EARLY HISTORY OF WHALING fOl 



placed upon their map midway between Trondhjem 

 and Iceland. 



The English Admiral, therefore, not only forbade 

 Muijden to fish anywhere, but took away from him 

 all that he had already caught. The Dutchmen's 

 adventures are related in detail. On the 28th July 

 the English Admiral made Muijden a present of 

 twenty pipes of lard and twenty-one wattles for the 

 eighteen and a half whales which he had captured. 

 And he still retained in his service the vessel from 

 Saardam, which went here and there for him, 

 looking for wood along the banks and bringing the 

 blubber to the Foreland to the other English ships. 

 This vessel was also given a quantity of blubber for 

 its pay, and came home. According to Gerritsz the 

 Muscovy Company accumulated incredible wealth 

 from the despoiling of the Dutch ships. 



As will be seen, this success of the English in 

 1613 was only temporary. 



It was evident there would be a keen struggle in 

 1614, and both sides made great preparations. 

 The Dutch, evidently placing little faith in their 

 diplomatic representations to King James, deter- 

 mined to resort to force to defend their interests. 

 Early in 1614 a new Dutch Company was formed 

 and a charter of monopoly obtained for three years, 

 a period subsequently extended to ten. 1 They 

 obtained the exclusive right " to trade and fish from 

 the United Netherlands on or to the coasts of the 



1 This charter is printed in full in " Zorgdrager," ist edition, 

 PP. 173-175. 



