Inscriptions left by Earli/ European Navigators. 



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that fleet which sailed from Rotterdam, was the ship Amsterdam 

 with Admiral Leendert Stolk as ' Schipper.' ' 



These two names, Stolk and Rotterdam, figure in the inscription, 

 but not those of the principal officers of the Amsterdam, such as 

 the commander of the soldiers, Engelhregt Schutte ; the Merchant, 

 Pietervan Rynegom ; the Naturalist, Johannes van Wallbecht ; 

 Justus de Vogelaar, etc., and as none of these names approximate 

 those figuring in the inscription, one must conclude that the 

 inscription is not that of the Amsterdam, but of another vessel of 

 the " Nassau " fleet. 



Stone XVI. 



The third inscription only incidentally refers to the call of the 

 ship Holland in 1624, it being an epitaph. 



FIG. 20. 

 G2 cm. x 37 cm. 



HIER LEIT BEGRAVEN JAN GERRITSEN VAN AMSTERDAM OPPER 

 STUURMAN OF HET SCRIP HOLLAND STARF DEN 24 APRIL ANXO 1624. 



(Here lies buried Jan Gerritsen of Amsterdam chief pilot of the 

 ship Holland, died the 24 April of the year 1624.) 



This inscription was found on the removal of an old house at the 

 corner of Strand Street, opposite the present "Grand Hotel," and 



