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" Torteldurf," an island discovered by the ship Torteldurf 

 in 1624 ; and " Houtman's Abrolhos." And at the back 

 of the whole coast, which is rightly imagined to exist 

 continuously from 33 to 28, is written: "I. d'Edels 

 landt." For some reason that is not explained, the land 

 discovered in this voyage is called by the name of Jacob 

 Dedel, the supercargo of the Amsterdam, whose letter 



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PART OF GOOS-VISSCHER'S MAP, 1639. (From Coote, Remarkable Maps.) 



supplements in an interesting way the information given 

 by Commander Houtman. 1 



In March 1622 the Dutch ship Leeuwin made a discovery The Leeuwin 



of land to the ' South of that discovered by Houtman. disc vers 



J coast from 



We have no journal to tell this story. But on the map 35 to 34, 

 of Gerritz, to the South of D'Edel's land, and united to l622 ' 

 it by a dotted line, is shown a coastline which, first running 

 Southward, makes at about 34 an elbow to the South- 

 East, and runs in that direction to 35, where it is cut 

 short by the termination of the map. On the elbow 

 is written " land made by the ship Leeuwin in March 



x The supercargo wrote his name Dedel. Why the name is changed 

 to d'Edel on the map I do not know. 



