runiiing againft nrighty: mquntains. about the Prpviqce C^A^^whcrc- 
hy Japm appears to be a fir^n Land to that of JE/i. To which is to 
be added, what others affert, viz. That a certain Perfon hath tra- 
velled 2roo miles I;Iorth-ward,that is, to about 50 deg. Northern la- 
tit ud€,and found norftingbiit firm.Land.So that^whereas heretofore 
Geographers, wjere wfyni to m^e a large Sea to ttie North of JafAn, 
it has been found by this Voyage of 1643^ that the great Land of 
Efi is fcituate therej the Coafts whereof are now made known from 
42 to abouc 49 degrees. But this is not all, for a further Difcovcry 
came to hand, A. which was made with a Ys^cht call'd the Spar^ 
-wr^wbich the burch loft upona fmalllfle, .1 2 or 1 3 mile^ ofTof the 
Souiih-corner of being 14 or i g miles in cbropafs, in 3 3 deg. 
32 min. North-latitude } which Sfiipwr^ick hapned Aug. 13.1653^ 
where the Seamen being taken prifoners by thofc Inhabitants, there 
vvas broiighc to them one "jojjn Janjen well te rr^^,who A. 1627, had 
falleii upon the Coaft of Core^^ aiid intp the hands of that People, 
with; two more ofhis Camprades, fent allhore to fetch^water. This 
ix\v\ being then about 5 8 years of age, had almoft loft His Mothers 
Tongue,fb that he could hardly be underftood by his Countrymen; 
who were in May 1 654, tranfported from the faid Ifle to the Firm 
Xand of QreA^ and paflfed through divers Towns, moft North and 
by Wert, to the Court of that King, for the fpace of 7 0 or 7 5 miles, 
coming to about the 39th*deg.of the Poles Elevation.They teft.iffd, 
that Cned is fcituate between 34; and 44 deg. that is, from South 
to North about 140 or 150 miles Creckoning 1 5; of thefe miles'to a 
.degree: )Thc,bread^h of this Land fromEaft to Weft about 70 or 75 
miles.On tfie South-corper 'tis very near to J^^4;^,viz.within 2^ or 
26 miles. On the Weft-fide it hath the Coaft of ChindoixVt Bay of 
Nanquwy and on the'North 'tis by a great Mountain faften'd to one 
of the moft Northerly Provinces of the faid C^i;;^; without which it 
would be^n liland, there being on ,;Jie North-Eafl;:fidean openSea, 
where every year divers Whales. with Harping tpns in their bellies 
are affirmed to befourrJ byjhe DiijCph, OL^ier Natibiis \ ' where 
likewife in the Spring is caught grjsfa^i'plenty 6^ Herrings ; So that 
there muft needs be a thorpw-fare be^ Gr ^'^ and Japan to iVi- 
yya Zemhla dXidWay^atz. Thefe Dutc ff men having alfo often enqui- 
red of the Core^tnYihi^ thacTailtb this/^prth quarterSjWhether 
there was any La nd about thfKorth-Eailf they ^^^^ f6ranfwer,there 
was nothing but a clear Sea.Thefe fame nien,that were thu|caft.aw 
upon theabovefaid Jfle,were 3^.in number,of which tWe'efcaped 
'8, A. r 666.in September ^^lid in a fmall Veflel came io Firar^do in Ja^ 
pan. 
