ch. ix] Barcntsz. Linschoteii. De Veer 69 
discover a north-east route to China. One was the 
Swan of Keer in Walcheren, commanded by Cornelis Nai 
of Enkhuizen, the other^the Mercury of Enkhuizen under 
Brant Tetgales. They were to attempt a passage by 
the Waigat. The merchants of Amsterdam fitted out a 
W'lLLEM BARENTSZ. 
(Originally a vignette in a chart published in Amsterdam between 1613 and r.615 1 .) 
vessel also named the Mercury but, acting under the 
advice of the cosmographer Plancius, they adopted 
another route, and resolved to attempt a passage round 
the northern end of Novaya Zemlya. The commander 
of this second Mercury was Willem Barentsz, a native 
1 Reproduced by kind permission of the publisher, from DrA. D.deVries's 
Oud-Holland (Binder, 1882). 
