta, aut odlaginta graduum, nonienque 
 traxit Fretum ab inventore primo loanne Davis , poftremus 
 qui idem iter inilituit, praefeéhis fuit Georgius Weymouth, 
 qui anno millefimo fexcentefimo fecundo quingenias leucas 
 navigando emenfus eil, fed glaciei copid coaétus eft, ut & alij 
 anteceflbres, in patriam redire. Sed ne irritus plane eflet cona- 
 tus, navigans denuo, ad altitudinem, fexaginta, & unius gra- 
 dus, per iinum quem Angli Lumles Inlet dicunt, ibi ob occi- 
 dente in meridiem defledtens centum leucas, poftea objectu 
 terrae, tranfitum non inveniens , imbecillitate fociorum , alijf- 
 que de caufis, coactus eft reverti nihilominus & duos alios fi- 
 nus luftravit, non fine maxima aquarum copia maris inftar, & 
 maximo fluxu & refluxu, intra terram hanc, & eam quam 
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 Haec navigatie licet turn temporis, votis, non refponderit, 
 tarnen Diaria Georgij Weymouth (quae inciderunt in manus 
 D. P. Plantij , curiofiflimi rerum novarum inveftigatoris , in 
 ufum patriae hujus noftrae , reique Nauticae) ufui fuerunt maxi- 
 mo, H. Hudfoni, in inveftigatione hujus famofiffimi Freti, 
 cum enim anno millefimo fexcentefimo, & nono, ille ageret 
 cum Praefeftis Indicae navigationis, de via inquirenda in Chi- 
 nam & Catahayam, fupra Novam Zemlam, haec k D. P. Plan- 
 tio impetravit Diaria, ex quibus totu iftud iter Georgij Wey- 
 mouth per anguftias fupra Virginiam didicit, ufque ad Ocea- 
 num, qui eam alluit, hinc ifta opinio invaluit, hac vid fold pa- 
 tere aditum ad Indos; fed quam vallax fit, docuit illum D. P. 
 Plantius, ex relatu cujufdam, qui in parte Occidental!, terram 
 eflfe continentem afièverarat, eamque luftrarat. Hudfonus 
 nihilominus in Oriente, & Nové ZemlS, viam fibi kglacie, 
 nivibus, praeclufam videns, in Occidentem navigavit, ut quid 
 fpeï fupereflèt inquireret ; non refto itinere (ut hic fertur) ut 
 patriae huic nostrae, & Praefeétis prodeflèt, tantum in Novd 
 FranciS mercibus fuis commutatis, pro pellibus, falvus 
 in Angliam reverfus eft, ibique accufatus in detrimentum Pa- 
 triae Angliae navigationes fuas inftitui(Iè;Iterum iter fufcepit, 
 non minori ftudio de tranfitu inveftigando in Occidente , ten- 
 dens in Fretum Davis, anno millefimo fexcentefimo et decimo, 
 ulq; ad altitudinem unjus & fexaginta graduum, ingrefius fe- 
 mitam Georgij Weymouth, omnes oras luftravit, hac in ta- 
 buld delineatas, ufque ad gradus fexaginta tres, deflexit in Me- 
 ridiem ufq; ad gradus quinquaginta quatuor, fub ijs hyberna- 
 vit, folvens iftinc littus Occidentale leges, afcendit ufq; ad gra- 
 dum fexagefimü, reéta navigans quadraginta leucas, amplü pe- 
 lagus deprehêdit, fluélibus k Cauro agitatis fuperbiens : Ex his 
 non exigua fpes tranfeundi Hudfono affulfit, nee voluntas Se- 
 natui nautico defuit, fed faftidium, & malevolentia fóciorum 
 fcrupulum injecere, ob viétus inopiam, cum ijs tatum in oéto 
 
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Defcriptio deteftionis Freti. 
 menfes prospeéhim eflèt, nihilque toto itinere alimento dig- 
 num in manus eorum incideret, niii fortè Indus quidam, qui 
 Criflio Mexicano, feu laponenfi armatus, feram attulit, ex 
 quo Hudfonus conijciebat, fe non longè a Mexicanis abeflè , 
 quorum arma , & commercia videret , Tadem praevaluit focio- 
 rum malevolentia , qui Hudfonum , cum reliqui praefeélis fca- 
 pM expofuerunt in mare, ipfi patriam petiere^ quam cum ap- 
 puliflènt, ab fcelus commiflum in carceres detrufi funt , ibiq; 
 detinentur, donec Praefeéhis eorun^ Hudfonus falvus fuis refti- 
 tuatur, ab ijs, quibus id negotij fuperiori anno millefimo, fex- 
 centefimo, & duodecimo, julïii Principes VValliaj piae memo- 
 riae, & Praefeétorum Rufliae navigationis commiflfiim eft, de 
 quorum reditu haftenus nihil inauditum , hire fpes aliqua af- 
 fulget , eos anguftias illas fuperaflè nee judicamus quid certi 
 nos inaudituros priufquam ex Indid Orientali redierint , aut u- 
 bi cum Chinenfibus, aut laponêfibus fua tranfegerint , eadem- 
 que wii in Angliam redierint : quod felix & fauftum fit preca- 
 mur unicè. 
 
 Nee fervor ifte in noftris Amfterodamenfibus deferbuit pla- 
 ne, fuperioribus enim menfibus ab ijs emifia eft navis , eo tan- 
 tum fine , ut de tranfitu , vel Freto Hudfoni inquireret , & nüm 
 commercij locus fit in iftis oris , fi vero eventus votis non re- 
 fpondeat, in Oris Novae Franeiae negotiabuntur. 
 
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 Libelli füpplicis, oblati Regiae Majeftati 
 
 Hifpaniae, a Duce Petro Fernandez de Quir, 
 
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 DeteBione quarta partis Orbis terrarum^ cut 
 
 nomen Aus tralis incognita^ eiusq; immenfis opibus 
 & fertilitate. 
 
 Lluftriflime Rex, Octavum hunc libellum 
 fupplicem tibi ofFero, fuper deductione colo- 
 niarum , in terras quas Majeftati Regiae pla- 
 cuit detegi, in regione Auftrali incognitd, uc 
 hactenus in negotio eo nihil actum fit , nihil- 
 que refponfi aut fpei datum de felicifsimo e- 
 ventu. Elapfi enim quatuordecim menfes , ex quo in AulS hic 
 fui , totidemque anni cum primum haec agreflus fum , fine ui- 
 lo ftipendio aut mercede, inductus folummodo prseftantid 
 Rei, devoratifque omnibus taedijs, viginti millibus leucis emê- 
 fis, terrê ac mari, omnibus meis abfumptis , mihi ipfi defuiflè 
 videor, tanta, tamque horrenda paflus, ut vixeifari liceat,eo 
 fine ut pium hoc, & laudabile opus abfolverem. 
 
 Quare ad pedes Regiae Majeftatis fupplex me devolvo , ne 
 praemys juftis & debitis continuis laboribus, & molestijs meis 
 defrauder: Cum fciam quanti interfit divinae gloriae. Regise 
 Majeftati , nee exigua hsc paritura commoda non tantum his 
 feculis, fed & evolvendis in aeternum. 
 
 Vt autem exordiar, haec de regionü nuperrime detectarum 
 amplitudine habeo, quae ipfe oculis vidi,quaeque Ludovicus 
 Paez de Torres , Architalaflus Majeftati Regiae nunciavit , lon- 
 gitudo earum, quanta totius eftEuropae, Afiae minoris ufque 
 ad Mare Cafpium, Perfiae, cum infijlis maris mediterranei, & 
 
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 Oceani omnibus, Anglia ex Scotia comprelienfis, cum Hi- 
 bernia. Incognita haec terra, eft quarta mundi pars, ut bis 
 facile & regna omnia, & regiones, dominia, quibus Rex hodie 
 imperitat, ambitu fuo poffit complecti. Nö habent hae regio- 
 giones vicinos Turcas, Mauros aiiafVe nationes, quibus pro 
 more eft, rodere vicinas ditiones: Subjacêt omnes Zonx torri- 
 dc, pars lines .^Ëquinoétiali fubjacet, latitudinis graduü no- 
 naginta: fi vero penitius infpiciatur erüt tales qua Africae, Eu- 
 ropas, & maximse parti AH» fint Antipodes, ijfque non cedat: 
 Notatu dignum, regiones fub quindecim gradibus k nobis 
 perluftratas, Hifpania noftram fertilitate fuperare: hinc conij- 
 cio, alias altitudini earum oppofitas, Paradifb non eflè dif* 
 fimiles. 
 
 Scatet totus hic traétus inumerabili incolarum multitudi* 
 ne, alij candidi, al^ fuci, alij mulati HiTpanicd lingud: nonnul- 
 lis capilli funt nigri, longi fluentes, quibufdam crifpi, villofi, 
 alijs ftavi, & rari: ea diverfitas magni inter eos commercij, cre- 
 brique conventus argumentum eft, (blique prseftantia: maxi- 
 me laudandum, quod nullis in mutuas caedes machinis belli- 
 cis mant, nee in argenci fodinis operentur umen nullis arti- 
 bus videntur imbuti, nee arces habët nee moenia. Regem nee 
 legem. Simplices tantum gentes, in faétiones divifae, nee un- 
 quam fatis Concordes. Arma ipfis htec quotidiana; Areus, fa- 
 gittx at nullo venene tincta^, elav», fuftes, tela miflllia & lig- 
 nea: Pudëda fiia velat : müditiei fint ftudiofi, tra^biles grati in 
 benefaétores (expertus loquor.) Hinc fpes af!ulget fi placide & 
 amice traétentur, futuros placabiles, dociles,quiburque facile 
 fatifiiat: quae tria maxime funtneceiTaria in hifee primordijs, 
 ut gentes hae Zelo quodam ducantur ad fanctos & falutiferos 
 fines, ^des earum funt ligneae, palmarü frondibus teétae. Fe- 
 ftilibus utuntur inftrumenta textoria norunt, & opera reticu- 
 lata, imo & retibus utuntur: Marmorary fimt, Tibias, Tympa-. 
 na, eochlearia, omniaque ejus generis è ligno fabrieantur. 
 
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 Coemiteria ipfis funt, & loca precibus dicata: Horti in arcolas 
 & pulvillos pulchrè diflincti: Maximo ufui funt ipfis cochleae 
 margaritiferae, ex quibus cuneos, fcalpra, ferras, ligones, aliaque 
 ejus generis inftrumenta formant, etiam fpherulas collo ap- 
 pendendas: Habent infulani naviculas adfabrè elaboracas, & 
 trajectui commodiflimas; cenum argumentum ipfis ^ .iones 
 effe vicinis magis excultas: nee vanü indicium quod verres & 
 gallos gallinaceos caftrent. 
 
 Panes ex triplici radicum genere conficiunt, quarum maxi- 
 ma ibi copia, proveniunt enim injufl», eafque torrent, & co- 
 quunt guftui lunt pergratae, falubres, multi fiicci, diutumse: nö- 
 nullae longitudinem unius ulnx fiiperant, crafiitudine femi- 
 ulnam. Fruéhis ejus tractus quamplurimi & optimi: Platani 
 fiint fectuplices, Amygdali quadruplices: praegrandes Obi, fru- 
 (fhis cotoneis malis nofiratibus magnitudine & fapore nö dif- 
 fimiles: nuces innumerae: mala medica, & citrea, quibus Bar- 
 bari non vefcuntur, alijque non minus fiiaves, quam praegran- 
 des fructus: multae infiiper, nee minus crafise arrundines Sac- 
 chari: nee poma noftratia ipfis defimt, immenfiis ipfis est pal- 
 marum numerus, ex quibus TVBA extempore depromi- 
 tur, ipfis loco vini eft Acoti, Mollis, & Seri, nuclei ei fiint fiia- 
 viflimi, iplbs fructus cocos Indi nominant, cum virent funt 
 ipfis loco Carduorum, ipfa medulla cremorem lactis pene re- 
 fert ubi maturuerint, terrd ac mari ipfis cibus & potus funt, 
 vieti oleo ftillat, lijchnis apriflimo, & vulneribus eft inftar bal- 
 fami. Ex corticibus tenenorum fructuum lagenulas confici- 
 unt, ejufque generis vafcula omnia, interiores vero cortices, 
 ftuppae, vel mufco vice funt, navium commiflïiris ferrumi- 
 nandis, fiuntque ex ipfis rudentes, funes nautici minores, re- 
 ftes, elijchnia bombardica: ex preftantifllimfi frondiu pane ve- 
 la fcapharum & lintrium contexuntur, tenuiflimae ftoreae, te- 
 gulae etiam quibus aedes foris intufque miniuntur, praelon- 
 gis erect ifque arborum ftipitibus contignatae: ex ijs etiam 
 
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Regis Hifp. oblati. 
 fiunt tabulae, haftae, aliaque armorum genera, Remi, aliaque 
 domeftica ucenfllia, idque .notatu dignifllimum, haec pah, cca 
 vinearum inftar ellè, ex quibus toto anno leguntur vina, fine 
 ullis laboribus ullo fumptuum, temporifve difpendio. Ole- 
 rum variae fpecies nobis vifae, Cucurbitae Bledi magni & parvi, 
 fabae omnia legumina. De carnibus haec habeto, maxima por- 
 corum ibi copia, Gallinarum, caponum, perdicum, anatum, 
 turturum, columbarum: palumbes & caprae alter i Capitaneo 
 vifae: de vaccis quoque & bubalis fermo erat Indis. Pifcium 
 genus varium : ibi Harghi, pefcereijes, lizae, lingulacae, Salmo- 
 nes, Meri, Alofae, Macabifes, Cafanes, Pampani, fardae, rajae, 
 cuculi, chitevieje, anguillae, porci marini, chapini, rubiae, al- 
 mexae, gammari, alijque complures, quorum nomina & nu- 
 merus non occurrunt, maxima enim copid iuxta naves a focijs 
 capti. Quae fi diligenter perpendantur, conjici poteft, quanta 
 deliciarum varietas ex tanta omnium rerü affluentia, hauriri 
 poterit, ita ut nee conditauUa, imo ne Marci panes defiderari 
 poterint, rejeftis omnibus extraneis: fuperunt etiam nauticis 
 ufibus neceflatia, butyrum; Petafones, acetum, arolnata, om- 
 nifque generis condimenta. Notatu dignum, multa ipfis effe 
 noftratibus non diffimilia, major! copid quam apud nos, ita 
 ut ea tellus videiur palma Europae eripere gignendo, produ- 
 cendoque omnia: mittit enim argentum & uniones. Capita 
 neus alter in hiftoria fua auril fibi vifum commemorat. Tres 
 igitur producit pretiofiflimas rerum fpecies, k natura homini- 
 bus conceftas. No defunt nuces myrifticae, maftiche, zinziber, 
 piper (teftus fum oculatus) norunt Cinnamomum, miruni fi 
 non nafcantur cariophylla, cum affluant omnibus aromati- 
 bus, eoque magis quod hae terrae parallelae funt regionibus 
 Tarrenatae atque Bachan : nee deeft materia conficiendi feri- 
 cum, pitam, Saccharum, Anir, Superbiunt Ebeno, alijfque 
 lignorum generibus ex quibus naves fiant, cum fiiis velis, ac 
 triplici ad rudentes materie, quarum una canabi noftrae non 
 
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 diflimilis: Olem iihid Cocorum fit ex galagala, vicempick 
 liquidae pneftans. Vidimus speciem quadam refinx, qua In- 
 dipiraguas fuasi. lintres picant : Cumque ipHs non define ca- 
 pn^ , & vaccae, nee camium, corij, fevi, arvinae erit penuria. A- 
 pes nobis vifx, mellis ac Cerse argumentum funt, & praecer 
 tuBC.; muica milia nobis incognita pollicentur. Sicui verore- 
 gionum fi accedac induftria, cum ibi canca (it rerum terrd naf- 
 centium copia, non exigua noflratium ibi gignendarum ell 
 rpes (quarum nonnullas fertiliflimas prseftantifllmafque in 
 Peruvia Hifpaniaque nova proverientes, eo decrévi tranfferre) 
 Haec ita conjunéta, terram iHam ita ditatura videntur, ut non 
 tantum indigenis fuflentandis fufiicianc, fed & Americam^ 
 Hifpaniamque fuperfluis ditare poterunt, fi modo non de- 
 Hnt qui huic operi manus auxiliatrices adhibeat. Littora «nim 
 tantum k nobis luftrata illuftriflime Rex, indicio nobis funt, 
 quid ex intimis regionum penetralibus fit fperandum, fpon- 
 deo tanta commoda, tantafque divitias, quantas hodie ex no- 
 ftris Indis haurimus, animus nobis fuit tantum eas detegere, 
 non penitus perlullrare, nee licuit ob invalicudinem, aliafque 
 caufas fingula indagare, cum nee unus menfis fufficeret fed 
 duodecimum totiiis anni menfes, ut fingula quae terra certd 
 anni tempeilate nafi:antur, notarem. Neque Indi iftarum re- 
 gionum indigenae, aslltmari debent ijfdem cupiditatibus qui- 
 bus nos duci, fed eos eflè, qui hoc unum defiderant ut aef^tem 
 fine uUis laboribus, corporis defatigatione , moleftijs tranfi- 
 gant, nee ita ut nos vili luero inhiances, aut euris torquentes. 
 Tantas commoditates vitaeque fuavitates & delicias eo lo- 
 ci homo pereipiet, quantaeexfoloamaeniffimo, cultifimo, të- 
 peratifiimo fperari pofllnt: Solum efl: furvum, pingue & foe- 
 cundum, atgilla pafiim abunians, firuendis aedificijs idonea, & 
 lateribus, & t«gulis\ nee defunt lapides vivi, marmora fi cuj 
 animus erit fplendide xdificare. Lignis ad opera quaeque re- 
 gio abundat, pulchrae in ed planities, campi, ut plurimum ri- 
 
 vulis. 
 
Regis Hifp. oblati. 
 vulis,' foflis, amnibus divifi, prae alts, & quidc fiilx rupes, paflim 
 quam plurimi correntes, fluvij, in quibus conimodè extruan« 
 cur hydromylx, Azenx, traphiches, alixque aquarum moles. 
 Non deerum Ëflèni, Salins, & que tertilitatem foli arguunt, 
 crebra canneta, in quibus canns craffitudinem lex paimorutn 
 laperant, & fruéhis etia refpondët, ipfa in fummicate tenues & 
 prxduri , corcice levi : etiam filices Madritëfibus non cedêces. 
 
 Sinus divorum Pbilippi & lacobi lictore viginti leucarum 
 expanditur, plane illimis, tutus nodu & interdiu incratibus, 
 pagis frequës, quorum fumos luce medid, ignes & faces noéhi 
 ïaepe eminus conlpeximus. 
 
 Portus cui nomen eft Vera cruci, ita late patet, ut mille na- 
 vium capax, fundus eciam ei illimis, arend nigricanti, vacua 
 fyrtibus, imo anchoram figere licet ad alticudinem plus minus 
 quadraginta ulnarum; inter oftia duorü fluminum, quorum 
 alter Bxtim magnitudine fuperat, pulvinus eft, quern vulgus 
 barram vocat, ad profunditatem duarum ulnarum, qus cata 
 fcopia, & pataflas tranfmittit, alterum Scaphx noftrse tuto na- 
 vigabant, aquatum euntes, nuUo deleéïu, cum ad ejus ripam a- 
 quarum lirapidiilimarum maxima fit copia. Littus, quo exo* 
 neratur naves, patet trium plus minus leucarum fpatio, nigri- 
 cantibus, minufculis, & majufculis iilicibus munitü, navibus 
 fuburrandis aptiftimis, quod nullus (inus appereret, herbifq; 
 frondetibus vireret, duximus Oceano non pulfari, arborefq; 
 omnes quod in fublime exreft», nee hac vel ilia in parte indi* 
 names, duximus regione ilia nullis fere tepeftatibus infeftari. 
 
 Nee praeteriundu filëtio, ifta amaenitate, ponü infignë & cö- 
 mendabilë, ut & Theflala Tëpe fuperet Sole nödü orto chilias 
 avium variarü harmonie fud audientiü animos reficiebat, hif- 
 cinis merulae, coturnices, acathides, hirundines innumeres, pe- 
 requiti (unus tantum pfittacus) voces fuasmilbebat, nee deerat 
 locuftarum & cicadarum garritus Matutinis & vefpertinis ho- 
 ris fuavÜTimos odores ex fk>ribus fpirabat terra, nee azabere 
 
 B 3 quidem, 
 
Exemplar libelli 
 quidem, auc alvahaca defideratis. Hinc certo conclunmus he- 
 rein regionis eflè fuavilTimani, ipfamque Nacuram omnium 
 Matrem optimam ibi fervare temperiem: Portus hi & finus 
 eo etiam nomine commendantur, quod prsftantifllmis in- 
 fulis adjunéli funt, praefertim feptem, ae quibus fama, fe por- 
 rigere, ad deucentas leucas, cerco nobis conftat unum quin- 
 quaginca leucas compleéli ambitu fuo, duodecimum vero 
 leucis ab ipfo portu abeft. Vt illuftrilT Rex uno verbo omnia 
 compleétar. Hoc in finu & portu fub 1 5f graduum altitudine 
 ftatim fplendidiflima, & populofiflima Vrbs ftatui poteft, 
 omnes etiam incolae optatifTimis opibus, & commoditatibus 
 gaudebunt, eafque communicabunt Provlncijs Chili, Peru, 
 Panamas, Nicaraguse, Gattimalae, Novse Hifpaniae, Terrenatae, 
 & Philippinis, quibus omnibus tu Rex longè latèque impe- 
 as; quod fi & has quas offero tuo Imperio ampliflimo ad- 
 junxeris, eas tanti facio, ut (praeterquam quod merito princi- 
 pes funt aliarum) multis alijs tam pretiofarum mercium a- 
 bundantid, quam opulentid longe palmam eripiant, etiam 
 Chinae, laponi, imo & reliquis Afiae Infulis. Ita ut verbis cö- 
 pleéti non liceat, quid fentiam, nee ullis nifi Mathematicis 
 mea fententia probari poteft, quorum judicio ftabit, has regio- 
 nes fub ipfum ingrelTiim alere poiTe viginti hominü autHif- 
 panorum millia, imo longè non abeft qum exclamen. Hie il- 
 le eft mundus, cui Hifpania centrum, haec corpus, ille peri- 
 pheria. 
 
 Quid in igitur Rex illuftriflime commoditatem loci, tem- 
 periemque keris commendem; cujus eft & hoc clariftimum 
 .indicium quod cum noftri, exteri iftorum locorum ; ibiverfa- 
 rentur, nullus tamen eorum morbo ullo correptus eft, licet af- 
 fiduo laborent, fudent, madeant, aquam bibant jejuni, aut 
 edant quae tellus mittit, nee evitent Lunam, Solem, minimè 
 locis iftis fervidum, de nofte etiam ftragula admlttant. 
 
 Cum igitur plerique incolarum obefi, & magnae ftaturae 
 
 fint 
 
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 Regi Hifp. oblati. 
 (lm, nonnulli etiam longxvi, licec humi vivant , eximix falu- 
 britaiis lignum, fi enim quid folo ineflèt vitij, habitarent in 
 fummis xdibus, uc iit in Infulis Philippinis , alijsque a me lu- 
 (Iratis regionibüs, cumque cames & pifces nuUo fale condici, 
 biduum perftent incorrupti, cü iftinc allati fruéhis, ut apud me 
 videre eft, e duobus intempeftivè decerptis, maxime funt falu- 
 bres: cü deniq; nulla loca fterilia, nee cardui, nee arbores fpino- 
 fx, nullx radicibus fupra terra elatis, nee lacunae, paludes, nullae 
 in montibus nives, aut noxij vermes, nuUi in fluminibus Cro- 
 codili, nullse tam domibus, quam frugibus noxix formicse, ni- 
 gua-, . rucae, culices nobis vifi funt; Statuo, & affirmo hoc no- 
 ftrum propofitum eflè laudabile, cum tales fint Regiones, quae 
 quamplurimis Indix locis palmam prxripiant, qux (int inha- 
 bitabiles, aut vix ob moleftias habitari aut coli poffint. 
 
 Hiftoria recenfui Illuftridl Rex, Regionum, fplëdidifllima- 
 rum, nomine Majeftatis Regix deteétarum, & in podèdio- 
 në tuam fub Regio vexillo deteftarum: hoc pafto: Primum 
 ereéla Crux, templumque exftruéhim, honori Divx Virginis 
 Lauretanx, cilebrabantur viginti Miflae, concurrebant 
 omnes ut obtinerent indulgentias , Fefto Pentecoftes con- 
 cedas, cum folenni fupplicatione Fefto Sacram:.iti imo fan- 
 éttifiiimum iftud Sacramentum perambulabat incognitas iftas 
 terras, in quibus tria ftaiui vexilla, geminas columnas prx- 
 ferentia, cum infignijs Majeftatis Regix, ita ut merito dici 
 poflTit, jam jam confirmatum illud. Plus ultra: & quatenus 
 funt continens, ad extrema eflè devëtum. Hxc & reliqua om- 
 nia tanquam k fideliftimo Regis Majeftatis cliënte gefta eo 
 fine ut hunc titulum Auftraliae incognitx Rex nofter reliquis 
 adjiciat; nomenque toto orbe per omnium homimum ora 
 volitet, maximam in gloriam Numinis divini, quod terram 
 hanc detexit, neque in eam perduxit & nunc me falvum Re- 
 gis Majeftati ftitit, eodem animo & mente, quo antea, in hoc 
 Opus, quod antea fovi, & nunc dignitatis, pietatifque, ergo 
 
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 Exemplar libelli 
 deamo & depereo. 
 
 Nee defpero oh eani qus eft Majeflatis Regis in confilijs 
 capiundis prudentia, in gerundis magnanimitas , in fovendis 
 Chriftiana pieos, n^tium hoc lummo Zelo prcxiuratum 
 tri, imo ut de fucura cerranim iftarum jam deteéhirum cultura 
 certior eilè polfim. Nee loei amaenitas, aut lucri fpes, ftimnlum 
 nobis addere deberent ne deferta eflent, fed ut Deus Pater cas- 
 \\ ac terrae conditor, cum filio fuo lefu Chrifto, unico Salvato- 
 re, & Spiritui^néti, ab incolis agnofcatur, colatur, invoce- 
 tur, Satand rejefto, qui ab ipfis adoratur. Turn primum ope- 
 ri tamo benedicet Dominus, tantaque emolumenta in gen- 
 tem noftram redundabunt, ut merito in nos cc4)ia2 cornu ef- 
 fufifiè gloriari poterimus: contra vero fi Romanae Ecclefiae 
 perduelles bas noftris laboribus deteétas regiones invaferint, 
 ut falfa fua dogmata propagent, noftraque deftruant, Eheu, 
 quantus labor, quantse curs in nos ingruent, imo qu£ felici 
 aufpicio a nobis cepta, in pejus omnia vertentur, ipfam au- 
 ftraliae incognita pollèffionem fibi ipfis adfcribent, fundituf- 
 que evenent, quod omen avertat Deus optimus maximus. 
 
 Ex his non dubito cum Regis Majeftati conilet, quanta 
 damna haec funt paritura, imo immenfis auri argentique the- 
 fauris non refarcienda fore incommoda, imo facis difliculter 
 tanto malo remedium polTè inveniri ubi radices egerit. 
 
 Hac und & fold vie adfpirat Rex ad regni caeleftis poileflio- 
 nem, impendêdo tanto negotio fummulam aliquam argenci 
 Peruviani, hinc actemum nomen. Imperium novi Orbis of- 
 fertur. Et cum nemo fit, qui pro hoc in Regcm coUato benefi- 
 cio petat pnemium ullum , Ego is fum , fimul etiam fupplico, 
 ut felicilTimis hifce temporibus , quid certi decematur parat« 
 funt naves pracfidiatiae & Parones, longa via mihi obeunda , 
 multaq; adhuc tanto iiineri defunt, imo maxima jaihira ani- 
 marum, rerumque fpiritualium hac mora fit. 
 
 Chriftophorus Columbus, cum fufpicaretur tantum no- 
 vum 
 
^ Rcgi Hifp. oblati. 
 
 vum Orbum detegi pofTè , non Hcftitit moleftus eflè Regi fuo, 
 ut poflTit demitti in oras cxteras, multo minus mihi defiften- 
 dum, cum fim certus de fitu earum regionum, & fum teftis o- 
 culatus. Supplex igitur Regë oro, ut exmillibus remedijs, u- 
 num decernatur, ut voti compos reddar, & bono hoc quod in 
 manibus eft, trui liceat , nö ero difficilis, quin muneri meo me 
 non defuturum fpondeo. Regium erit fraena inijcere Satanae, 
 eique iugum imponere, qui iam dominatur ijs gentibus, tu 
 Rex imperium fufcipe , fis ipfis Patronus & falvator. Hoc u- 
 num peto & rogo.. 
 
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DESCRIPTIO 
 
 RegionumSiberi2e,Samojedia:i,Tingoëfiae& 
 
 itinerum c Mofcovia, Orientem & Aquiloneni ver- 
 
 fus eö ducentium, ut a Mofchis ho- 
 
 dic frequentantur. 
 
 r. 
 
 N MofcoviS eft natio, cui nomen Anicouvij 
 filij, rufticS progcnie, gcnealogiam ducens, a 
 quodam agricola Anica: Hic agris abundans 
 adhabitabat flumini VVitfogdae influenti flu- 
 vium Dunam, ab Oriente, lambëti vero k Sep- 
 tentrione Ofoylam, & Vftingam centefimo 
 inde miliari prope Fanum Michaelis Archangeli arcem fic 
 diéla in mare album fe exoneranti. Hic Anica locuples, mul- 
 ta prole beatus omnibufque tbrtunae donis fruens, acri qua- 
 dam libidinc captus ftudebat refcifcere quas terras & regiones 
 incolerent illi , qui quotanis ad mercatum veniebat in Mofco- 
 viam, pretiofis pellibus, alijfque mercibus lingua, veftitu, Re- 
 ligione , moribus plane diJTimiles. Samojedas fe dicentes va- 
 rijfque nominibus compellantes. Ferebantur hse nationes 
 quotannis flumine fccundo Ofoylam & Vftingam verfus ad 
 fluvium Dunam, merces omnis generis cum RufTis & Mof- 
 chis pcrmutantes, maxime pelles 4ur.< Babylonicas dicimus, 
 ad emporia deferentes. 
 
 Hic ANICA, cupidus fcire, unde hi venirent & quae loca 
 incolerent fpes enim maximarum divitiarum affulgebat, ex 
 iftis pellibus quas quotannis importabant clanculum cum 
 nonnullis amicitiam contraxit, imo decern aut duodccim fer- 
 vulos comitatui eorum in patriam adjunxit, hoc ipfis dans 
 negotij, ut regiones quas tranfirent curiole explorarët, maxi- 
 me de eorum moribus, habitaculis, ratione vitae, geftibus ftu- 
 diofe inquirerent, ut redeuntes domum, de fingulis rationem 
 
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 exadam redderent, qiiod & tecerunt, Anica vero reverfos 
 omnes familiariter fufccpit, amice traétavit, tantum filentio 
 ipfis impofito, qii3e intellexerat coiididit animi fui penetrali- 
 bus., neque cuiquam verbum fecit, fequenti anno cum exteri 
 ad mercatum venirent, plures focios itineris ex fuis adjunxit, 
 imo amicos , & fanguine junélos, ijique commifit merces nö- 
 nullac vilioris pretij, ut tintinnabula, crepundia, & quales Ger- 
 mania mittir, etiam hi fingula regionum iftarum diligenter 
 perfcrutati funt, cumque quamplurima deferta, & flumina 
 emenfi eflènt, pervenerent ad flumen Obi, ubi contraéla cum 
 Samojedis amicitid, notarunt pelles iftic nullo in pretio ha- 
 beri, fi vero inde exportuntur, divitias maximas ex ijs congeri 
 poflTe, prasterea hanc gcntern nullis cingi muris fed gregatim, 
 & pacifice inter fe vivere , a fenioribus populi eos regi , eos elïb 
 immundos in cibo prseparando, & ferarum carnibus viétitare, 
 panis & frugum nullam habere notitiam, folertes cilb atque 
 induftrios, fagittis valere, arcus lento quodam & flexibili lig- 
 no fieri, lapidibufque acutis, vel pifcium fpinis praemuniri, 
 ijfque feras trajicere, quarum maximus ibi numerus: pifcium 
 fpinas ipfis acus eflè , & nervos fila , atque ita confuere pelles 
 quibus veftiuntur, quarum pilos aeftate extrorfum hyeme ve- 
 ro introrfum vertunt: Notarunt infuper eos tegere domos 
 fuas Alcium , aut fimilium animalium pellibus , quas nullo lo- 
 co habent. Vt omnia uno verbo compleétar, emiflTarij hi cu- 
 riofè fingula obfervarunt, maximaque pellium Babylonica- 
 rum copiS onufti ad fuos rediere , ex quibus omnia , quse tan- 
 copere auebat fcire Anica , refcivit plane , qui fubfequentibus 
 annis negotiatus efl: cum amicis ifliarum regionum, &foedere 
 jun<5tis, ut ei negotiatione Anicovij congeflTerint maximas di- 
 vitias, multofque agros undique coemerjnt, latuit hic dolus 
 omnes vicinos , ignari unde tantae opes ^ffluerent, nee defuit 
 ipfis pietas , sedes enim facras nonnullas condidere in fuis pa- 
 gis : pofl:ea etiam pulcherrimum templum ftruxere in urbe O- 
 
 foylê. 
 
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 foyld, ad fluvium Witfogdam, qiiam habitabant turn tcmpO" 
 ris, fundamentum albo topho fubftriiélum erat, ita ut uno 
 verbo dicam, nullus erat divitiarum modus, neque menfura: 
 «ihilominus profpera hgec fortuna ipfis fufpeda fuit, ne all- 
 quando fclicitatem tantam negaret , ut faepe evenir , maxime 
 cum apud exteros maximd laborarent invidiê , cum tnmen ipfi 
 caufam non praeberent , infigni quadam providentie huic ma- 
 lo remedium adhibuere , ut certi efTè poflint de ftatu fuo , didi- 
 cerant illi ex proverbio ufitato apud Mofchos, cui in aula non 
 funt amici, ne homo quidem cenfendus: fit enimplserumque, 
 ut qui dotibus aliquibus , aut divitijs affluunt in Mofcovia , in- 
 vidia praemantur, aut talfo accufentur apud Principem, nid 
 vero fautores habeant, ilico indiéta caufa ad extrema redigun- 
 lur aut radicitus evelluntur: Hi Anicouvij cum opibus afflue- 
 rent, non defuit ipfis in aula fautor , qui fecundus a Rege ha- 
 bebatur, diélus Boris Goddenoof, gcner Imperator is Fedor 
 luanovitz , tum temporis regnantis , bic vero Boris defunélo 
 focero, in regno fiiccefllt ut apparet ex Annalibus Mofco- 
 vl£e. 
 
 Vifiim igitur fuit Anicouvijs, huic Boris omnia aperire, ob- 
 latis primum ei de more muneribus, hoc unum rog.mtes ut 
 eorum diétis faciles prseberet aures, fe quid habere quod toti 
 imperio ufui efltt, & prodefTet : Boris arreótis ftatim auribus fe 
 facilem prsebuit, eique aperuit terrarum Samojedse & Si- 
 beria fitum, tum quse ibi eft vifa, & notata, & quatae opes huic 
 Imperio Mofcouitarum poflènt affluere, multo quam ante li- 
 beralius eos excepit: haec cum fatis planse ipfi aperuifïènt, nihil 
 tarnen de fua negotiatione, in ijs regionibus, & quam teélè 
 cum incolis egifTènt, quantafque divitias brevi convafaffènt. 
 Boris ftatim ardere cupiditate, ac veile ifta inquirere, complex- 
 us eft illos, non fecus ac ex fe natos, & ad dignitates promovi? 
 imo ampliflTnno Imperatoris nomine ipfis concefib diploma- 
 te cavit, ut^ fine contradidtione terris & agris perpetuo liberè 
 
 C3 fruerentur. 
 
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 fruerentur, eofquc pro libitu in haeredcs tranfferent, & quod 
 maximum immunes eÜènc ob omni tribute in pcrpctuü, fic 
 paulatim crevit corum forcuna; ut etiam fi fortc hyberno të- 
 pore in urba Mofcud eflènt , cos fud rehi iuflit, quod maximum 
 eft honoris genus, fi defersRur a Magnatibus qualis hic Boris 
 erat, penes eum enim totius regni Imperium. Vbi vero 
 fingula prependifTet Imperatori rem totam aperuit, cui neq; 
 difplicuit, imo maximo deinccps ho.iore hunc BORIS af- 
 fecit, eique totum hoc negotium commifit: Illc non fcgnis, 
 Ducum magnanimorum , & tenuioris fortune Nobilium qui- 
 bus favebat, oper^ eft uftis, jubebatque ut eos itineris comités 
 fibi adfcilcerent, quos Anicouvij adjungerent, fplendidcque 
 fe veftirent more Legatorum , adjunótis infuper aliquot mili- 
 tibus, muneribufque exigui pretij, quse gentibus largirentur, 
 , quas accederent, ijfquc hoc in mandatis dedit , ut omnes Vias 
 publicas, vel Regias, Flumina, Sylvas, & locp fmgula notarcnt, 
 etiam ipfa nomina, ut poft rcditum de fingulis rationem pof- 
 fent reddere nee immemor hujus mandati fuit, ut humaniter 
 gentes iftas traftarent , comiter exciperent, interea tamen de 
 commodiflimo loco defpicerët, ubi Arx, aut propugnaculum 
 quoddam exftrui pofTct, imo fi fieri pofTet, ut incolas iftarum 
 regionum in Mofcoviam una Tecum addut^rent. 
 
 Legati hi, veftibus, armis, pecunia, donarijs, omnibufquc re- 
 bus ad iter neceffarijs inftruéti, MofchuS difcedunt, VVitfog- 
 dam poftea apud Anicouvios devencrc , qui jam & focios iti- 
 neris deftinarat , una & amicos nonnullos , eorumque liberos. 
 Vbi eo deventum fiut, egerunt, fedulo inquirentes, de optima- 
 tibus, quibus maximum honorem cxhibuerunt, & munufcu- 
 la obtulerunt, quae ipfis videbantur maximi valoris, quae tanta 
 gratia apud t '.teros peperere, ut Mofchos,occurrëtes, plaufibus 
 & clamoribus exciperent, ad pedes eorum fe abijcerenc, imo ob 
 cultum tam fplendidum pro dijs eos haberent. Interea date 
 occafione , caepere Mofchi interpretibus ufi Samojedis, aliquot 
 
 annis 
 
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 annis in pagis Mofcovise addifcëdze linguae gratia verfatis, agere 
 & loqui magnificè clc fuo Imperarore, que infinitis extolle- 
 bant laudibus, ut Deum terreftrem eum paenè facerent , mul- 
 taque obiter adijciebant, quibus cupiditate videndi inflamma- 
 bantur magis ac magis, avebant enim oculis videre ea quae in- 
 tellcxerant, oblatd hac occafione ftuduerunt Mofchi, eorum 
 votis fatiffaccrc, addebat & illud fc obfides reliéluros, qui dum 
 in Mofchovia Barbari effent, linguam eorum addifcerent: hoc 
 pa(5to multorum hominum animos cis Fluvium Obij fibi de • 
 vinxerunt, qui fe ultro fceptro Mofchorum fubiecerunt pro- 
 mittentes fingulis annis, in fingula capita , (ne pueris quidem 
 arcum traftare difcentibus cxceptis) binas Sabellorum pelles, 
 quae ipfis nullo loco erant, fed Mofchis maximo, imo inftar ci- 
 mclij, eas promiferunt fe fatiffaéturos Tribuno aerario, de- 
 putato , quod & accidit fatis fideliter. Trajecere de hinc legati 
 Fluvium Obij , & ducentas fere Leucas tran -, Fluvium , Ortum 
 & Aquilonem verfus emenfi funt: obtulere fe pafiim variae 
 ferarum fpecies, limpidiflimi fontes, ftirpes & arbores rario- 
 res , fylvae amaeniflimae , etiam nonnulli Samojedas, quorum a- 
 liqui Alcibus vehebantur, aliqui rhedis qui a Cervis, & Cani- 
 bus velocitate cervos fuperantibus trahebantur: Multi dcni- 
 que occurerunt, vifu & admiratione digna, quae ordine & 
 fideliter notarunt. Omnibus hifcc tranfaétis, nonnullos fuo- 
 rum ut linguam addifcerent, apud Samojedas reliquerunt , & 
 voluntarios Samojedarum affumferunt, ducentes in patriam 
 fuam Mofchoviam , felicifTimè iter abfolverunc, & rationem 
 de fingulis reddidere huic BORIS, qui verbo tenus omnia 
 Imperator i recenfuit, telicifllmumque fucceflTmm. Admira- 
 bantur omnes, adduélos ad fe Samojedas, juflèruntque ut ede- 
 rent dexteritatis in fagittando fpecimina, quae ita dofte ab illis 
 edita, ut fidem fuperent: nummulum enim ad magnitudinem 
 noftratis dimidiati ftuferi, arbori adfigebant, è cujus confpeftu 
 fecedebant longè, ut vix dignofci polfet, attamen fingulis ifti- 
 
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 bus fcopum feriebant, quod fpeélatoribus miraculo fuit , & 
 admirationi. 
 
 Ita è contrario hi Samojodae mirabancur cum mores & vi- 
 tam Mofchorum, tum & urbis Mofcuae fplendorem, led non 
 fine horrore intuebantur ipfum Imperatorem, ita fplendidè 
 veftitum, fi aut cquo veheretur, vel leéticS, a multis equis tra- 
 heretur, quamplurimus nobilibus non minus fplendidè or- 
 natis cingeretur fatellicibus quadringëtis, armis fuis inllruétis 
 publicè ooferveretur , nihilominus fonum campanarum ad- 
 mirabantur, quarum in urbe Mofcua infii. us numerus, etiam 
 luculentiflimas officinas publicas urbis, imo ♦*iftum & fplen- 
 dorem totius civitatis , ut in Deorum thronos Ie fublatos fuf- 
 picarentur, at hoc unum er at in votis, ut popularibus fuis lice- 
 ret adeflè, eifque rerum vifarum Hilloriam narrare, quin bea- 
 tos fe praedicabant, fi tanto Imperatori fe poflènt fubjicere, 
 quem plane pro Deo quodam habebant. Cibos h Mofchis ap- 
 pofitos avide comedebant, gratiores enim palato eorum erant 
 carnibus crudis, quibus in patria vefcuntur, aut pifcibus vento 
 duratis & merito. 
 
 Tandem eo devenit, ut Imperatorem in Principem fuum 
 delegerint, etiam populares longè lateq. diffuses, ad idem foe- 
 dus induxerint, eumque fupplicés rogarunt , ut dignaretur eós 
 eo honore, ut Gubernatores nonnullos mitteret, a quibus re- 
 gerentur, quibufque tributa prjediéta perfol verent. 
 
 De idololatria iftarü gentium , nulla mentio, fed non fubla- 
 ta ert, non dubito tarnen Chriftianam fidem apud eos facile 
 pofle propagari, fi modo idonei fatis, &'maxime pij verbi divi- 
 ni praecones eó mitterentur , quod opus maxime Chriftianum 
 non intermittetur, ubi Mars ab ipfis exulaverit. 
 
 Hifce omnibus ita tranfaétis Anicouvij, ad magnas dignita- 
 tes afcenderunt, magnaque paflim immunitate quin & Impe- 
 rio in finitimis terris donati , latifundia centü inter fe miliari- 
 bus diflita, ad fluvios Dunam, VVitfogdam, & Soehnam pa- 
 
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cificè poflidentes, ita ut potenLifllmi, opulentiflimique fint 
 & habeantur, nr.ilufquc fit honorum & dignitatum modus. 
 
 Deliberatum imo ftatutum jam apud Mofchos, deligenda 
 ad flumen Oby, & finitimis Regionibus, loca, natura fua muni- 
 ta, ut in ijs ftruant, & praefidiario milite firment Arccs, eoque 
 mittanr Gubernatorem publicum qui magis ac magi? vicinas 
 terras detegat, regnoquc adjiciat: Nee defuit eventus primum 
 enim ftruétae funt valid» arces aliquot, ad tbrmam Murorum 
 Gallicorum, trabibus dircélis perpetuis in longitudinem, fine 
 faxis , paribus intervallis , quae multo aggcre intus eifarciuntur 
 ufque ad iuftam altitudinem, quae poftea praefidio munitae 
 funt. Tantaque in dies eo mittitur hominum multitudo, ut 
 nonnullis locis jam colleélae fint civitates, è Polonie, Tarta- 
 ris, Ruflis alijfque naiionibus inter fe mixtis. Omnes enim 
 exules, homicidae, proditores , fures & qui morte digni eó rele- 
 gantur: quorum nonnulli aliquandiu in vinculis detinentur, 
 aliqui liberè vivunt aliquot annis, refpeélu fceleris commifli, 
 hinc populofae tandem coalverunt hominum focietates, quae 
 unS cum arcibus integrum conficiunt regnum, confluentibus 
 eo quotidie multis tenuioris fortunae hominibus , ut fruantur 
 immunitatibus, ibi conceflTis. 
 
 Ifti traélui nomen eft SIBERIA, urbi in eoexftruftae SI- 
 BER, fub initium facinorofi, ubi inaudiflènt nomen SI BE- 
 RIME, non aliter expavefcebant , quam flagitiofi apud Amfte- 
 rodamenfes famofum illud PISTRINVM, ablegabantur 
 enim ftatim Siberiam verfus, jam vero poenae iftius frequentia, 
 abijt in contemtum, Optimatis adhuc, & nobiles Mofchi fi- 
 quando incurrerunt in Principis indignationem , Siberiae no- 
 men abominantur, cum faepe eö ablegentur, cum totdfami- 
 lid, ubi Magiftratui fubjiciuntur dum Imperator is irafedetur, 
 & in patriam revocantur. 
 
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BRE^IS DESCRIPTIO 
 
 Itinerum ducentium, & fluvioru labentium 
 
 è Mofcoviê Orientem & Aquilon.im verfus, in Si- 
 
 berlam, Samojedi?"! & Tingoëfiam, ut a 
 
 Mofchis hodie frequentantur. 
 
 NomenclaturseoppidoruminSiberiaaMof- 
 
 chis conditorum, quae prorex gubernat, etiam incog- 
 nita explorat, & occupat, ita ut in magnam 
 Tartarian! fere penetrarit. 
 
 X urbe Soil, ad fluvium VVitfogdam, quem 
 accolunt Anicovij, contendunt adverfo flu- 
 mine, donec pervcniant lavimifcum, oppi- 
 dulum iftud a Mofchis conditum, & SoilS 
 feptendecim dierum, itinere fere diffitum, 
 multis fluniinibus & fylvis moleftum. NaC- 
 citur hic VVitfogda , ex montibus loëgorijs , Tartariae ad Au- 
 ftrum conterminis , Boream verfus ad ipfum Oceanum ufque 
 extendentibus: ex ijfdem labitur & Petziora, qui cis fretum 
 VVaygats Oceano fe immifcet. lavinifco digrefli , trium heb- 
 domadarum itinere emenfo, Neemü flumë attingunt, quod 
 leni per fylvas fluit agmine, unde & nomen habet Ne-em, 
 quod latinis mutum , illud navigant p«ne quinque dies , hinc 
 merces fuas ad leucam unani tranlïerunt ad VVilTèram flu- 
 men, quod è rupibus loëgoriorum montiurr, appendicibus 
 profluit, quas Mofchi Camenas vocat: tum feruntur novem 
 dies continuos fecundo hoc flumine donec perveniant Zoil 
 Camfcoy, a Mofchis conditum, & refocillandis merca^oribus 
 dicatum, terreftri itinere profeéturis, hic VViflèra fluvius, 
 continuato curfu fuo, tandem CAM O fe mifcet, Viatram 
 Mofcoviae oppidum lambens, maximo flumini Rha, quod & 
 
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 Volga dicitur tlfebitiir, quod fe feptuaginta oftijs exonerat in 
 mare Cafpium , iit ex lide dignis accepi , tcllibus ocularis, 
 i* Cun* afiqutndiu moras traxiffew in urbe Soil Cawifcoy, 
 multoj equos edwxere e6 loci, iino hoc tempore habitatur k 
 Ruffis & Tartans, pagis,^ & pecoribus atfihientibui». Mercato- 
 res itaq; paululum expeditiorcs ad iter , equis merces fuas im- 
 ponentes, per montcs iter faciunt, abjetibus, pinis, & raris ar- 
 boribus luxuriantcs, inter hos montcs traijciunt flumcn Soi- 
 ba^, hinc Cofnam, uirumque Septeratrionein verfiis labi- 
 tur. Hi motes in tres partes distribuuntur, quarura duat prio- 
 res, biduij, certia, quatridui itinere fuperantur. Ac primae no- 
 men ell Coofvinfcoij Camen, alteri Cirginfcoj Camen, ter- 
 tias, Poduinfcoij Camen. Hi montcs longè diverfi funt ab ijs, 
 quos fupcrarunt paulo ante, fylvse muko pulchriores funt, & 
 denfiores, viirias ctiam paflim ftirpes producentes. Hsec de- 
 lènra etiam a Tartaris & Samojedis frequemantur, ut tantum 
 pelks pretiofas hifcc in locis venentur Imperatori Mofcho- 
 rum. Montes Podvinfcoij Camen, reliquis altitudine fupe- 
 ranc, nubibus pafiim & nivibus tefti, ideoque viatoribus fatis 
 moleftiy fed paulatim declives fiunt. Hinc Vergateriam «p- 
 propinquat, ubi flibfiftendü, dum ver appetit, caufa eft fluvius 
 Toera, qui vadofus id tëporis , & proximis iftis locis nafcatur. 
 At vere novo, gelidus canis cum mötibus humor liquitur, & 
 magnis accrefcunt auftibus amnes , fcaphis & lêbis traijckur. 
 Vrbs hgec Vergateria, primura terras Siberiae eft oppidum, 
 ante annos viginti & unum conditum, & nonnullis alijs in 
 yfdem regionibus: civibus abundar, a quibus agri vicini, ut 
 in Mofcovia fit, coluntur. Hie refidct Prorex, ut itadicam, 
 aut Gubernator, qui maximum quotannis, initio veris, fru^ 
 gum, annonaque copiam, omnibus prasfidiarió milite muni- 
 tis Siberiae arcibus, diftribuit, imo & Mofchis trans flume Ob* 
 degemibus hoc paéto pro(picit cum ibr non colatur tellus, 
 & Samojedae, ferine viélicent: Secundó Toeré flumine nav^ 
 gantes qumquiduuTn, lapanfm deveniunt, oppidulum ante 
 
 biennium 
 
biennium llruftum, & colonis infeffiim, hinc rurfus Toera 
 feruntur, (Ic biduum progreffi, cogütur obvise compendium 
 anfraftuofofque ejus meatus, faepe fe ierr»committere, haec 
 vero loca jam paflim habitant Tanari & Samojcdae, pccuarij 
 plsrique omnes & navicularij. 
 
 Tandem emenib Toeri , ad ingcns flumcn Tobol dcvcni- 
 imt , duccntas tere leucas k Vergateria diilans, & hinc Ttnnam 
 navigant, oppidum populofum, h prxdidl codimm: quam^ 
 plurimi ctia rhedis, hiberno tëpore, duodecim dierum irine- 
 re lapanfi Tinnam pcrveniunt, atquc hic maxima pcliium 
 pretiofarum, inter Mofchos Tartaros, Samojedafque vigent 
 commercia; oportuna h«c navigatie ijs, qui tantum uno 
 femeftri abeflè volunt domo, qnamplurimi tarnen ulteriu» 
 penetrant, imo ipfum flumen Obij tranfeunt, regrones Orië- 
 tales, & Meridionales perambulates. 
 
 Tinnd Tobofcam, Siberienfium oppidorum Metropolim 
 devcnitur, ubi fupremi Proregis Siberiae ac Mofchorum fe- 
 des eft, & quotannis hue omnium vicinarum Vrbium tribu^'a 
 deferuntur, ta cis qua citra collefta, & publico cómeatu muni-- 
 ta, in Mofcovia ad Imperatorë deducütur: & hic fummo jure 
 jus dicitur, a Prorege cui tanta potentia, quata in ipfa Mofco- 
 w'ii , eiq; quotquot in Samoiedi^ , Siberiaq; gubernatores fafces 
 deferunt. Vigët proterea hic rerum e Mofcovid deportatarum 
 cömercia, confluëtibus eö ex traétü Auftrali, & ab ultimo fere 
 Tartarid Tartans, aliarum4; gëtiü hominibus, ita ut quo ma- 
 gis, divulgatur regionü iftarü fama, e6 frequctiores cöcurrat. 
 Vnde Mofchis non exigua proficifcitur utilitas, qui ta pacificè 
 bas gêtes fubjugarüt, eifq; ita adidiftae, ut de earu fide defpera*- 
 dü minime fit. PaflTim etia ftruéla ab ijs tepla, in quibp Graeca 
 exercetur religio, quae Ruffis quaplurimif^; Septemtrionali^ 
 bus facrofanéta eft, licet non paucis fupcrftitionibus deprava- 
 ta; Talis autë eft ftatus , nemo invitus relligionê hac n illam' 
 amplefti cogitur, fed k Ruflls media qusedamnö viol ^nta ad- 
 hibëtur, quibus homines iftos lucri faciat, ducat, & nöcogat. 
 
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 Sita eft iirbs Tobolfca, ad fiuvium lirtim, qui rapidiflimo 
 flumine, inftar Danubij a parte meridionali ortum ducens 
 in Oby fe exoïierat, qui & ex eodem traéhi videtur labi, alte- 
 ram urbis partem lambit fluvius Tobol, unde urbinomë eft: 
 cui fe mifcet fluvius TafFa, ab aquilone ex montibus mariti- 
 mis ortum ducens, ad hujus ripam Mofchi nuper urbem cö- 
 didere, quam Poliem dixere, colonijs è Siberia duftis, auxere, 
 hac fold de caufê, quod ager fertiliflTimus eam cingat, nee de- 
 fint Sylvae amaeniflimae, nutricolae variarum ferarum , panthe- 
 rarum, lyncium, vulpium, fabellorum & martarum. Diftat ve- 
 ro Polienum Tobolfca duarum hebdomodarum itinere in 
 Aquilonem. lirtis fluvius pari ferè a TobolfcS fpatic , fe com- 
 mifcet flu/io Oby, ad cujus oftium oppidum Olfcoygoro- 
 tum conditum fuit, at poftea juflu gubernatoris Sibcriss diru- 
 tum, caufa vero prodita non fuit, eam tarnen banc fuifllè fuf- 
 picor, intenfum frigus, vel quod mari vicinius eflèt, damnum 
 aliquod, aut inundationem metuebant, imo maximum peri- 
 culum fi forte populis quamplurimis ditatum eflèt. Cumque 
 fluvius Obi maximarum aquarum copiê redundet, & ingen- 
 
 • tem vicinarum terrarum partem tanquam brachio ampledla- 
 tur, & circumfluat, atque ita in Ie refluat, eamque magnam 
 
 ' infularn faciat, in eS novam urbem, quinquaginta miliari- 
 bus k mari difiitam condidere, quam Zorgoet nominant. 
 ,i, Hinc adverfo flumine navigantes, raro utuntur velis, vel 
 quod languidum fpirët venti, vel montes obfint, licn ubique 
 fere luxuriet Oby, fcaphas tamen funibus protrahant, plane 
 eo modo quo Mofcoviae fluvios fuperant. 
 
 Ducentis fupra Zorgoet leucis emenfis Narmifcoy arcem 
 tredecim adhinc annis exftrudam deveniunt, cum fummus 
 Siberiae Gubernator nonnullos emiferat, terras humano ge- 
 neri commodas, atque urbibus condendis idoneas indagatu- 
 ros, eamque id temporis ftruxere, atque armato milite muni- 
 vere, traclu per quam amaeno, falubri, tepido, fertili, & in quo 
 
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 ferarum & avium chiliades, hinc tandem incolis ditata , excre- 
 vü in civitatem, cumque fita fit in Euronotum, ijs id negotij 
 datum cft, ut ad ulteriora, calidioraque loca pedetentim afcen- 
 derent , & fincerè ubique negotiarëtur obvias quafque gentes 
 humaniter traélarent , que' 'atius tandem regnarcnt , & Rufli- 
 cum imperium extenderetur ; cumque gregatim faepe terras 
 interiores exploraflTent ultra cëtum leucas, amaeniflimos qui- 
 dem, fed cultoribus vacuos invenire traéhis , fed abhinc annis 
 decem, cum adverfo flumine Oby,ducëtamilariafuperaflrent, 
 in regionem non minus uberem, quam amoenam inciderunt, 
 moderate calidam, nullo paenè incommodo laborantem, fri- 
 goribus omnibus liberam; hinc occafio oblata redeundi in 
 Siberiam, atque Imperatori Mofcoviae fignificandi. ubi id 
 temporis imperabat BORIS GODDENOOF,cuihoc 
 curse erant, ilico in mandatis dedit Gubernatori Siberiae, ut 
 colonias eo mitteret, urbemque conderet; nee caruit fuccefli- 
 bus, Arcem ftatim condidit, loei oportunitate , & formê fuper- 
 bam , adjunftis nonnullis caftellis, ut nunc nomen urbis audi- 
 at Toom, quod intellexerint Tartarorum multitudinem e6 
 loei olim confediflè, k quibus haec urbs ob eximiam fitus a- 
 moenitatem nonië hoc accepit, quorum Rex er at Altyn, hinc 
 multarum gentium locis campeftribus fe detinentium haec 
 Vrbs impetus faepe fuftinet, nunc vero cum viribus & armis 
 valeat, in Regnum novum furget. Gaeter um intra urbem 
 Toom, & arcem Narmifcoy, & Sibiriam, quamplurimae dete- 
 guntur gentes, qua fe Oftacki nominant, & cum Tartaris, Sa- 
 mojeuis, & Ruflis in unum jam corpus coaluere , amice inter 
 fe negotiances, auro varijfque mercium generibus. Quam- 
 plurimi ipfis Reges imperitant, quales in India, non longè la- 
 teque dominantes: & uno verbo dicum, Mofchi in illo traélu 
 incredibiles fecere progrefTus & ulteriores fperamus. Intra 
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 jam affluences, quaram incolae funt Mofchi Tarcari Samoje- 
 d«, omnes manfueti; earumque prima eft Tara hinc Obi & 
 lirtis. Itinere decern dierum diftant , etiam illa quam lorgoet 
 dicunt, condita ante quindecim annos, etiam Befou, & Man- 
 ganfeifcoygorad, fitae ad Auftrum, at in parte occidentali flu- 
 minis Obi, incolae ftudent ulterius progredi. Cis Obi fitse 
 funt urbes Tobolfca, Siberia, Berefou, & quamplurimae aliae, 
 ad diverfa flumina, in dies exftruuntur. Trans Obi funt Na- 
 rim, & Toornen, ijs in locis incolae utuntur cervis, loco equo- 
 rum etiam canibus velocibus, quos pleriq; pifcibus vento du- 
 ratis educunt & nutriunt, quo fint validiores. 
 
 lorgoet in Infula quadam fluminis Obi fita ert. 
 
 Ab urbe Narim orientem verfus iter facientibus occurrit 
 fluvius T E L T A, in cujus ripa arx CongofiTcoi condita eft, 
 etiam praefidio munita, huj: ~ 'ncolis cam Narimenfibus k 
 Gubernatore Siberiae ante feptennium in mandatis datum ut 
 ulterius in Orientem pergerent, & quae incognitae gentes iftic 
 viverent indagarêt cumq; decern hebdomadarum iter emen- 
 fi eflent, per deferta ampla, loca amaena, arboribus & fiumini- 
 bus varijs ornata, deprehenderunt magalia quaeda in campis, 
 & infignë hominü multitudinë, fed cum duéloribus Samoie- 
 dis ac Tartaris uterêtur, locorum iftorum gnaris, nihil timue- 
 runt. Appropinquates vero reverëter, & officiofè exceperunt, 
 & per interpretes Tingoëfi fe vocari dixerunt , & ripa flumi- 
 nis lenelèia accolere, qua kb Euronoto fluere affirmabat, fed 
 de origine eius nihil conftabat, & latitudine fuperabat flumë 
 Obi. Accolae hi ftrumis k mento propendentibus erant defor- 
 mes, & glocientes inter loquendum ut Pavones Indici, lingua 
 eorum non dilfimilis a Samoiedarum, cum fe mutuo in mul- 
 cts intelligerenc. 
 
 Fluvius lenefeia, magnitudine Obi fuperans, abOrtu ex- 
 celfis montibus vefticur, ignivomis nonnullis, &fulphureïs, 
 ob occafu, planus eft, eximè fercilis, herbis, arboribus, flori- 
 
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bus vires, & fruftibus abundas nee deeft aviii omniü v?.rietas. 
 Notatu dignum flumen hoc verno tempore campos fpatio 
 feptuaginta leucarum inundare, non fecus ac de Nilo iÊgy- 
 pti narrant Hiftoiiae, non minus edofti Tingoefi , trans iplum 
 flumen, & in vicinis montibus degunt, donee refluat, relapfo 
 flumine ad eampos redeunt, armentaque fua ad pabula con- 
 fueta, & planitiem redueunt. 
 
 Tingoëfi humanitatis veftigia praefeferunt, indufti ab hor- 
 tationibus Samojedarum , eidem Gubernatori fe fubjeeerunt , 
 quem loeo Dei honorabant. Non lieuit cognofcere quod 
 numen illi eolerent haftenus, eredo evenire negligentia Mof- 
 ehorum, non fedulo fingula inquirentium. 
 
 Non profeéto admirandum, fretum hoe Waygats, quotan- 
 nis glaeie obftrui, a parte boreali, eum magna ifta fluminse 
 Obi & lenefeja , aliaque complurae vieina nobis adhue ineo- 
 gnita, tantos glaeiei aeervos, tantaeque eraflitudinis montes e- 
 vomant, ut fidem fuperent, fit enim ncr.numquam veris ini- 
 tio, ut glaeies prae eralTitudine & multitudine fua , in mariti- 
 mis loeis , totas a terris abriipat fylvas, hinc eft quod ad litto- 
 ra freti Waygats tarita paffim confpieiatur lignorum undique 
 eonfluentium eopia, eumque in illo ad Novam Zemlam fre- 
 to intenfifllmum fit frigus, nihil mirum, fi in ipfd freti angu- 
 ftik tam immanes eoaeerrentur, & eonerefeant glaeiei moles, 
 ut in fexaginta aut minimum quinquaginta ulnarum eraflè- 
 tudinem eoalefeant, ut dimenfi funt illi, qui ab Ifaaeo le Mai- 
 re navigiolo quodam eo mifli ierant. 
 
 Sed ad rem. Sufeepere Mofehi poftea iter paulo ulterius, 
 fiiperantes Icnefejam, fed reftd in Orientem, nondefleéten- 
 tes Auftrum verfus, eomitibus Tingoëfijs , ex quibus didieerat 
 eomplures gentes incognitas, habitare Auftralem partem, & 
 Reges eorum perpetua inter fe bella gerere; fed eum aliquot 
 dies iter feeiflènt fine fruétu , ad fuos rediere. Tingoëfijs ta- 
 men in mandatis dcdere, ut penitius illos traftus luftrarent 
 
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 amicitiam omnem pollicerentur quod & faftum, faedus 
 enim cü illis pepegere, difcedentes ex oris iftis, Mofchos, faede- 
 ratos Samojedas, ac Tartaros ipfis reliquerüt, muneribus non 
 negleftis. Sequenti anno Tingoëfij emifere nonnullos e 
 fuis, reéH in Orientem, ukerius aliquanto quam anteapro- 
 grefli , inciderunt tandem in quendam alium fluviü, lenefeiS 
 quidem minorem , velocitate non difparem , cujus curfurii ali- 
 quot dies fubfequentes, deprehenderunt homines quofdam, 
 quos curfu antevertetes apprehenderunt, fed lingud diflimiles 
 erant, fed certis quibufdam jndicijs & vocibus Barbarorum, 
 Om Om fubinde ingeminantium , cöjecerunt ab altera fluvij 
 parte crebra dudire tonitrua; & ftrepitus hominum, ipfum ve- 
 ro flumen digito monftrates, Peifida dicebant, hinc Tingoë- 
 fij, & Tartari colligebant id nomen fluvij eflè: atpofteaco- 
 gnorunt Mofchi, fonitus campanarum Om Om fignificari, 
 repetentes vero patriam, nonnullos accolarum fluvij fecum 
 duxere, fed in itinere omnes perierunt, au metu, an acris info- 
 lentid incertum eft, dolebant profeéto, omnes comités, tam 
 Tingoëfij, qua Samojedae eorum interitum, redeuntes enim 
 aflèrebat elïë homines ingeniofos, formé honeftd, oculis par- 
 vis, facie pland, colere fufco, & ad luteum vergente. 
 
 Hoc cum cognoviflènt Mofchi ex Samojedis, a regioni- 
 bus Tingoëfiorum in Siberiam redeuntibus , ftatim cupiditate 
 inflammati fuerc, ulteriora inveftigandi petetes a Prorege iti- 
 neris comités, qui ftatim petitioni annuit, cöceflTd fimul ma- 
 gnS militum manu, ea lege ut fingula difpicerent, Tingoëfios, 
 Samojedas, ac Tartaros conjungerent, quod & faftitatum, fep- 
 tingenti enim viri bellicofi, trajecerunt Fluvium Oby, & Sa- 
 mojedarum ac Tingoëfiorum terris trajeétis devenerunt ad 
 lenefejam flumen, quo trajeéto ad ulteriora perrexerunt , du- 
 cibus Tingoëfijs^ qui non tantum anteambulonum obibant 
 munus , fed & de cömeatu omnibus profpiciebant , captis mirS 
 queda dexteritate avibus, Cervis, capris, alijfque varij generis 
 
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 feris, nee pifcium è fluvijs paflim deerat copia, tandem ad Pefi- 
 dani flumen perventum , ad cujas ripam tentoria fixere , donec 
 fieret navigabile, proximo Vere, quod inftabat, cum vero fol- 
 veretur trajicere illud nonaufi fuere,fonitu ifto, de quoantea 
 inaudierant , fatis clarè percepto , quem certo judicabant , efCe 
 campananmi, flame vero ab iikerolre Pefidae rfpa vento, per- 
 cipiebant ftrepinim equorum & hominum, nonnumquam 
 vela ipfis vifa, at perpauca, quae (bcundo flumine naviga- 
 bant, at quadrata, qualia hodie Indorum: at eo loei ubi 
 primum conftiterant nuUos homines deprehenderunt , etiam 
 moram trahentes eê in regione, notarunt flumen Vere 
 novo augeri, pe^iculum tamê ex eo nullum, cum ripautrim- 
 que fit praealta. Sub Autumnum revertentes , narrarunt 
 quantopere deleélati fuerint loei amoenitate. Menfibus A- 
 prili & Majo praecipuè, quanta iftic ftirpium, rariorum flo- 
 rum, fruéhium, arborum, avium, ferarum, armentorum co- 
 pia, at Mofchi fuavitatibus hifce non capiuntur, nil nifi lu- 
 crum vile meditantes , in caeteris plane faxei funt. De veri- 
 tate vero non dubitandum cum iuramento omnia & fingula 
 confirmarint. ^ 
 
 Haec fama cum in Aula Mofchorum percrebuiflèt , Borius 
 Imperator, reliquique regni Proceres admirabantur quam 
 maxime, imo illos invafit cupido fingula diligenter per- 
 fcrutandi; Ideoque ftatutum erat, annuente ipfo Impera 
 tore èo mittere Legatos, muneribus Regijs inftruélos, co- 
 mitibus Tartaris, Samojedis, & Tingoefijs, ut ripam ulterio- 
 rem fluminis Peifidae luftrarent, ejufque fitum notarent, eti- 
 am amicitiam cum Regibus, populifque contraherent, fi qui 
 effent, aut regerent, fingula obfervarent, reverfi dillii.ftè nar- 
 rarent, maxime quae antea de Campanarum fonitu allata, fed 
 caruerunt haec omnia eventu, ob bella civilia nuperrimè inter 
 Mofchos exorta, ut ex eorum defcriptionibus fufius liquebit, 
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 multis e Siberid civibus voluntarijs comitibus, qui cum Tin- 
 goëfios tranfiviflènt , fluvium lenefeiam tranfiviflfent , pedes 
 reliquu iter abfolverunc , plaeriq; tame vitae cömodiori aflTueti , 
 itineris moleftid in vid ipfS perierunc , fuperftites vera ea fuilfb 
 deprehenderunt , quae ab alijs narrata , maxime que de fonitu 
 Campanarum, & llrcpitu Equorum, hominumq; allata fue- 
 rant, at difTuadentibus accolis non aufi fuere flumen traijcere , 
 fed aliquandiu in montibus hgeferunt, unde & emicare cre- 
 bras viderunt flammas , Sulphur , & Lydium lapidem reporta- 
 runt, ut de fodinis pretiofis certa fit fides. 
 
 lubebat id temporis Gubernator Siberian fi;aphas aliquot 
 tegumentis cooperiri, primoq; vere ad fluminis Obi oftium 
 decurrere, & littus legere, donee ad fluvium lenefej am p sr- 
 venirent , quae fe etiam exonerabat in mare , eam adverfo iJu- 
 mine navigarent aliquot dies, Simul etiam eö mittebat non- 
 nullos qui pedeftri itinerc ad ripam fluminis contenderent , 
 icaphas ibi praeftolarentur , fi no inciderët in eas , anno elapfo 
 rcverterentur. Praecipuè illis qui oras maritimas legeret ma- 
 dabat, ut fingula notarent, & luftrarent. Praefeélum etia quen- 
 da illis adjunxit nomine Lucam , cui maxime negotium om- 
 ne commifit, dimifli mari fe commiferunt, atque oftium flu- 
 minis lenefejae fubiere incideruntque in illos qui pedeftre il- 
 lud iter fufceperat qui nonuUos ex comitibus fecudo flumine 
 fcaphis , ratibusq; ad oftir lenefejae demiferat reipfd illi exper- 
 ti funt ita fe rê habere ut conjecerat Gubernator. Interea Luca 
 móritur, cü nönullis Praefeétis cöfultius judicarüt ut quifq; in 
 patriam fuam ei vid qua venerat, rediret, quod & feliciter ac- 
 cidit , in Siberiain reduces Gubernatori narrarunt totius itine- 
 ris fucceflüm, de quo ftatim Imperatorem certiorê fecit , tota 
 vero Hiftoria adfervatur in thefaurario publico Mofcoviae, e- 
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 tarn fertiles infulae, flumina ampla, Regioncs avibus & feris 
 luxuriantes, & ultra ipfum flumen lenefejam , longè lateijue. 
 
 Vivebat turn temporis in Mofcovia, amici mei frater, qui 
 his deteélionibus comes fuerat , is tabulam quandam , ex fra- 
 tris jam defunfti ore exceptam , & a fe delineatam- nobis tra- 
 didit, ipfe ve\o fretum VVaygats penetraverat, omniumque 
 locorum ufqu*; ad Obi gnarus ell , quis vero fitus regionum 
 ultré flumen, cognivit ex alijs; eft fola haec quam damus ta- 
 bella rudis duntaxat illius orae delineatio maritimae, eamque 
 magnd moleftid mihi comparari, fi vero refcifcerent illi quo- 
 rum intereft, aélum efTet de Mofchi illius vita, nomen ideo il- 
 lius non prodimus. 
 
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 detur ex locis lenefeiae vicinis, fylv^que vaftS, ex qua & alius 
 quidam fluvius profluit, proximus Toae, in lenefeiS aquas 
 fuas evomës, adeo ut ab Obi maritimo itinere , per regionem 
 Samoiedarum, duabus tantum tcrreftri itinere leucis fupera- 
 tis , incidant in flumen Torgaef, tandem fecundo flumine in 
 lenefeiam deveniunt, eft profedlo commoda hac via , & a Sa- 
 mojedis & Tingoëfijs non ita pridem inventa. 
 
 Haec funt quae maximo ftudio refcifcere potui, in Vrbe ipfe 
 MofcuS, de colonijs duétis in maximam Regionem Siberiae, 
 cum adjacentibus Tartaris Scythicifque nationibus: plura 
 no licuit inquirere , imo difficile fuit , haec quae retuli impetra- 
 re ab alijs, cum RufTis maxime difpliceat, fi exteris fecreta re- 
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 cum ijfdem dimicaturos; Ab ijfdem mercato- 
 ribus, ejufdem navigationis autoribus, fatis acriter fum re- 
 prehenfus, qui nequaquam contra ferenijjimam Magna Bri- 
 tannia Majestatem, f e oppofituros declarant^ utpote quam in 
 magno habeant, refpeStu^ atq; (^qua par est") reverentia ; quod 
 quidem prudenter ab tjs faêiitatum ejje judico, propter ea quod^ 
 fummopere confidant^ quod audita & intelleSia eorum caufa 
 atq; querela, eos, ut Jub ditos ordinum /ibi religione & f ader e 
 junêïorum, fecundum magnam humanitatem fuam Rex Bri- 
 tannia fit proteSturus, adverfusvim (^ Capitaneis fuis, fub ejus 
 titulo &^ pratextu') hac aftate navibus nostris illatam, fimili- 
 terq; mandatarus reflitutionem rerum nobis jam pridem erepta- 
 rum. Quo d fine hoc quidem adhuc mandaretur, atq; a Maieftate 
 fua injungeretur, conftituerunt tame aquo animo f err e, quicquid 
 a diSia Majestate in hoc negotio ordinatum fueritj neq; ullo 
 modo arma adverfus eam movere^ quibus fe efeSiuros ejfe non 
 fine caufa autumant. 
 
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 quentia quidem his adjügere confultum putavimus ^ qua quidem 
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 non ignorant, quam iniquis rationibusnitantur, 
 & defendere conentur Angli, Equitem Hugo- 
 nem Willougby (Capitaneum trium navium, 
 Vocatarum, Bona Efperanza, Eduardus Bona 
 adventurus,& Bona Confidentia) invenisse & 
 decegiflè magnam illam Infulam Spitfbergenfem, idq; feptimo 
 anno Regni Eduardi fexti, anno nimirum Domini 1553. Nam 
 eorum rerum maritimarum ipfae lucubrationes atq; fcripta, con- 
 trarium m; nifeftó teftantur, nimirum praediéhim Equitem cum 
 tribus iftis navibusex portu Anglicano Ratel iff fol vide, (ut Sep- 
 tëtrionë verfus Regnum Cathaya detegeret) 10. May i553,&ab 
 Infula Norvegise Sey na 30 lulij ; Eumq; duabus navibus, matutino 
 tempore 14. Augufti, terram quandam detegiflTefitam hdifta Infula 
 Seynam(Mefocaecias) 1 60. AnglicanisLeucis(milliaribus nimi- 
 rum Germanicis 120.) ad altitudinem 72. graduum: Quod qui- 
 dem praefatusE,ques propria manu Anglicè confcripfit his verbis. 
 The 14. day earely in the morning we def covered land^ wich 
 land we hare with al, hoi/ing out our boat, to dé f cover whath 
 land it might be^ but the boat could not come to land, the water 
 was fo f no are, were was very muchyfe alfo, but there was no 
 fimilitude of habitation, and this land lyeth fro Seynam 1 60. 
 leagues, being in latitude ji. degreas, thenweplyed to the north- 
 ward the 15, 16, and 17. day. 
 
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 Decimo quarto die mane, terram quandam detegebamus, eSq; 
 omnino & vifibiliter dctedS, fchapham noftram in mare deduxi- 
 mus, ad inveftigandam qualitatem iftius terr»,fchaphaveroadlit- 
 tus pertingere nequibat, propter aqu« penuriam&glaciei ibiexi- 
 ftentis copiam; nulla vcro ibi habitationisfimilitudo;&hgecqui- 
 
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dem terra ab Infula Seynadiftat i6o. AnglicanisLeucis^adalti- 
 tudinem 7a. grad. & tune quidem Septentrionem verfus curfum 
 navigationis nollrae inftituebamus 15. 16. & 17. die. 
 
 Quam affinitatem autem habet h»c terra (ab Infula Seyna, 
 120. milliaribus fita Mefocaecias ad Poli elevationem 72. grad. 
 cum magna Infula Spitfbergenfi? cum hsec fita fit ab Infula Seyna 
 ad Hypertrafcias, ad altitudinem 72. ad 82. gradus, & ultra; cum 
 adhuc ignotum fit & lateat , quam ulrerius Septentrionem verfu» 
 fe extendat. Itaq; Infula diéti Hugonis VVillougby, & Spitfber- 
 gen, fita & pofitione magis differunt, nua ipfa Anglia, & Germa- 
 nia noftra Inferior. Quapropter illud, quod ab Anglis in hac cau- 
 (a allegatum eft, plane eft frivolum, neque uUa omnino nitens 
 ratione aut fundamento; eodemque fundamëto nititur hoc quo- 
 que eorum axioma, nudum nimirum vifum cujufvis terrae, ejuf- 
 dem proprktatem atque Dominium evidenter deteélori dare. 
 
 Manifeftum quidem , & veritati confentaneum eft Thalaflos, 
 nautafque noftros ad lorum iftum 72. grad. nullam quidë terram 
 repperilTe ; fed cum pateat ex Anglicano Diario praefatum Equi- 
 tem , Occidentalem atque Orientalem acus pixidis nauticae In- 
 flexionem, non obfervalTë, itaque ulterius Septentrionem verfus 
 fuae navigationis curfum inftituit,quam ipfe putavit: ita, ut verita- 
 ti confentaneum fit , eum detegiflè atque reperiffe oélo iftas par- 
 vas Infulas fibi invicem pene contiguas, ad altitudinem 73. gra'\ 
 & quafda munitas fitas, quas noftrae navigationis praefeéli VVil- 
 lebrordi Infulas nuncupant ; ad cujus longitudinem atque latitu- 
 dinë Infula VVillougby Ponitur in tabulis Londini confeétis ad 
 ufum Mofcoviam & Spitfbergam verfus navigantium ; atqua ita 
 ipfemet eorum tabulae rationes eorum fatis evidenter refutant. 
 
 Scribunt quoque Angli praediftum equitem cum duabus navi- 
 bus in Lapponia hiemantë in Fluvio VVarfina cum focijs fuis, 
 k vehementi frigore interemptum efiè ; tertiamque navem , cum 
 Capitaneo Richardo Chanceler Mare album ingreffam eïk. 
 
 Itaque luce meridiana clarius eft, Infulam Spitfbergenfem om- 
 nibus fuiffè incognitam, atque prius k lacobo Hecmlkerck, 
 
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 nij, Anno 1596. 
 
 Cuivis & illud notum eft , quam abfurde & contra veritatem, 
 Angli Infulam Spitfbergenfem Groenlandiam nominent, cum 
 eae regiones multo longius & maiori fpacio irxter fe diHient, quam 
 Norvegia ab ipfa Scotia, interlibente nimirum fpatiofo Oceano. 
 
 Quod ad fecundum Anglorum argumentum attinet , nimirü 
 omnes Infulas Septentrionem verfus fitas Regis fui eflè proprias, 
 tam deteétas fcilicet quam adhuc detegendas, hoc omnino ablur- 
 dum cft, neque refutatione dignum, praecipue vero refpeftu hujus 
 Infulae Spitfbergenris,cum ea, neque fitu, neque vicinitate Angli- 
 am concernet, neque ab Anglis prius reperta fit. Nam cur Infu- 
 lae Fero, Yflandia, Friflandia igitur Majeftatis fuse propri» non 
 funt ? cur non Groenlandia? cum eae longè Brittanniae viciniores 
 fint? Efto autem Terram Firmam, Infulamve alicui eflè propria, 
 an ideo fequeretur, navigationem&pifcationem, (fecundum lus 
 naturale & omnium Nationum) cuivis non patere? Hacratione 
 Galli neque eorum Reges, unquam pifcationem ad novam Fran- 
 ciam vel Terram nova nemini interdixerunt, no obftante quod 
 eas regiones primo Anno 1504. prius detegiflènt, ibique pifcati 
 fuilfent. Ob quas quidem rationes fperandum, firmiterque cre- 
 dendum ert, Britanniae regem (qui jure optimodeum timere ju- 
 ftitiamque colere tenetur) fubditis fuis expreflè mandaturum, ne 
 pofthac naves nollras magis infeftent, oppugnent vel obturbent 
 & fecundum luftitiae normam , illatum damnum cO omni aequi- 
 tate reparcnt & refarciant. 
 
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DESCRIPTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Land of the Samoyeds 
 
 in TARTARY, 
 
 RECENTLY BROUGHT UNDER THE DOMINION OF THE MUSCOVITES. 
 TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN THE YEAR 1609. 
 
 WITH AN ACCOUNT 
 
 OF THE SEARCH AFTER AND DISCOVERY OF THE NEW PASSAGE OR 
 
 STRAIT IN THE NORTH WEST TO THE EMPIRES OF 
 
 CHINA & CATHAY; 
 
 AND 
 
 AMEMORiAL 
 
 PRESENTED TO THE 
 
 KING OF SPAIN 
 
 CONCERNING THE DISCOVERY AND SITUATION OF THE LAND CALLED 
 
 Australia Incognita. 
 
 Translated from the Dutch edition printed at Amsterdam, 1612, 
 
 BY 
 
 F. J. MILLARD. 
 
 AMSTERDAM, 
 
 FREDERIK MULLER. 
 1875. 
 
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 The appearances or symptoms of gain & profit have always 
 excited mankind to visit unknown lands and nations. So the 
 handsome furs (with which we are provided by the Russian 
 merchants), have awakened in our tradesmen a desire to tra- 
 vel through their countries unknown to us, in which they 
 were afsisted in some measure by a travel from the Moscow 
 to Colraogro, described by the Russians and thence on Petzora 
 where the nations received the Christian faith in the year 
 1518, and further to the Oby, and still a little further on- 
 ward, in which innumerable fables have been mixed v.p of 
 Slatababa, the golden old woman with her children, and the 
 monstruous people beyond the Coy. This Rufsian descrip- 
 tion is of Sigismund of Herberstayn , Orator to the Emperor 
 Maximilian, in his books on the Muscovite lands, translated 
 and published by him. Afterwards Antonis Wied constructed 
 a map of Rufsia by the instruction of a loannes Latzky, 
 formerly one of the Muscovite Princes, v yoj on account or 
 the disturbances , after the decease of loin/.es Uasili'/.s , the 
 Grand Duke in Muscovy, had fled into Poland, which map 
 was presented to a certain J. Coper, Counseller of Dant- 
 zich, and edited in Rufsian and Latin characters, in the 
 Wilda, in the year 1555. Then another map of this Rufsian 
 land was made by the English, who had traded in these 
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 the further knowledge spread by and by, induced Olivier 
 Brunei , born in Brufsels , to sail thither in a small vefsel from 
 Enchuysen; he roamed about hither and thither in the vici- 
 nity and amassed in the Petzora much wealth onsisting of 
 furs, Rufsian glafs and crystal de Montague, which with the 
 boat were lost in the river Petzora. Thereupon, the former 
 expeditions of the English , and of Olivier Brunei who had 
 likewise been in Costinsarck on Nova Sembla, having raised 
 in our Dutchmen a desire of gain , and enticed them by the 
 riches of China and Cathay, to which they hoped to find 
 accefs along these coasts, the Right Honorable States of the 
 United Pr'^vinces dispatched thither two vefsels, that were to 
 go with Jar. Huyghen of Linschoten to Waygats, and two 
 others with Willem Barentsz., that were directed through the 
 inducement of Rev. Petrus Plancius to proceed to the North 
 and sail round above Nova Sembla. But Willem Barentsz. 
 being locked up between the land and the ice, at the long- 
 itude of 77 degrees near the islands of Orange, returned 
 on the first day of August, and Jan Huyghen sailed quite 
 through the strait of Waygats, and fifty miles further; but 
 on account of the north-east wind, and the year being 
 far spent, came back also. Both sailed out again the next 
 year in 1595, intending to place their marks further, or to 
 find the pafsage quite through; but the cold and ice debar- 
 ring their progrefs, they could not effectuate their purpose, 
 for they could not pafs the Wrygats. And Willem Ba- 
 rentsz., who got a little further on his third expedition in the 
 year 1596 than he could get on his first undertaking, left 
 his vefsel there on the ice-berghs for a mark and perpetual 
 memorial of the extreme sailing in the North, whose adven- 
 turous history, sad end and the crews wonderful return ho- 
 meward, one may read in their printed journals. 
 
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In order then, to promote in some measure, the know- 
 ledge of the locality of these lands (which our merchants 
 have acquired by these previous voyages), we now place in 
 your hands an account of the new dominion of the Rufsians 
 in the lands of Tartary, whence may be seen the agreement 
 with the very interesting drawings of Jan Huyghen , and the 
 further situation of the countries lying on yonder side the 
 river O by, 
 
 ^ Besides this description of Siberia and the most northerly 
 part of Tartary, we likewise hand you a map, translated 
 from the Rufsian, of all the adjoining countries, deline- 
 ating the entire sea to the east of Waygats, and a way to 
 proceed to the south of Cathay. But if the pafsage were 
 situated too far to the north (as it appears from the map), it 
 might, to judge from appearances, have been possible to get 
 by water to the Oby, or any other of the large rivers , for 
 those coasts are indeed always navigated by the Rufsians 
 with their canoes or small vefsels, and then they proceed 
 inland with boats by water or by land, and it seems one 
 might then discover remarkable things. But as the Waygats 
 is only open or unthawed for a short time in summer, as ap- 
 pears from the two expeditions made thither by J. Huygen 
 and W. Barentsz, this exploration could not easily be made, 
 for it appears that nature has pla-^^. the cold and the ice 
 there as our enemies to moderate our desires; — yet notwith- 
 standing all the examples of such excellent men as W. Barentsz, 
 J. Heemskerk & J. Huyghen and the unlucky voyage which 
 Kerckhoven performed for Isaac Le Mairc, still some inexpe- 
 rienced recklefs men have boldly dared to request the Noble 
 Lords of the Admiralty, and the Mighty Lords the States, 
 again to appoint them to sail to the north-east above Nova 
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 degrees north warmer and warmer, on account of the long 
 days. This was also done by a certain HeliseusRöslin, a doc- 
 tor of Hanau , at the end of his little pamphlet (written and 
 dedicated to the Mighty Lords the States in i6io, on the aa 
 of December,) in which (after many absurdities which he 
 grounds on the maps drawn of Tartary from very old times, 
 when the Rufsians themselves were unacquainted with it) he 
 says: that the nearer the pole the warmer it is in summer time, 
 and that no impediment could befall the vefsels on account ot 
 the ice or cold. And our people thought even that the sun 
 would rather make salt than ice at the North of Nova Sembla. 
 With these opinions they sailed out in the spring of i6ii to 
 go far round above Nova Sembla , and thence , as their maps 
 showed , to proceed south-south-eaj^t to the strait of Anian , 
 and further to the long sought-for Cathay and China; but it 
 did not come so far, that they could see whether their maps 
 were correct or defective, for as they sailed out too early in 
 the season , and against their expectation were prevented by the 
 ice, they came to Costinsarck near Nova Sembla, and having 
 suffered damage by the ice they ran into Moscovia for re- 
 pairs. Thence, without making any further attempts, they 
 sailed to the coasts of Canada between Virginia and Terra 
 Nova, to take up winter-quarters, having visited nearly all 
 the coasts to the Norenbega, where one of their compan- 
 ions and six others were shot with arrows. Of this com- 
 pany one of the vefsels came home, and the other proceeded 
 again to the North , the better to carry out their purpose. 
 But as the English after these aforesaid expeditions of W. 
 Barentsz. , had still made several voyages by way of trial in 
 the north-east , the Gentlemen Directors of the East India- 
 Company sent thither some years ago a certain Mr. Hudson , 
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the west, whence without having obtained any advantage, 
 he arrived in England. Afterwards, when the English again 
 sent him out, he had much more prosperity but lefs good 
 luck, for having after much trouble arrived about 300 miles 
 to the west of Terra de Baccalaos, and having taken up his 
 winter-quarters there and wishing at 52° of latitude to push 
 on further, he was, with all the Commanders, put on shore by 
 the crew, who refused to go further and returned home. His 
 designs we subjoin at the close of the book , hoping that we 
 shall receive of the vefsels now expedited thither, further 
 news and tidings of a thorough pafsage, by which they would 
 reap eternal honor and fame, because so many years such 
 august personages and intelligent pilots have endeavoured 
 to come by means of a new short road to the riches of 
 Cathay, China, the Molucks and the Peruvian nations. 
 Among these have been Martin Forbisner and lohn Davis, 
 who in the years 1585, 86 and 87 sailed between Terra 
 Nova and Greenland northwards up to 72 degrees, but 
 were kept back by the ice, and without having done any- 
 thing subservient to their purpose, returned home. 
 
 The hope of finding out this newly discovered pafsage 
 or strait above Terra Nova discovered by Mr. Hudson, is 
 strengthened by the testimony of the Virginians and Flori- 
 dians, who confidently affirm that to the north-west of their 
 country is a large sea, saying that they have seen vefsels 
 there like those of the English. We read also in losephus 
 d'Acosta in the 12th chapter of the 3d book, about the natural 
 productions of the Wej5t-Indies, that the Spaniards believe the 
 English Captain Thomas Candish to have been well acquain- 
 ted with this pafsage. It is also said, that the Spaniards en- 
 deavour to keep this road unknown, and that some of them, 
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 back home along this road. Therefore the King Philip orde- 
 red a strong fort to be built on the northern coast of Mar 
 Vermejo, to the west of New Grenada, to prevent our na- 
 tion or any of his enemies from depriving him , through this 
 avenue, of the riches he pofsefses in peace near MardelZur; 
 this has been related to us as quite true. 
 
 This road then, if it continues as it appears, will afford 
 our people accefs, not only to the Chinese, the Molucks, or 
 Peru; but likewise enable them to go and see what nations 
 live on the south side of the South Sea, what harbours and 
 merchandises are to be found there ; as they will find every 
 where plentiful refreshments, whether they go to the islands, 
 whither the Bishop of Quito went (of which we have got 
 information from one of our countrymen who has been there 
 with said Bishop, and related a good deal about it to the 
 Advocate Barneveld and the Honorable Lords Directors of 
 the East-India-Company), or whether they land on the con- 
 tinent, whereof I now hand you a discourse and narrative, 
 hoping that this may be agreeable to all those who trafHc in 
 the remote parts of the earth, and also to all who like, to know 
 more and more of the globe and its inhabitants; which know- 
 ledge I hope may increase in you to perfection and bring you 
 riches and unperishable honour. 
 
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 THITHER EAST AND EAST NORTH, AS DAILY TRAVELLED 
 
 OVER BY THE MUSCOVITES. 
 
 There dwells a nation in Muscovy called the children of 
 Aniconij and they are of farmer-descent , sprung from a coun- 
 tryman named Anica. This Anica being rich in land, lived 
 near a river called Witsogda', wich runs into the river Duy- 
 na, that falls at loo miles' distance thence into the White Sea 
 near Michael Archangel a castle thus denominated. 
 
 This Anica ihen being rich as related, had also many 
 children and was well provided for by God with every good 
 thing and abundantly blessed. Actuated however by a great 
 desire of gain , he wished to know what kind of countries 
 the people possessed that came yearly to Muscovy to trade 
 in precious furs and many other goods , that were of strange 
 speech, garb and religion and manners, calling themselves 
 Samoyeds and also by many other names. These came every 
 year down the river Witsogda, with their merchandises, 
 dealing with the Russians and Muscovites in the cities 
 of Osoyl and Vstinga on the Duyna which was, at that 
 time , the staple of all kinds of things and also of furs. 
 This Anica then (as just stated) was desirous to know 
 whence they came and where they dwelt. Thinking too 
 that great riches might thence be obtained, considering the 
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 great treasures, he silently contracted an alliance and friend- 
 ship with some of these peoples. He sent also some of his 
 slaves and servants thither, to the number of lo or la along 
 with them into the country, ordering them diligently to spy 
 out every thing in the lands they travelled through and to 
 take due note of their manners, abodes, mode of living 
 and mien , and thus to give him a good account of every 
 thing when they came home. They having duly followed 
 up his orders, he treated well those who had been there and 
 showed them great favour, but told them to keep everything 
 quite secret and made them stay with him without acquain- 
 ting any one about the matter. But the next year he sent 
 larger parties thither and also some of his friends with goods 
 cf small value, as German haberdashery, bells and similar 
 articles. These men also accompanied the others and like 
 them pried and looked into every thing , and proceeded as far 
 as the river Oby through many deserts and along several of 
 the many rivers, contracting with many Samoyeds close friend- 
 ship and alliance. They heard too that the furs there were of 
 small value and that riches were to be got there. They saw 
 also that they dwelt not in cities, but lived in companies 
 peaceably together and were governed by the oldest among 
 them; in their diet they were very uncleanly and subsisted 
 of the game they caught, unacquainted with corn or bread. 
 They were mostly good archers and their bows were made of 
 tough wood and some (arrows) were pointed with sharpened 
 stone and some with sharp fish-bones, with which thev shot 
 the game that was found there in great abundance. They also 
 used fish-bones to sew with , taking the sinews of small ani- 
 mals, instead of thread, and thus joined the skins together 
 with which they covered themselves, wearing in summer 
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 vercd their houses with elks' hides and skins which were 
 held* by them in slight estimation. In short, they examined 
 every thing, and returned with rich furs explaining every 
 thing to Anica that he wished to know. He then carried 
 on a trade for several years with some of his friends, so 
 that these Aniconij became very powerful and bought every 
 where much land, so that people were very greatly astonished 
 at seeing such a profusion of wealth , not knowing whence it 
 came. In some of their villages they like wise built churches, 
 yea, afterwards erected a fine temple in the city of Osoyl, 
 situated on the river Witsogda, in which they lived; which 
 temple was raised from the ground and built of clear white 
 free stone. In short, they knew not what to do with all their 
 goods. 
 
 They now wisely perceived that their good luck might at 
 one time be reversed, as often happens in such cases, seeing 
 that they were every where much envied by strangers on 
 account of their riches, though they never offended any one, 
 and endeavoured with great caution not to do so in order to 
 retain the same position they held. According to the Mus- 
 covite customs they generally say: „he that has no friends 
 at court is like nobody", because in Muscovy whoever is en- 
 dowed with any thing another has not, is envied and slan- 
 dered at court , and if he has no friend , is without any right 
 or reason opprefsed, yea trodden under foot. They therefore, 
 being rich, had already a friend, who was held to be one of 
 the first, and he was named Boris Goddenoof and brother-in- 
 law to the Emperor Fedor Ivanowltz, who then reigned, and 
 Boris was after the emperor's death chosen in his stead Rufsian 
 Emperor, as is more fully related in the late description of 
 the Muscovite wars. 
 
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 do, and requesting him to give them a hearing, as they wished 
 to make icnown unto him a matter which would profit the 
 whole realm. Boris readily listened to them and showed 
 them much more kindnefs than before. When they had 
 related every thing unto him about the researches they had 
 made with respect to the Samoyed and Siberian lands, and 
 also what they had observed and seen there and described 
 what wealth might accrue to the country, they only did not 
 reveal to him in what clandestine manner tboy had acted, nor 
 told him either how rich they had first made themselves: 
 this they said nothing about. And now Boris began to burn 
 with desire and wished to examine all this; yea, he loved them 
 as his own children and greatly extolled them giving them 
 letters of credence in the Emperor's name, that they might 
 without contradiction, eternally, and by right of bequest occu- 
 py their lands according to their free will and good pleasure, 
 without any tribuLe now or for evermore. He likewise had 
 them conveyed in his own sledge when they were in the 
 winter in Moscow, this being held a great favour among the 
 Moscovites and chiefly when shewn them by such a mighty 
 prince as Boris was , one who reigned supreme throughout the 
 whole empire. 
 
 Boris having duly considered this, discovered all to the 
 Emperor, to whom the news was most agreeable, and who 
 honored him now the more for it, and allowed him to act 
 in this matter as he pleased. Boris, without delay, engaged 
 some captains and poor noblemen towards whom he felt 
 favourably disposed, oi-dering them to depart with those 
 whom the Aniconij would give them , and to equip them in 
 costly garments as ambassadors, adding, besides, some soldiers 
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 rivers, woods and places; also their names that they might be 
 able to give a satisfactory account of the same , when they 
 should return. Furthermore, he enjoined them to act amica- 
 bly, to observe a pleasant deportment towards the nations, 
 to spy out some convenient locality, suitable afterwards for 
 the erection of strongholds and castles, and to get some of 
 the people introduced into Moscow, if in any way pofsible. 
 In this manner they left Moscow, provided with clothes, 
 guns and ammunition and also presents, and then came to 
 Witsogda, to the Aniconij, who induced people to go with 
 them; also many children and friends of theirs acccoipanied 
 them thither. 
 
 Having arrived there, they did what was told them, and 
 showed the people great friendship, enquiring diligently who 
 were the most distinguished among them, upon whom they 
 conferred great honour, giving them many presents of small 
 value, which however seemed in their eyes to be very pre- 
 cious and costly: — yea, they awaited them with great re- 
 joicing and shouting, falling down at the feet of the givers, 
 seeing them drefsed in such costly raiments, and not being 
 accustomed to this they thought them Gods. 
 
 But when the Muscovites spoke to men conversant in 
 the languages, who were Samoyeds and who had dwelt for 
 some years with the Muscovite farmers in villages, and had 
 learned the language, they told them their Emperor was 
 nearly a God; yea, speaking of many things, they excited 
 in these poor people a desire to see this, who, wishing for 
 nothing better, accepted the proposal; they asked moreover 
 if they would leave some Muscovites behind with them, as 
 hostages to learn the language. So they got many of these 
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 submitted to the Muscovite Emperor, and directly allowed the 
 Muscovites to levy a tax on 'hem. They promised, besides, to 
 pay each of them, and even their children that had only just 
 learned to handle a bow, — a couple of sable skins, which 
 they considered, among themselves only, of small value; but 
 held by the Muscovites to be like jewels and then promised 
 to hand over these gifts to those who might be appointed 
 to receive them, and this literally happened. 
 
 They then crofsed the river Oby and traversed the coun- 
 try to the extent of aoo miles , while they beheld many rare 
 animals, beautiful fountains, fine shrubs and woods, and also 
 a great number of Samoyeds; some of whom rode on elks and 
 others were sitting in sledges , drawn by stags or dogs thad had 
 the swiftnefs of stags. In a word, there were many things 
 to excite their wonder, all of which they took good care to 
 note down in due order, so that they might afterwards give 
 a good account of every thing they saw. Then they returned, 
 taking a few well disposed Samoyeds along with them , and 
 leaving some Muscovites in the country to learn the lan- 
 guage. Upon arriving at Moscow they brought an exact ac- 
 count of every thing to aforesaid Boris and Boris again in- 
 formed the Emperor. With great astonishment they looked at 
 the Samoyeds, that had come with them, who were ordered 
 ^o shoot, and which they performed with such dexterity, 
 that they could scarcely believe their eyes. For a small piece 
 of coin, smaller than a halfpenny, they placed as a mark in 
 a tree, and then went away from the mark at such a dis- 
 tance that they covld scarcely see it any longer. Notwith- 
 standing they hit the mark as often as they shot at it, to 
 the astonishment of the beholders. 
 
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 array, sitting pi] hor§ebiacH, pr riding in a coach drawn by a 
 gj-eat nm^il^^r of horses splendidly equipped, and surrounded 
 by many higji dignitaries in costly apparel. They likewise 
 g^zed intently at all the soldiers who, gun in hand, walked 
 in red coats along the train; the Emperor being always 
 when |ie rode out, surrounded by four hundred guardsmen. 
 With great jistonishment they ^Iso listened to the chime of 
 \\\e clocks which are veyy numerous in Moscow. Nor did all 
 the splendid shops and magnificent articles the lefs attract 
 their ^<iniiration. In short, they fancied that they had got 
 into the abode of the Gods, and wished much to be again 
 with their brethren to relate all this to them, calling them 
 happy who might obey such a maner as the Emperor, whom 
 they thought a God. Also the food, they received in Mos- 
 cow, they liked much, discerning very well that it was of 
 much better' taste than the raw beasts or dried fish they had 
 at home. 
 
 In short, they promised the Emperor to acknowledge him 
 as their sovereign Lord and to persuade their fellow coun- 
 trymen, far and near, to do the same. They requested the 
 Emperor, graciously to send them governors to rule over 
 them, to whom they would then pay the aforesaid tribute. 
 As to their idolatry, no notice was taken of that, and they 
 retained their old notions, but I believe that the Christian 
 faith would soon be introduced, as soon as Christian tea- 
 chers were appointed for th.: task; and this will be the 
 case, if they are not so much en^jiged 'n carrying on vio- 
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 the government of some places on the vicinity of their own 
 lands, which were extensive and important. They even owned 
 a large extent of country, hundred of miles in circumference, 
 situated along the rivers Duyna, Witsogda aad Soehna, so 
 that they became rich and opulent and were daily loaded 
 with honours. 
 
 In Moscow they resolved, after deliberation upon the sub- 
 ject, to build there along and near the river Obi, in the plain 
 field, strongholds, in spots which nature pointed out as fit 
 localities for the purpose. These fortrefse& were then to be 
 provided with soldiers, and a general Governor appointed to 
 extend and explore the country , and eventually to incorporate 
 it. All this took place as aforesaid. First some castles were 
 built, for which large beams were supplied from the neigh- 
 bouring forests and then filled up with clay; then these strong- 
 holds were filled with soldiers, while many people were sent 
 thither daily, and in time, formed large communities composed 
 of Poles, Tartars, Rufsians and other nations. 
 
 Bad people , under sentence of banishment , traitors and 
 thieves, and the like refuse of mankind, who had deserved 
 death, were sent thither. Some of them were kept in con- 
 finement, and had to stay there according to the nature of 
 their punishment. In this way, by degrees large cities and 
 communities sprang into existence, forming now almost a 
 kingdom, and many poor people went thither, as they enjoyed 
 many privileges and had land for nothing. This country was 
 called Siberia, and a city was built called Siber. When they 
 first heard in Moscow of Siberia, criminals trembled, just as 
 in Amsterdam malefactors were frightened at the name of 
 the penitentiary. For such people were sent immediately to 
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 Emperors' displeasure, are still afraid of being sent thither 
 for some time, with wife and children, to hold some office, 
 till the Emperors' anger is turned away, when they are again 
 ordered back to Moscow. 
 
 In order now to know the way from Moscovia thither I 
 will next relate to the best of my power, in as tar as I ha've 
 been able to acquire the means with great trouble, through 
 the favour of some friends at court in Moscow, whom I got 
 when I lived there, and were kindly disposed towards me 
 and gave me the permiision , which they scarcely would have 
 dared to grant, had it not been for my long entreaty. Had 
 it become known in time of peace at Moscow, their concef- 
 sion. would have cost them their lives, for the Muscovites 
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 DAILY TRAVELLED OVER BY THE MUSCOVITES. ALSO THE NAMES 
 
 OF THE CITIES BUILT THERE BY THE MUSCOVITES, WHICH 
 
 WERE TOO IN POSSESSION OF ITS GOVERNOR, WHO 
 
 ORDERED THE COUNTRY INHABITED EVERY WHERE 
 
 TO BE EXPLORED AND OCCUPIED, NEARLY AS 
 
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 From Witsogda Soil, where the Aniconij reside, they 
 travel the river upwards, till they come to a little town, 
 inhabited by the Muscovites, called Javinisco, at a distance 
 of 17 days' journey from the city Soil, up the river, travel- 
 ling along rivers and through woods. This river Witsogda 
 falls from a range of mountains called Joegoria, which extend 
 from Tartary southwards , to near the Sea northward. From 
 the same mountains falls the river Petsiora, which throws 
 itself into the sea on this side of Waygats. 
 
 From Javinisco , travelling onward for the space of three 
 weeks, they come to a river called Ne-em or „Stom" (silent) 
 in Dutch , so called on account of its silent course between 
 the. woods. Having travelled about five days in boats or 
 rusts this river Ne-em, they have to carry their boats for 
 more than a mile by land, for this Ne-em takes another 
 direction than the one they have to follow, so that for shprt- 
 nefs* sake they travel a mile by land. They then reach a 
 river, called Wyssera , and this river throws itself from rocky 
 
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 cliffs, named Camena by the Muscovites, lying also in the 
 mountains Joegoria. Thus travelling along the river down- 
 wards for 9 days, they arrive at a small town, called Soil 
 Camscoy, which is built by the Muscovites as a resting place 
 for travellers, for this is a starting point to go farther by land, 
 and the river runs on in its course, and at last falls into the 
 river Cam. — This river flows below the city Viatca in 
 Muscovia, and terminates in the great river Rha or Volga, 
 which flows into the Caspian sea with 70 inlets. All this is 
 confirmed by the testimony of persons, who have themselves 
 seen and enquired into it. 
 
 Having stayed at Soil Camscoy, many horses were brought 
 in course of time, and the place becomes already well-peopled 
 and the country, roundabout, well-provided with villages and 
 cattle. Being mostly Rufsians and Tartars , they place their 
 baggage on horses and travel from there mostly over moun- 
 tains covered with pines and firs, and other singular trees, and 
 crofs a river in the mountains called Soyba and another called 
 Coosna, both running towards the north. These mountains 
 are divided into three parts and it is a very different country 
 from the one they left, producing finer woods, firmer timber 
 and also many herbs growing there. Their name during a jour- 
 ney of two days is Coosvinscoy-Camen; the two following days 
 the name is Cirginscoy-Camen; and then during a journey 
 of four days Podvinsco-Camen , and at last one arrives at a 
 city called Vergateria. These three afore-named deserts arc 
 mostly frequented by wild Tartars and Samoyeds, who are 
 constantly employed in catching costly game for the Musco- 
 vites. That range of mountains, Podvinscoy-Camen , is the 
 highest and, in many places, covered with snow and clouds; 
 it is very diflTicult to travel over, but it becomes by degrees 
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 On coming to afore-said Vergateria, the arrival of spring 
 must be awaited, as there is a river Toera which is very 
 shallow all the year round , deriving there its source , but 
 in spring the snow of the mountains makes it very deep and 
 they then travel further on by means ot boats and barges. 
 
 This city Vergateria is the first in the land of Siberia and 
 was built 21 years ago, with other cities round about, and 
 is well peopled; they also cultivate the land as they do in 
 Muscovy. 
 
 There is likewise a Governor, who sends every year in 
 spring a large quantity of provisions and grains, all along 
 these rivers throughout the Siberian land in all castles and 
 places where soldiers and military men are. This is the case 
 too beyond the Oby in all places and fortrefses belonging to 
 the Muscovites , for there they do not as yet regularly culti- 
 vate the ground , the Samoyeds living on game , as has 
 already been stated. 
 
 Sailing down this river Toera , so called , they arrive after 
 five days at a city Japhanim , built two years ago , and sup- 
 plied with inhabitants. 
 
 On reaching Japhanim, they travel on to said Toera and 
 after two days'journey , this river begins to take a very 
 crooked course, so that they are often obliged to set on 
 land to keep the right direction and take the shortest way. 
 
 This place is now inhabited by Tartars and Samoyeds, 
 who keep cattle as a means of subsistence , and have boats 
 besides. 
 
 After proceding from the river Toera , they come to a 
 large river Tabab, this being about 200 miles from Vergateria. 
 Next, they reach Tinnen, a well peopled city, also built by 
 the same afore-said. Many travel also from Japhanim in 
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 and an extensive trade is now carried on in furs between 
 the Muscovites, the Tartars and Samoyeds; and this is a 
 very convenient place for those who want to be absent 
 only for half a year. Many however prefer goin^ further 
 on, even far beyond the river Oby, as well East as South. 
 
 From Tinnen one reaches Tobolsca, the capital of the Siberian 
 cities; there is the seat of Siberia and the supreme Viceroy 
 of the Muscovites, and all cities must bring their annual 
 tribute from yonder side as well as this side the Oby , which 
 is collected and sent yearly , with an escort of Cossacks and 
 soldiers, to Moscow; also strict justice is here administered. 
 And all Governors in Samoyeda and Siberia must obey this 
 Viceroy. There is also an extensive trade carried on in every 
 article brought from Muscovy thither. Also Tartars from the 
 south come at a great distance from Tartary, and many other 
 nations who gradually arrive there, in proportion as the fame 
 of the country spreads wider. This is very advantageous to 
 the Muscovites , who have peacefully annexed it , so that they 
 do not fear its inmates, who feel kindly disposed towards them. 
 There are also churches every where; would to God the 
 cruel Spaniards had obtained pofsefsion of America in such 
 peaceful guise , instead of exercising such inhuman cruelty , 
 then at least one might have not begrudged it them, for 
 much more may be gained through kindnefs as I have noticed , 
 and as may be daily seen in the example of the Muscovites , 
 rather than with cruel tyranny or brute force. 
 
 This afore-said city Tobolsca is situated on the large river 
 Yrtys, which precipitately falls from the Sout h and flows as 
 fast as the Danube, falling into the river Oby. It appears 
 to derive its source from the same district as the Oby; on 
 the other side of the city runs the afore-said river Tobol, 
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 straight from the North and from the mountains, near the 
 sea-side, and is called by the savages Taffa. Near this same 
 river the Muscovites have recently built a city called Pohem 
 'and stocked it with all kinds of people from the Siberian 
 cities because there is such fine tillage-land all round about the 
 country and fine forests full of game, of leopards, lynxes, 
 foxes, civets, sabels and marters. 
 
 This city is situated at the distance of two weeks'journey 
 from Tobolsca, to the north of the afore-mentioned river 
 Yrtys, which throws itself also into the Oby, at the distance 
 of a fortnights' journey from Tobolsca and at the mouth of 
 'this river there was formerly also built a city named Olscoy- 
 gorot. This city was however cleared away by order of the 
 Governor in Siberia, without afsigning any reason, I think 
 it was on account of the cold, or because, according to their 
 opinion, it was too near the sea-side, fearing that some secret 
 attack or alteration n'lght be made. A large extent of water 
 supplied by the grea*: river Oby embraces as with an arm an 
 extensive tract of land, again falls into the Oby, and then 
 forms a large island. On that island they built another city 
 instead of the ruined one , calling it Zergolt, and it was situ- 
 ated about 50 miles higher up than the former had stood. 
 
 And when people sail from there up the river, they use 
 very little tackle for their boats, either because there is little 
 wind, or on account of the elevation of the country, for 
 although the Oby is very large and wide, they pull the 
 boats, as is done along nearly all rivers in Muscovy. Tra- 
 velling from Zergolt- about aoo miles upward they arrive at 
 a castle called Norinscoy, built about 13 years ago, when 
 the Great Governor sent men from Siberia in quest of lands 
 fit for people to live in , and to build cities. Then they built 
 
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 there a castle, now occupied by some soldicr.s, in a pleasant 
 healthy and warm place , very fertile and provided with fine 
 animals and handsome birds. It is situated in the South-East 
 and has afterwards become a community. 
 
 The people were ordered to seek in the direction of a 
 warmer temperature and spy out the country, but at the same 
 time to act in a friendly manner towards the inhabitants, 
 whom they might meet or find, in order to get more people. 
 When they proceeded landward in troops, to a distance 
 of 400 miles, they beheld every where fine tracts of country, 
 not inhabited and in a wild state of nature. 
 
 After travelling up the river Oby at about a distance of 
 aoo miles, now 10 years ago, they came to a fine country 
 which was very mild, so that there was no discomfort or 
 inconvenience felt and scarcely any winter there. When they 
 returned to Siberia, they were required to come to Moscow. 
 Boris Goddenoof governed in that city , who took the matter 
 to heart and directly ordered that the Governor should send 
 people from Siberia to build a city there. This was done 
 accordingly, and a fine castle was built with some other houses, 
 so that it is now a fine city, called Toom, for they heard 
 afterwards, that many Tartars had lived there, and it was 
 reported those Tartars had ^.ven the city that name on account 
 of its pleasantnefs. These Tartars had a king over them called 
 Altijn; the city itself is often still attacked by divers tribes, 
 scattered about there; but is now so powerful that it will in 
 time become a small kingdom. 
 
 Between this castle Norinscox, this city Toom and Sibe- 
 ria, they still daily find many wandering tribes, who call 
 themselves Ostachii, who now already also unite themselves 
 with Muscovites , Tartars and Samoyeds in Siberia, and deal 
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 like the Indians, namely: the lesser ones who live in East- 
 India, and not the greater. In short, the Muscovites have 
 pushed on so far in those quarters that it is quite surprising. 
 
 There are also many castles and small cities between the 
 rivers Oby and Yrtys which were built at the same time as 
 Tobolsca, or a little after. These are now very rich, being 
 mixed up with Muscovites, Tartars and Samoyeds, who are 
 not savages, and these cities are called, Tara, near which place 
 the rivers Obv and Yrtys are at ten days' distance from each 
 other ; another city is called Jorgoet , which was built about 
 fourteen or fifteen years ago, alsoBesou, and Mangansoiscoy- 
 gorad. These cities are situated up towards the south, but 
 on the west-side of the river Oby , the inhabitants daily try to 
 get further and further. 
 
 Here, on this side the Oby, lie the cities Tobolsca, Sibier, 
 Beresai , and many others situated along-side several rivers , 
 and many more are built daily. But the cities Narim and 
 Toom lie on the other side the river Oby; here the people 
 often UFe stags, and nimble dogs, which they feed with 
 fish, and especially dried thornback which, according to their 
 opinion, makes them particularly strong. The city Jorgoet 
 afore-named lies in the Oby on an island. 
 
 Proceeding from Narim, upwards to the East, along the 
 river Telt, they have also built a castle and call it Com- 
 gofscoy, and garrisoned it also with men. From this little 
 castle and Narim , they were sent , more than seven years ago, by 
 order of the Siberian governor with sledges and horses straight 
 forward to the east, to seek out whether unknown people were 
 living there. They travelled during ten weeks, right east- 
 ward through vast deserts , finding every where fine pasturages, 
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 mentioned they observed several buts in the fields and hordes 
 of people gathered together, but as they had Samoyeds and 
 Tartars as guides, who might have travelled over these ways, 
 they were not afraid. 
 
 The people, they met, came unto them with humble behav- 
 iour and signified by the Sa.noyeds and Tartars, that they 
 called themselves Tingoesy, that they dwelled along the great 
 river, which they called Jeniscea, and said it sprung from 
 the South-East, without knowing its source; but that it was 
 a larger river than the Oby. The people were deformed with 
 swellings under their throats and in their speech they thratled 
 like turkey-cocks. Their language seemed not much to differ 
 from that of the Samoyeds, which understood also many of 
 their words. «. 
 
 The Jeniscea, being a river much larger than the Oby, 
 has high mountaiiis on the East, among which are some 
 vulcanoes, which cast out brimstone. But on this side to the 
 West, the country is plain and fertile, stored with divers 
 plants, trees, fine flowers and many strange fruits, besides 
 very rare fowl. This flat country is overflowed in spring 
 by the Jeniscea about 70 leagues, in like manner, ^s they 
 report unto us, as the Nile does in Egypt. Wherewith well 
 acquainted, the Tingoesy do keep beyond the river in the 
 mountains, untill its decrease, and they then return with all 
 their cattle into these fertile plains. The Tingoesy, being 
 a very gentle people, by the persuasion of the Samoyeds, 
 without delay submitted themselves to the same Governors, 
 which they reverenced nearly as Gods. What God these 
 people worship, is uncertain, neither as yet can be knowi. , 
 the Moscovites being negligent searchers into such things. 
 
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 also innumerable other rivers, whose names are unknown, 
 that cast up such immense blocks of thick ice that it can 
 scarcely be believed. 
 
 For in spring the ice carries off entire forests, near the 
 sea-side, by its huge strength and size; this is thecaus^why 
 vast quantities of floating-wood are strewn all along the coast 
 of Waygats. Also in the strait of Nova Zembla , the cold is 
 intensest, and it is therefore not surprising that the ice is 
 heaped up in its narrow passage, and freezes on and on; 
 thus closely pressed together, it gets the thickness of 60 or 
 at least 50 fathoms. 
 
 This was ascertained this year by men, who were again 
 sent out in a small vefsel by Isaac le Maire, and who would 
 gladly have had me too, but I declined the offer, for I will 
 show that this pafsage is inaccessible and will always be so, 
 unlefs some other course be taken. 
 
 The Muscovites also made a larger voyage along this river, 
 but kept on in a straight easterly direction, hardly venturing 
 to go South , and they had some of these Tingoesy with 
 them, of whom they understood, that in the South there 
 lived many nations that were quite strange to them, and 
 who had also kings who often went to war with each other. 
 
 Not having then met with any one, they returned, after 
 some days'travelling , but ordered the Tingoesy to search 
 farther on, who promised to do so, and contracted friend- 
 ship and alliance with them, leaving some Muscovites, al- 
 lied Samoyeds and Tartars with them , and giving them some 
 presents. Next year the Tingoesy, on their side, sent people 
 Eastwards , still further than they had been before , and went 
 thither in great numbers. At last they found a large river, 
 not quite so wide as the Jeniscea, but with as rapid a stream. 
 
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 at last some folks, whom they overtook, and captured some 
 of them. They could not understand them; only by signs 
 and gestures, they made out so much that thunder was often 
 heard on the other side by their saying: om-om; and also a 
 dreadful noise and rumour of human beings; they pointed 
 to the river, saying: Pesida, from which the Tingocsy and 
 Tartars concluded that they called the river so. From the 
 words om-om, the Muscovites afterwards came to the con- 
 clusion, that it must be the sound of bells; and departing, 
 they took some of these folks with them, but all of them 
 diul on the way, either through fear or anxiety or change 
 of air, for which the Tingoesy, Samoyeds and those who 
 were with them, felt very sorry, for at their return they 
 affirmed they were very robust people, with a good mien, 
 having small eyes and flat faces, with a brown, somewhat 
 tawny complexion. 
 
 The Muscovites , in Siberia , having heard all this of the 
 Samoyeds , who came from the land of the Tingoesy in Si- 
 beria, were very desirous to make further research, desiring 
 the Governor to supply them with men, who granted their 
 request, even sending with them many soldiers, and they 
 were ordered to examine every thing closely, and to take 
 Tingoesy and Samoyeds and Tartars, wit them. So about 700 
 men departed, crofsed the river Oby, travelled through the 
 country of the Samoyeds and Tingoesy beyond the large river 
 Jeniscea, proceeding further and further onward. The Tin- 
 goesy were their guides , who ran before them , showing 
 great skill meanwhile in catching on their road wherewith 
 to supply the means of nourishment : birds , roes , goats and 
 other strange animals; they also caught fishy the country 
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 the afore-said river Pesida, and raised huts along the coast 
 and tarried there for some time, till the spring, when they 
 wished to see the river open ; and it was nearly spring 
 when they got there. They did not venture to crofs the 
 river for what had been told them before , and now discerned 
 it was the sound of bells. When the wind came from the 
 other side of the river, a noise of people and horses often 
 struck their ear, and sometimes, but not often, they saw 
 sails, going as they thought down-stream, and said that the 
 sails were square, as I think they are in India. Not having 
 met with any people on the side they were, they remained 
 there for some time, and observed also that the river was 
 very high in spring, which they did not care much about, 
 because the ground was high on both sides. Their hearts 
 felt quite delighted at the sight of the beautiful meadow- 
 land, it being then April and May. They also saw many 
 rare herbs, flowers, fruits, and singular trees, animals and 
 curious birds. But as the Muscovites themselves are not in- 
 quisitive folks, they did not care much about these things, 
 seeking only their own profit every where, for they are a 
 rude and negligent people. 
 
 They then returned in summer travelling slowly, and it 
 was in autumn when the/ arrived in Siberia, and made 
 known every thing they had seen and heard, confirming it 
 with an oath. 
 
 All these forenamed things having become known at court 
 in Moscow, Boris the Emperor and all the great lords were 
 much surprised to hear of all this , and , being excited with 
 the greatest desire to have all this very closely examined, 
 they intended sending next year Ambassadors, with many 
 presents thither, who were to be accompanied by Tartars, 
 Samoyeds and Tingoesy, to crofs the river Pesida, to exa- 
 
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 mine into the state of things, and to form an alliance with 
 the kings and peoples they might find there. They were 
 likewise ordered to examine, inspect and note down minu- 
 tely every thing, for they could not forget what they had 
 heard of the sound of the bells. But all this did not hap- 
 pen, for at that time all this great trouble and inland wars 
 had commenced in Muscovy, as may be understood from 
 the description. 
 
 1 presume this is the commencement of the kingdom of 
 Cathaya, which borders on China and India, and the Mus- 
 covite may take care lest he run his head against the wall; 
 but time will teach all , if they should try it afterwards. 
 
 Notwithstanding, the Governors sent out an expedition 
 thither, during the Muscovite wars, in which many citizens 
 voluntarily accompanied them from Siberia, and on arriving 
 in the country of the Tingoesy, by the river Jeniscea, they 
 nearly all performed the journey on foot, so that many who 
 had been accustomed to live in ease , died of fatigue , and 
 found at last verified what the others had said. Besides this, 
 they heard sometimes the noise of people and bells, but 
 being difsuaded by the Tingoesy, they did not venture to 
 crofs the river. They saw flames issuing from some of the 
 mountains, situated there, from which they brought sulphur 
 and goldstone, so that it appears that many precious mines 
 were found there. 
 
 The Governor of Siberia also ordered some boats to be 
 made with covered decks , and commanded that they should 
 set out in spring, from the river Oby to the sea, and keep 
 along the sea-coast near the land, till they should come to 
 the river Jeniscea, for he said that this river would at last 
 reach the sea, ordering them to continue their voyage in 
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 sent out also men by land, directing them to remain there 
 alongside the river, till they should discover these boats, 
 enjoining them, if they did not find them, to return within 
 a year. Those whom he sent out to sea were ordered to 
 investigate all there was to be seen, and bade the Com- 
 mander Luca to accompany them, whom he instructed to 
 note down every thing, and so they departed. These men 
 accordingly arrived at the mouth of the afore-said river, 
 and they met each other there; as those, who had gone by 
 land , had sent some on rafts and boats ',down the current 
 of the river, who met the boats on the sea-side and found 
 all as the Governor had told them before, namely according 
 to his opinion. As however their Commander Luca afore- 
 named had died, with some others of the chief men, they 
 found it advisable j separate from each other, and each to go 
 his own way, and so they arrived home again. On reaching 
 Siberia, they noted down every thing, making a good report 
 to the Governor, who sent it to the Emperor in Moscow, 
 where this report was enclosed in the treasury in Moscow, 
 till the wars should be ended; then it would be examined; 
 but I suppose it was all lost, which is a great pity, for they 
 have found in ^ it many rare things of islands and rivers , 
 birds and beasts, till far beyond the Jeniscea. 
 
 As a good friend of mine in Muscovy had a brother sent 
 there , he gave me a blank map of it , as he had understood 
 from his brother's own lips , who is no^ more , but who had 
 himself been through Waygats and knew all places as far as 
 the Óby; but what was beyond it he had orly by hear-say; 
 so that said very small map is merely a sketch relating to 
 the sea coast. I obtained it with much trouble, for if it 
 were discovered, it would cost that Muscovite his head, 
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 ■ Into the great river Oby there falls also another river, 
 which they call Taas, and which seems to come from the 
 vicinity of the Jcniscea out of a large wood, whence also 
 another river flows, not far from the one already named, and 
 falls into the Jeniscea. So they can travel by water from 
 the Oby through the meadow-land of the Samoyeds; pro- 
 ceeding only two miles by land, they come to a river called 
 Torgalf, and arrive with the falling water in the leniscea; 
 this is very convenient for travelling and was recently dis- 
 covered by the Samoyeds and Tingoesy. " 
 
 But it is a pity that the Dutch have not succeeded in get- 
 ting through Waygats, and they do not know how to set 
 about it; with vefsels they will not succeed, had they tried 
 it a hundred times over. And if they would pry into all 
 these lands, they should be obliged to remain there two or 
 three years near ¥/aygats or Pechora, where they would 
 find good harbours and provisions. Thence they should 
 send people in boats, as the Rufsians do, and also contract 
 friendship with the Rufsians, who would then willingly show 
 the way, and so all would be discovered. 
 
 Many fine places would be found out, islands and solid 
 land; but it is to be doubted whether America near China 
 is not connected with these three parts of the world by a 
 strait, like that which unites Africa to Asia by the Red 
 Sea; and this is indeed very pofsible; for who can tell 
 whether it is open , except by what is found in some wri- 
 tings of the heathens, who afsert that it is separated from 
 each other, for which they adduce many, proofs. 
 
 If hoAvevcrit is open, the strait must be very narrow, for 
 I had nearly said it would have been impofsible for people 
 to get into America, because Adam was created in Asia, 
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 that there is but one world and that man did not derive 
 his origin in various places, but only in one place namely 
 in Paradise, etc. 
 
 Now it might again be asked how people have every 
 where got into the islands, and this happened, according to 
 my opinion, also after the deluge. Likewise in America, 
 there is a narrow strait, as we know, and perhaps such a 
 narrow strait may be between Asia and America; though 
 now-a-days some firmly maintain there is a large sea between 
 both, more than a hundred miles in breadth. 
 
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 ACCOUNT 
 
 OP A CERTAIN MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY 
 
 BY THE CAPTAIN PEDRO FERNANDEZ DE QUIR CONCERNING THE 
 
 POPULATION AND DISCOVERY OF THE FOURTH PART OF THE 
 
 WORLD CALIifiD AUSTRALIA INCOGNITA OR UNKNOWN 
 
 AUSTRALIA, ITS GREAT RICHES AND FERTILITY, 
 
 DISCOVERED BY SAID CAPTAIN. 
 
 '\ '■ Sire! ' "' 
 
 I, captain Pedro Fernandez de Quir, declare that this is the 
 eighth request, I have presented to j^our Majesty, concerning 
 the population as it should take place in the country, which 
 your Majesty has ordered to be explored in the regions of 
 the unknown Australia. Without any resolution having been 
 taken with me, nor any answer or hope given assuring me 
 of my appointment, notwithstanding a sojourn of 14 months 
 at this court and having been engaged for 14 years in trans- 
 acting this businefs without salary, or any thing done to my 
 profit, acting only from motives of goodnefs; and I have 
 had to struggle with innumerable continual opposition and 
 travelled 20000 miles by sea and land, having spent all my 
 property, suffered personal destitution, and endured so many 
 and dreadful things, that they seem to me almost incredi- 
 ble , and all that not to give up a work of so much mercy 
 and devotion. — For which reason and for the love of God 
 I humbly beseech your Majesty that he may be pleased not 
 to allow me, after such constant labour and anxiety, after so 
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 of the fruits I so longed for and solicited, since the honour 
 and glory of God and your Majesty's service are so deeply 
 concerned in the matter, and infinite good will be the resuV:, 
 which will last as long as the world stands, from hence 
 forth unto all eternity. 
 
 I. Concerning the extent of these recently discovered lands, 
 judging from what I have seen and] from what the captain 
 Louis de Paez de Torres, Admiral under my command, has 
 informed your Majesty, there is good reason to conclude that 
 its length is as great as that of entire Europe , Asia Minor 
 to the Caspian vSea , with Persia and all the islands of the 
 Mediterranean and the great Sea, about and all round the 
 same provinces, England and Ireland included. This un- 
 known part is the fourth of the whole of our globe ^nd 
 so large that it can contain twice as many kingdoms r^nd 
 seigniories as those your Majesty now holds as Sovereign 
 Lord, and this without being exposed to the neighbourhood 
 of the Turks, Moors or other nations, who are accustomed 
 to harafs and torment their neighbours. 
 
 All the lands which we have seen, lie within the torrid 
 zone and a portion of them are contiguous to the Equinoctial 
 line, having a breadth of 90° and some lefs, and if they con- 
 tinue as they promise to do , there will be found lands op- 
 posite the foot of the best of Africa , the whole of Europe 
 and the greater part of Asia Major. 
 
 I predict that since the lands I have seen on 15° are better 
 than Spain, the others, which are situated higher on, must 
 be relatively like an earthly Paradise. 
 
 a. In these lands is a great number of people ; their com- 
 plexion is white, brown, mulatto, Indian and mixed. Their 
 hair is either black , long and loose , or frizzled and curled 
 and sometimes red and very thin. This diversity is a sign 
 
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 of their great intercourse and close contact, for which reason 
 and on account of the goodnefs of the land and because they 
 have no guns or other murderous fire-worlcs to mafsacre each 
 other, and as they do not work in silver-mines, and for 
 many other reasons, it is probable that the population is 
 very numerous. But it cannot be perceived that they are 
 acquainted with any particular art or science , and they have 
 no walls nor strongholds, nor king, nor law, being only a 
 lot of bad heathens, divided into parties and not agreeing 
 friendly among each other; their usual weapons are bows and 
 arrows, but not poisoned, clubs, sticks, pikes, and shafts 
 all of wood; they cover their loins, are cleanly, merry .^ 
 reasonable, and very thankful as I myself have often expe- 
 rienced, so that there is reason to hope that, with the aid 
 of God and kind means, they will be very manageable folks, 
 soon satisfied, easy to teach and to please, which three things 
 are at first very necefsary, to bring those people to such holy 
 purposes as require the greatest zeal and earnestnefs. The 
 houses are of wood, covered with leaves of palm-trees; they 
 use earthern pots, have braided ropes and plaited nets; 
 marble is wrought by them, they make flutes, drums, and 
 spoons of varnished wood ; they have their houses of prayer 
 and burials, their gardens neatly got up, and hedged around; 
 they make much use of pearl-shells , and make of them 
 gouges , chisels , saws , pick-axes and large and small orna- 
 ments which they wear rouid their necks. The islanders 
 have their vefsels well built and fitted out to go to foreign 
 countries , all of which is a certain sign of the vicinity of a 
 people of superior civilisation , and no less mark of this is 
 their castration of swine and poultry. 
 
 3. The bread they eat they make of three sorts of roots , 
 which are in great number, and require no labour, for they 
 
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 and nutritive, last long and there are some which are an ell 
 in length and half an ell thick ; fruits are very plentiful and 
 very good; platanos in six sorts, large quantities of almonds 
 of four kinds; large obos, which is a fruit of the size and 
 taste of quinces; many inland nuts, oranges, and lemons 
 which the Indians do not eat, and other excellent and large 
 fruits of equally good quality which we have tasted; sugar 
 cane in many sorts and of large size is found in abundance 
 and pples too. There are likewise vast numbers of palm- 
 tr^rco from which the juice Tuba may be readily extracted, of 
 which wine is made, vinegar, honey and whey; the palmitas 
 are very good; the fruit these palmtrees produce are cocoa- 
 nuts; when they are green they are used instead of cardos, 
 and the marrow is like cream ; when ripe they supply food 
 and drink by sea and land; when old they yield oil for light, 
 and are used to cure wounds like balsam; when young, the 
 shells make very good barrels and bottles ; the inside of the 
 shell is used as oakum to caulk vefsels with 'and all sorts of 
 rope and tackle , and the usual kinds of string and tinder are 
 made of it. And , better still , of the leaves they ^lake sails 
 for small vessels and fine mats and tiles, as a kind of thatch- 
 work to line and cover houses with , which are built on straight 
 and high piles; of the wood they make shelves, pikes, and 
 other sorts of weapons and oars, with many other useful 
 things for daily want. It is to be noticed that these palm- 
 yards are a kind of vineyards whose fruit and wine are gathe- 
 red all the year round, no abundance is wanting and neither 
 time nor money required. The vegetables, seen there, are 
 cucumbers, large and many beets, green herbs and also beans. 
 As for meat, there are many tame pigs, like our own, poultry, 
 capons, partridges, ducks, turtle-doves, pigeons, wood- 
 
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 doves and goats, which the other captain saw. The Indians 
 also gave signs of cows and buffaloes. There are many fishes: 
 hargos, pesce-reyes, lizas, soles, small salmons, mcros, shad, 
 macabis, casancs, pampanos, sardines, thornbacks, cormo- 
 rants, chitas-viejas , congcr-cels, pesces puercos, chapines, 
 rubia almexas and garnet , and other sorts of which I do not 
 recollect the name, and there must be a great many more besi- 
 des, as all those mentioned were caught very near the ships. 
 
 If one attentively considers all that has been said, it will 
 be found that there are so many and such good provisions 
 which afford immediate enjoyment, so that even march-pane 
 and many confectionaries are to be had, and without their 
 being imported from abroad. — And with respect to the 
 crew, there is besides the articles mentioned no hick of large 
 hams, pots of butter and large pigs, with abundance of 
 pickles and spices, many of which articles are like ours, 
 and there are perhaps many more, so that this is a sufficient 
 proof that the country is quite adapted to produce all other 
 things found in Europe. 
 
 4. The riches consist of silver and pearls, which I saw 
 myself, and gold which the other captain saw, as he tells us 
 in his narrative; and these are the three richest sorts nature 
 produces. — There is likewise an abundance of nutmegs , 
 mastic, pepper, ginger, which both we saw. Cinnamon 
 is known there and clo/es probably too, considering other 
 spices are found there , and those countries being parallel and 
 little differing from Terrenate and Bachan. There is ako stuff 
 to make silks, pita, sugar and anise for distillery. 
 
 There is good ebony wood and innumerable kinds of 
 wood, to build as many vefsels as one might choose, with 
 all sorts of material for sails , and three kinds of rigging , one 
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 make galagala as a substitute for tar. A species of turpen- 
 tine is found there too, which the Indians use to tar their 
 piraguees, or vefscls, with. And because there are goats, 
 and cows are known, there is probably Cordovan-leather, 
 tan, and meat in abundance. As bees have been seen, honey 
 and wax is probably found there too. Besides all these 
 riches the existence of many other things is implied. Con- 
 sidering the site and position of the land, combined with 
 the many good things which industry may add, as there is 
 such an abundance of things indigenous and to foster ours, 
 which I will import as soon as possible with all the other ot 
 the best and most useful found in Peru and New Spain, it 
 appears that all this taken together, will make the country so 
 rich , that it will be sufficient to supply itself and America 
 at the same time, and to render Spain great and wealthy, in 
 such wise as I shall point out, if I am afsisted by others to 
 carry out my design. Concerning what has been seen with 
 regard to the sea-coasts, I beg to observe. Sire, that from the 
 very inmost part of the country there are such vast treasures 
 and riches and good things to be expected, as we have only 
 just begun to collecL The remark I have to make is, that it 
 was- my chief intention alone to seek for such a large country 
 as I have found, and that on account of my illnefs, and 
 other causes which I abstain from mentioning, I have not 
 been able to see all I* had wished ; even every thing I 
 had desired to look at, could not be seen in one month of 
 which there are twelve in a year, and accordingly denote 
 the several qualities and fruits which all the various lands 
 produce. Furthermore the Indians of these lands must not 
 be judged of according to our wants, tastes and desires and 
 other considerations, but must be viewed as people who try 
 to spend their lives in performing as little labour aspofsifale. 
 
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 which they do without fatiguing themselves in any thing that 
 we do. . ' • , 
 
 5. The conveniences and comforts 01 life are found as great 
 there as ma y be expected in such a well cultivated , delight- 
 ful and cool land , which is mouldy , fat and of a good sub- 
 stance, with loam-pits to build houses of: stones, bricks 
 and every thing else made of loam, and in the neighbourhood 
 also many rough and square marble-stones from which costly 
 and handsome buildings may be made. All kinds of wood 
 fit for every building purpose are to be found there; a beau- 
 tiful site of valleys and fields, mostly intersected, and high 
 massive rocks; many rivulets and flowing rivers v/hich afford 
 much facility to construct watermills, azenas, trapiches and 
 other water-works. ElTenos, saltkilns and forests of reed 
 prove the fertility of the country, as reed is found there 
 of five and six palms and lefs, and the fruit in proportion; 
 at the end thin and hard, the rind smooth. There are such 
 good flints as any to be found in Madrid. 
 
 The Bay of St. Philips and Jacob is twenty miles in cir- 
 cumference; it is very handsome and free of accefs by day 
 and by night, and all round there are many inhabited villa- 
 ges , in which we saw at a great distance clouds of smoke 
 ascend by day, and much fire by night. Their harbour, 
 called Veracruz , or the Holy Crofs , is so spacious that 
 it can contain a thousand vefsels; the ground is smooth 
 and of black «and ; there are no holes and one may fasten 
 anchors there at as many fathoms as one chooses, from forty 
 fathoms to half a fathom, between two rivers; the one as 
 large as the Guadalquivir in Sevilla, with breakers or high 
 running flood of more than two fathoms , where good friga- 
 tes and patasses may safely lie; in the other our barks entered 
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 is found. The place for the discharge of vessels runs along 
 a shore of three miles, having for the greater part a pebbly 
 bottom of black, small and large flinty stones, fit to ballast 
 vefsels with. As the shore shews no signs of rents or cre- 
 vices and the plants growing along the sides are green, it is 
 evident they did not suffer from the violence of the surge , 
 and as the trees grew up erect, without damage or injury, it 
 appeared quite clear that there are no violent storms. This 
 harbour, besides its spaciousnefs, pofsefses another eminent 
 quality, namely that of recreation , for as soon as day-break 
 commenced, the neighbouring wood resounded with the sweet 
 harmony of many thousands of birds, among which there 
 seemed to be nightingales, blackbirds, quails, finches, innu- 
 merable swallows, paraquitos, and a parrot we saw, besides 
 many other kinds of birds. Even you heard the chirping of 
 grafshoppers and crickets. All the morning and the evening 
 many delightful odours were diffused by all kinds of flowers, 
 even orange-blossoms and the herb alvahaca. And all these 
 delightful things lead to the conclusion tliat the air must in- 
 deed be excellent there, and that nature maintained an excel- 
 lent order throughout her works. 
 
 6, This harbour and bay were still improved in excellence 
 by the neighbourhood of so many good islands, and more 
 particularly of seven islands, of which the rumour goes 
 that they measure two hundred miles; we know that one of 
 them is 50 miles large, at a distance of 12 miles from the 
 harbour. 
 
 In short, Sire, I say that on this bay and harbour, which 
 lie isVs degrees longitude from the North-Pole, there may 
 be built immediately a very large and populous city, and 
 that those who may inhabit it, will enjoy all desirable riches 
 and conveniences which time will teach, and which may be 
 
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 further imparted to the provinces of Chili, Peru, Panama, 
 Nicaragua, Guatamala, New Spain , Temnatc and the Philip- 
 pines, all ot which countries your Majesty reigns over, and 
 should your Majesty become Lord and Sovereign of those 
 I now ofi^er, I hold them to be of such vilue , that , besides 
 their being like the keys to the afore-mentioned lands, they 
 will prove to be, according to my conviction, with respect 
 to commerce in curious and profitable commodities (not to 
 speak of sovereignty), like a second China, Japan and other 
 provinces on those coasts of Asia with all its islands. To 
 explain in short what I feel, and can prove in a meeting of 
 geometricians, I will only afscrt that these lands can supply 
 and maintain two hundred thousand Spaniards. In short, 
 Sire, this is the world of which Spain promises to become 
 the centre ; and please to note that for this body this - is 
 the pivot. 
 
 The mild temperature and virtue of the atmosphere is. 
 Sire, such as may be deduced from all that has been staied, 
 and proved by the fact, that, although our people were all 
 strangers there, nobody has become ill, notwithstanding the 
 usual labour, sweating, exposure to the wet, and without 
 abstaining from drinking water, previous to taking food, or 
 eating every thing the country produces, or avoiding the even- 
 ing-air, the moon or sun, which is not sultry in day-time. 
 After midnight a blanket was very necessary and acceptable. 
 As the natives are in general of good stature, very devout, 
 some very old, though they dwell very close to the ground, 
 this is a sign of good health; for if the soil were unhealthy, 
 they would build their houses higher from the ground, as they 
 do in the Philippines, and in other places I have seen. So, 
 fish and meat for instance remain sweet, unsalted, for two 
 days and longer. — Fruit, brought from there, of which I 
 
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 have two specimens, are in good condition, as may b^seen, 
 though they were picked too early, because there are no 
 sandy grounds, nor thistles, nor thorny trees, nor any 
 growing with their roots above ground. Furthermore there 
 are no drowned lands , no pools , nor snow on the high moun- 
 tains, nor crocodiles in the rivers, nor poisonous malignant 
 reptiles on the mountains, nor ants that are commonly very 
 noxious in the houses and to fruit, nor niguas, nor cater- 
 pillars , nor gnats. And for this reason I maintain that this 
 country is for our purpose one excelling all the rest and 
 worthy to be esteemed as highly as many Indian countries, 
 which for these very plagues are uninhabitable, also as other 
 lands, where they are a real torment, which I myself can 
 testify. 
 
 7. These are. Sovereign Lord, the excellencies and vihues 
 of the lands 1 have discovered , of which I have taken pofsef- 
 sion in the name of your Majesty, under your royal colours, 
 which the documents, I have about me, fully testify. 
 
 First, Sire, there has been a crofs raised and a church 
 erected to our Lady Loretto, and twenty mafses performed in 
 it; absolution was granted on V» .tsun-day, and a solemn pro- 
 cession held on the day of the Holy Sacrament. In short, the 
 Holy Sacrament, preceeded by your Majesty's Standard, made 
 a tour through these hidden lands, rendering them herewith 
 homage, I erected there three banners and displayed in them 
 the two Columns figuring h\ your Maj. arms, so that I may 
 say with reason, in as much as this is a part of the country, 
 and in far as th.s is continent , before and behind , that here 
 the word has been fulfilled (as the columns tell) : Plus ultra. 
 
 And this and every thing else that was done , I have per- 
 formed as a faithful subject of your Majesty's, and in order 
 that your Maj'isty may immediately thereto adu the glorious 
 
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 title of Australia of the Holy Ghost , to the greater honour 
 of that same Lord, who has led me, shewn me the land 
 and brought me into the presence of your Majesty, before 
 whom I stand with the same good will I have ever felt in 
 this cause, which I have cherished and which I am attached 
 to beyond all measure, for its value and excellence love. 
 I firmly believe from the wise counsel, magnanimity and 
 christian piety of your Majesty, that the greatest care will 
 be evinced, as indeed it should, in securing the population 
 of these already discovered lands. For the chief reason for 
 feeling united in this matter should be an inducement not to 
 leave the country in a desolate and uninhabited condition , 
 for which the only remedy is , to cause the Lord God to 
 be known , believed in , adored and served there , where 
 now the Devil is worshipped. Moreover this will be the 
 door through which so many nations, now standing under 
 the dominion of your Majesty, will receive good and wel- 
 fare, and thus prevent the inevitable disasters, which would 
 ensue, in case the enemies of the Roman church succeeded 
 in getting there, to spread their false doctrines and thus to 
 convert all the good , I have described , into greater evil , and 
 call themselves Lords of India , and thus bring on it entire 
 ruin. Furthermore I believe that your Majesty is well con- 
 vinced that such ruinous consequences as I have just men- 
 tioned, and all other disasters, now awaiting or to happen in 
 future , would cost millions of gold and many thousands of 
 people, before it would be possible to adopt an uncertain 
 remedy. May it please your Majesty, now you are able, with 
 a small amount of silver, expended in Peru, to gain Heaven 
 hereafter, an immortal name and the New world with all it 
 promises. And since there is nobody that requires of your 
 Majesty a menial's retvaid for such great and important boun- 
 

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 ties of God, now reserved for your happy times, I desire 
 a servant's reconpense. Sire, my appointment and dismifsal, 
 for the galleys are waiting; also I have a good deal to travel , 
 and to get ready and arrange, while many spiritual and tem- 
 poral interests are hourly involved, and can never more be 
 recovered. 
 
 Christopher Colon, was rendered obstinate by his suspi- 
 cion only — what makes n?e so troublesome, is what I have 
 seen and touched and now propose. Wherefore may it please 
 your Majesty to order that among the many remedies, only 
 one may be awarded, that I may obtain what I desire, while 
 I promise to be found very reasonable in all things and give 
 entire satisfaction. 
 
 Sire, this is a work of vast importance, since the Devil 
 himself wages such bloody warfare against it , and it beseems 
 not that he should be found so powerful, while your Ma- 
 jesty is its Lo"'' Protector. 
 
 
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 , I desire 
 iismifsal , 
 to travel , 
 and tem- 
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 his suspi- 
 lat I have 
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 lies, only- 
 ire , while 
 ; and give 
 
 the Devil 
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 your Ma- 
 
 ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGE 
 
 AND THE NEWLY DISCOVERED STRAIT OF 
 
 M«. HUDSON. 
 
 Mr. Hudson , who had several times sought a pafsage West- 
 ward, had the object in view, to get through Lumbley's inlet 
 into Fretum Davis in a continuous sea, as we have seen in 
 his map by Mr. Plantius , and to run westward of Nova 
 Albion into Mar del Zur, through which an Englishman, ac- 
 cording to the drawing of the former, had pafsed. But after 
 much trouble he found this way, which is drawn here on 
 this map , and which he would have continued , if the com- 
 mon crew had not shewn so much unwillingnefs ; for as they 
 had been out already lo months, having however been vic- 
 tualled for only 8 months, and had seen only one man on 
 the whole way, who brought them a large animal which 
 they eat, which man however did not return, because he 
 was badly treated, the common crew (when they had again 
 reached from 52 degrees' longitude, at which height they 
 pafsed the winter, 63 degrees' longitude, along the west-side 
 of the bay, into which they had run, where they discove- 
 red a full sea and high waves from the North-West) , at last 
 revolted against their masters, who desired to go further, 
 and placed their superiors together in a sloop or boat out- 
 side the vefsel, and then sailed with the ship to England. 
 For this reason, when they came home, they were all thrown 
 
'nto prison. This summer there have again been expedited 
 thither, by authority of the King and the Prince of Wales» 
 vefsels to discover the pafsage further, and to search out 
 Mr. Hudson and his friends', which vefsels are ordered to 
 pais both as soon as the pafsage is found, and to send homer 
 
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 one with the tidings we expect. 
 
 Remarks on this Rufsian map, and also on the intervening 
 passages, which Isaac Massa has added to the description. 
 
 On the map Massa has interpreted the Rufsian name, 
 which was written in Greek letters, on the land above the 
 street of Matseioftsar, — otherwise called Matenskinsarck 
 and Costinsarck — by America, as he had written that in 
 my example, which was a great mistake. For the land which 
 William Barentsz has sailed along, and on which he built the 
 abiding house , extends as far as even 60 miles higher North , 
 and has always been called by the name of Nova Zembla, which 
 means as much as New-Land, and is thought to be an island. 
 
 But Ds. Peter Plantius has a contrary opinion of it, from 
 the account of Willem Barentsz and Hans van Uffelen ot 
 Rotterdam , who have told him that they had understood 
 from a chief of the Samoyeds on the south-side of the strait 
 of Weygats , that aforesaid Nova Zembla is fastened eastward 
 to the south of the continent , and that the Mar More (which 
 he explains to be the Pacific Sea) is stopped up to the east 
 with ice , which comes from the great river*' , and would 
 appear also in some measure from this map, if tne land which 
 is drawn to the north of the river Peisida , and the land of 
 Nova Zembla, were joined together. 
 
 But as Jan Huyghen writes that the Amsterdam interpreter 
 
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 has understood many things wrong, and that the Rufsians 
 have told his interpreter, Franc^ois de la Dale, that no ice 
 whatever is found ten or twenty miles through the strait of 
 Weygats, so we leave this matter, as being as yet uncertain , 
 in suspense. On the first place noted , of which Massa says 
 that he will prove that one may not go through Weygats , 
 it must be observed that he settles the matter somewhat 
 roundly; for it had been done by the Enkhuysers, and could 
 therefore be done again, but it is evident that it could not 
 be done every year. 
 
 And in the second place noted, he says that it can not be 
 done in a hundred years; however of the three times, that it 
 has been tried by our Dutchmen, it has succeeded once. The 
 second time they had already come to the States-island, from 
 whence, through fear of being locked in by the ice, they 
 returned. 
 
 And the doubts concerning the Strait of Anian , as this is 
 generally called, he also describes somewhat loosely, for he 
 grounds his doubt hereupon, that he does not know how 
 the people could have got into America , if there were a wide 
 space between the continent of Asia and America ; although 
 the Chinese and Japanese to the West, as also our nation to 
 the East of it, have both had for long ages always vessels, 
 with which they might easily have been transported. 
 
 This I have still to note , that I have spoken of the acci- 
 dent of the Amersfoort clerk on Nova Francia much too 
 decidedly in the preface, for a matter is sometimes very dif- 
 ferent from what it at first appears, and as t'.ie causes why 
 any thing happens are newly always unknown to us , we 
 cannot at all positively assert such things. . - , 
 
 iterpreter 
 
 FINIS.