44 The V O Y 
Afternoon they made the Aland again ': But, when they were 
going to land, the Storm rofe again with iuch Violence, that 
they refolved to weigh Anchor, and get out of the Streight ; 
but the Sea was fo rough, that they could not do it: They 
were afraid, that the Capftan would fly ; at laffc the Ship’s 
Anchor flipped •, and, to fave the Ship, they cut the Ca- 
ble, and fo they continued under Sail, not without great 
Sorrow for having loft their Anchor, becaufe they had but 
one more left. 
23. This fad Accident obliged the Captain to depart the 
Streight without Delay : Accordingly, January 2 1 . 1 600. 
he failed out of the Mouth of the Chanel with a South- 
weft Wind, chopping fometimes to Eaft IS 1 orth-eaft, after 
having fpent Nine Months in thofe Seas in a dangerous and 
diftnal Condition. In the Afternoon, having got into the 
Main, they left the Sloop to drive into the Sea, becaufe 
the ftormy Weather had made her unfit for Service. The 
24th in the Morning, they found Three fmall Ifiands to the 
"W indward, which are not marked in the Map ; they named 
theft the SebaUine Ifiands : They are Sixty Leagues off the 
Continent, in 50° 40'. There was plenty of Penguins in thofe 
Ifiands, but they could catch none, becaufe they had nei- 
ther Sloop nor Boat. February 1. a Seaman, born at Bruf- 
felles , named Nicolas Blick , was condemned to be hanged, 
for having ftolen out of the Hold a Bottle of Wine, and 
a Bag of Rice : Upon the Point of his Execution, the 
Seamen interceded for him, and got his Pardon, on Con- 
dition that no Seaman, for the future, fhould beg any 
body’s Life that fhould be guilty of fuch a Crime. On 
the 3d about Evening, the fame Nicolas Blick was accufed 
of having made himftlf drunk, fo that confequently he 
muft have ftolen the Wine; and was convibted of ftealing 
not only Wine, but Victuals alfo, more than he wanted for 
his Neceffity ; for which he was hanged, and his Body 
thrown into the Sea with the Rope about his Neck. 
24. March 1 5. the Ship pafted the Equinoctial Line ; they 
began that very Day to diftribute no more Wine, becaufe 
they had but one Pipe left, which they kept for the Sick. 
The 28th, they faw the Cape of Monte upon the Coaft of 
Guiney ; but the Captain was very angry with the Pilots, 
becaufe they had fteered another Courfe than he deflgned : 
The Seamen, on their Side, were alfo difcontented with 
the Captain, who, having no Sloop nor Boat, and but 
one Anchor, would not land ; but, being fatisfied he had 
Bifcuit enough for Four Months, at a Quarter of .a Pound 
AGES of Book I; 
a Day each Man, and Two Ounces of Rice, he caufed 
them to tack about, and Hand to the Sea. April 1. in 
the Night, they difcovered fome Fire, and thought at firft 
ft was a Ship ; but, in the Day-light, they faw the Fire on 
Shore, and that they had run very near the Coaft, being 
driven by the Currents. At that time their Penguins were 
all gone, fo that, if God’s Providence had not been exerted 
for them, they would have been forced to have been con- 
tented with a fmall Proportion of Bifcuit and Rice ; but, 
during Five Weeks that they fteered along the Coaft, with- 
out advancing much farther becaufe of the calm Weather, 
they found Plenty of all forts of Fifli, both great and fmall. 
The Captain, being uncertain how long he fhould ftay in 
that Place, and fearing that the want of Provifions would 
force him at laft to land, ordered a fmall Boat to be built ; 
which was finifhed, in Twelve Days time, by the Direbtion 
of Outgerfz , the Pilot, who had formerly praclifcd the 
Trade of a Ship-carpenter : But they had no need of her ; 
for, the 24th of the fame Month, the Wind being fair, 
the Ship failed towards the Azores Ifiands. 
25. May 3. they celebrated a public Thankfgiving- 
day ; and, the 21ft, they pafted the Tropic of Cancer, 
catching every-where fo great a Quantity of Fifli, that 
they had enough both for faking and drying : But, when 
they were off the Azores , they found no more Fifli ; but 
were forced to eat thofe they had faked ; and that 
new Food caufed many Diftempers amongft the Seamen, 
and efpecially the Scurvy : They were parched within, and fo 
thirfty , that they could never quench their Thirft ; and their 
Bodies were all over covered with red Spots like a Leprofy. 
The 7th, the Captain was informed, that fome of the Sea- 
men had ftolen fome Bifcuit ; but he durft not punifn thofe 
that were guilty of it, becaufe they were vigorous and 
healthy, and nothing could be done without them. July 
6. the Ship got into the Englijh Chanel ; the Captain 
landed at Dover to buy an Anchor, and a Cable ; but, find- 
ing none, he failed the fame Evening. On the 13th, while 
he lay at the Mouth of the Maefe waiting for the Tide, 
with a Pilot on board, the Wind became contrary on a fud- 
den, and forced him to go into the Chanel of Goeree , 
where a Seaman died, being the Sixty-ninth that died in 
the whole Voyage ; the other Thirty-fix who were alive, 
gave Thanks to Almighty God, who had preferved them 
from fo many Dangers, and brought them fafe Home. 
SECTION VIII. 
T*he V oyage of George Spile ergen, in Quality of Admiral of Six Dutch Ships, round 
the fVorld . 
I. ' The Gccafion of the Voyage , and the Departure of the Fleet Auguft 8. 1614. 2. Their Arrival on 
the Coaft of Brafil. 3. Tre acker oufly attache d, and a great many of their Men ?naffacred by the Portu- 
guefe. 4. They take fever al Portugnefe Prif oners, but could not procure the Dif charge of their own 
Men in Exchange , y. They pafs through the Str eights of Magellan into the South Seas. 6. They meet 
with the Spanifh Fleet on the Coaft of Chili. 7. A warm Engagement enj'ues , in which the Spanifh Admiral 
Vice-admiral, and another great Ship, were funk. 8. They continue cruijing upon that Coaft. p. Jhe 
Account they received of the State at that Time of Pern and Chili. 10. They continue their Voyage to 
Acapulco. 11. Continue their Courfe from thence for the Eaft Indies, and arrive at the Ifiands of La- 
drones. 12. Proceed in their Voyage for the Moluccas. 13. Arrive f of ely at the Dutch Settlement at 
the Ifland of Machian. 14. Peturn from thence into Holland, and enter the Maefe, July 1. 1617. 
1 y e Remarks upon the Voyage. 
crW-lUE Directors of the Dutch Eaft India Compa- 
8 ny, having ftill very much at Heart the making 
-ML an effectual Voyage through the Streights of 
Magellan to the Eaft Indies , they, in the Spring of the Year 
1614. granted a Commiftion for this Purpofe to George Spil- 
ls erg. } or Spilbergen, a Man of eftabliffied Reputation for his 
Knowledge in maritime Affairs ; and ordered Six Ships to 
be equipped for that Service, viz. the Great Sun , the Full 
Moon , the Huntfman , a Yacht called the Sea Mew , all 
Four from Ampler dam, the AEolus of Zeland, and the Morn- 
ing Star of Rotterdam. They were all equipped in the 
heft manner poffible, and the Admiral had, in a great 
1 
meafure, the Choice of his own Officers, which, in long 
Voyages, is a Thing of the utmoft Conftquence, in order 
to prevent unneceffary Difputes. The Ships were ready a 
little after Midfummer ; but the Admiral having declared 
his Opinion, that they fhould, in cafe they failed then, ar- 
rive at an improper Seafon in the Streights of Magellan , 
the Directors thought proper to poftpone the Voyage till 
the Month of Auguft ; and, on the 8th, the Fleet failed 
out of the Texel, with a ftrong Gale at South-eaft. 
2. They continued their Voyage without any other re- 
markable Accident, than enduring feveral Storms and Tern- 
pefts, till October 3. when they found tfremfeives in the 
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