Inscriptions left by Early 'European Navigators. 



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It reads as follows : 



HIERONDER LEGGEN BRIEVEX VAN DER COMMAND(EUR) D. V. LEE, 

 EN VICE COMD P. C. ROOCK, MET DE SCHEPEN NASSAU, FRED. 

 HENDRIK, NIMEGEN, WESSEL KN DE GALIAS ALHIER DEN 9. APRIL 

 1632 VAN BATTAVIA. GEARIVEERT ?t'TROCKEN DEN 15 DITTO. 



Dirk van der Lee, Secretary of the High Government, left 

 Batavia, as we are told hy Valentyn, in 1632 with the ships Nassau, 

 Nimegcn, Wezcl, Frcderik Ilcnnrik, the Galioot S. Gravenhage, from 

 Surat, and Tcr Veer. 



The Tcr Veer is not mentioned in the inscription and had there- 

 fore not arrived at the rendezvous when van der Lee left after six 

 days' sojourn in Table Bay. 



Stone III. 



The next and last Dutch inscription is, like that of van der Lee, 

 graved on block of stone bearing another record, but this time it is 



1631 , ' 

 BAMDA-WAS SEfaAER*EJ/ll, 

 EG MOHTSYI/I DEI/IXI APRi- 

 X/ERTROCK.E* SOECKT BRIEF 



FIG. 22. 

 22 cm. x 52 cm. 



1634 BANDA . WASSENAER . EN D(E) EGMONT . SYN. DEN . XI . APRIL 

 VERTROCKE . SOECKT . BRIEF. 



the French undated one (Stone III.), the missing part of which had 

 already been broken, before the Dutch graving was added to the 

 reverse, as proven by its completeness. 



