362 SPITSBERGEN 



St. Jacobs Bay (Blaeuj. — In the SE. coast. 



Stans Foreland (V 'an Keulen, 1689). — A mistaken name for the SE. 

 coast. 



Disco (G. and R., 1707). — On Stones Foreland, near a former whale 

 fishery. 



Stones Foreland (Edge., l ^ 2 5)- — The E. cape. 



Ryk Yse Islands (Goos, 1666). — Named after the Dutch skipper Ryk 

 Yse. 



Half moon Island (Goos, 1666). 



Thousand Islands, a modern name, first found on Scoresby's chart, 

 and suggested by the old maps rather than by nature, for the 

 islands themselves are not really very numerous. Their number was 

 greatly exaggerated on the Dutch charts, from Van Keulen's (1689). 

 They are generally described as Laag gebrooken land. The follow- 

 ing names appear in the Dutch and other charts, but the islands 

 cannot be certainly identified : Abbots Island, Scott's Island, Heling 

 Island, Hopeless Islands, Bear Island, Wester Island. 



Hope Island (Edge, 1625). 



THE SEVEN ISLANDS AND NORTH-EAST-LAND 



North- East- Land vs, marked on the Goos chart (1666) as a collection of 

 islands, whereof the NE. group are called the Seven Islands. Van 

 Keulen (1689) is not much better informed, but he marks two of 

 the true Seven Islands separately to the north. North-East-Land 

 is first properly marked and named by G. and R. (1707). The 

 south point of it was seen by Edge in 16 16, and named Sir 

 Thomas Smith's Island. 



The Seven Islands were well enough known in Martens' time (167 1), 

 but were first marked with approximate correctness by G and R. 

 (1707). Hooyberg (Van Keulen, 1689) was probably Phipps 

 Island. Tafclberg (Van Keulen, 1689) was Martens Island or 

 Parry's Island. Ambeelt (G. and R., 1707) may have been Martens 

 Island. 



Shoal Point (Martens). — The NW. cape of North-East-Land. 



Great Stone (G. and R., 1707). — In its SE. side is marked a deep bay 

 named Illuys Haven. 



Low Island. — Perhaps this is the Purchas plus ultra Island of Edge 

 (1625) ; it is '/ Lage Eyland of G. and R. (1707). 



Brandywine Bay (Van Keulen, 16S9). 



