80 A rctic and A ntarctic Exploration [part i 
lands, sending home a full account of the first voyage of 
Barentsz on 7th October 1594 1 , and adopting Linschoten's 
sanguine views of the ultimate commercial success of the 
enterprise, which was to be renewed in the following 
year. This letter was the consequence of an order from 
the Queen to keep her fully informed respecting the 
maritime, and more especially the Arctic, undertakings 
of the Dutch. 
1 State Paper Office, Holland, lxxvii. 
