^^;;, where, foon after; they met with their Conntrytnenat Nrng^c" 
fash 4.That from thefe Difcovd-l^s concluded co be 
rrufe,that is jby tf d m japan^ xs repreftntcd in this Map by the 
pricked lines,but nbt that 'tis faft to Afid mlartary* 5. That con- 
cerning the particular of havirf^ there found Dutch Harping-Irons 
in the bodies of Whales ( which feems incredible ) 'tis to be confi- 
der'djthat a Whale will fwim incredibly faft; and the diftance from 
Spitsberg to the North-end of being^ by the Maps, about 700 
miles, a Whale might dilpatch that way4n i o:or 1 2 clays^fwiramiug 
in 24 hours about 60 or 70 miles. 6.That this Difcovery indicates 
theneareft way to fail out of the EafWndies into thefe parts by the 
North,i//^»betwixt Gr<?^and J^/^^;?, here mar k'c with I andK,which 
fpace is at leaft 25 or 26 miles broad, having a ftroog current, and 
entring into a large Seajche which is muchmorcexpeditious,than m 
pafs on the Eaft of J^pm ihoto^ the Straight Vries otAnian ^ 
and that the rather, becaufe *cis not yet known, how far that 
reaches North-ward. 
20. This fmall Map, in which is alfo delineated the North-Coafti 
ofT^r/^r^becween f^r^^and Nova ZembU^ fuicrh with the Globe 
and Maps oiPetrm Karm, L A.Kokm^ K. JJfjfer,TrJe Wit, and- 
fome others,although the two laft have now atter'd them vfor \vh ch 
our Author faith he fees no reafon. 
2 ! . To promote this Parage out of the Eajl-I^dks by the NeriB^- 
into Europe^ h were very neceflary to fail from Edft-lndia. to the 
Weft- ward of J^;/^^/?, all a long Ci>r^^,tofee,how the Sea-CoaOs trend 
to the North of the faid^w^, and with what conveniency Ships^ 
might fail as far as to Nova ZembUy and to the North of the fame : 
. Where our Author faith that undoubtedly it would be found, that 
having paffed the North corner of ZembUy or, t\iOXQ\^Weiga,t;^i 
* the North-end of Jelm^r^Lmd^CmdiYkcd with ^ Gompafe NTumb. 
L and M, in this MapO one mi^ht go on Souths ^^ ^^«^^7'^^^^^^^ 
— , J 1 /- r r 1 p7 concernm^ the true 
Eaft-ward, and make a fucciefsful Voyage. fbituadon ofN.zemhia. 
SomeObfervations cmcerning a poffible Pajfage to the Eajl-hdks hf 
Northern America ffVy?-n^4y/;/. 
OF this PaflTage much - wasat firftdifcourfedmeerly by hear* 
fay, as may be feen in the Hydro^raphical Difcourfe of 
JSi>»r;?^, printed An.1594. Next,one HeJ[elGerrufe^A,i6i2,'^'XO'Q 
of this Paflage thus ; Since the Englifli upon the feveral Voyages of 
W.Eare^tzimdG fome attempts for the North-Eaft;the Direfior? of 
the Dutch Eaft-!ndia Company for fome years laft paft fent thither 
one Uudfon^ who not being able to find a Paflage to the Eaft; failed 
to 
