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man, Jori^va^Spi&^f^^^ould have adventured a Voyage the fame 
\^^y from the (ide of the Eajl-hdies^ if with much importunity he 
had not been diffuaded from it. 
And chough we have not yet heard of any that hath aftually un- 
dertaken fuch a Vo) age; yet fomething hath been done, whence 
feme efliuiate may be made of the condition of thofc parts. For, 
it having been taken for granted, that to the North or North-Eaft 
of there is found a large fpacious Sea, and the Jafonejes ha- 
ving been heard to talk much of a Country called Jejfo or Efo^hut 
believing it to lye to the .North- weft of J/tpm^ on the Coaft of Cl^- 
ta,y o^tArtafy^ and this Kingdom of Catay being much celebrated 
for its opuleacy andfhippingahe Council of the Dutch EafiAndh 
'C6mpzt\y dX Batavia^ inthelflandof Jw^, gave A. 1643. ^^^7 
panicular Jnftruflions to Martin Geritfen Vries^ Captain of the 
Ship Cajlrikum, fee out to difcover the unknown Eaft-coaft of T^r- 
tary^ the Kingdom of Catay, and theWeft'Coaft of America^ toge- 
ther with the Ifles fcituate to the Eaft of Jafm^ cryed up for their 
richefs infilver and gold, Thofe InftruSions containing many 
particulars that are not ordinary, weftall not fpare our labor of 
giving them here in Englifli, out of the above-nam'd Rembrantz of 
Nierof. 
I . Amongft the befl: Geographers, Tartaria is reckoned to be one 
of the gre^ceft parts of the World,havingin longitude, or from Eaft 
to Weft, no lefs than 60 degrees, and in latitude, or from North to 
South,about 3 o d. And of the many vaft Countries, which it compre- 
hend?, Cataya is efteem*d the moft excellent, lying in a temperate 
Climate,in about 50 d. Northern latitude, and being the prime Pro- 
vince of the Empire of the great f^^;^, who keeps his Court in tiie 
Metropolis thereof,cali'd Carnbdu^ famous for mi^htv .commerce and 
trade driven there from all f^r^-^r^ and CA//!^.^/' - ^-^ 
* 2^ The Eaft-Coaft of this Country is much famed for Shipping, 
by reafon of the great traffick faid to be ufed from thence to a! ! the 
parts and coafts thereabout. Yet becaufe it lyes in a corner of the 
World that is much out of the way ^ neither the \Europea^Sj nor any 
Oriental Nation, nonotthe bordering C/:?/Wy?rthemfelve?, ha ve hi- 
therto been able to obtain any commerce wit h them. 
3, The fame of this Cataya hath excited many brave Pilots to point 
qui: and defign feveral ways thither, a's' well by theEaft-Indies, 
the SimghtsofMagellan^zs by th^ Northeril^»i<?r/V/^, and round a- 
hout AW^' Zm.W^,' and even direSly through the ilW-^-P^j/^f. 
Whereupon alfo by the three laft ways divers attempts have been 
made 
