Chap. I. 
Height of Madeira. On the ioth, they loft Sight of the 
Canaries , and, on the 23d, they had Sight of the Hands 
Brava and Fogo. They obferved, in palling the Cape de 
Verde Hands, that they were wrong placed in the Maps, 
and even in fuch as were in the highelt Efteem in thofe Days, 
as Handing in them in 17 0 , whereas they ought to be in 
14 0 30'. On December 9. 1614. the Admiral appointed 
a Day of Thankfgiving, for their having happily palled 
the Danger of Shoals of. Abrolhos, which run very far into 
the Sea, and have been very fatal to the Portuguefe Ships 
in their Voyages. On the 12th, they difcovered the Con- 
tinent of Braftl ; the Coaft appearing high at a Diftance, 
with many Hills, having very (harp-pointed Tops rifing 
into the Clouds, others broader and well covered with 
Trees, but the Land clofe to the Sea was all flat. On the 
19th, the Coaft appeared very high, and the Pilots con- 
cluded, that it muft be Cape Frio ; but the Sea Mew having 
been fent before to difcover, reported, that they were at 
the Mouth of Rio Janeiro , which has Three little Hands 
in the Opening ; and this gave them Hopes, that before 
Evening they fhould have Sight of the Has Grandes , and 
therefore the Sea Mew had Orders to lead as before. On 
the 20th in the Morning, they anchored in the Road of 
Has Grandes , between Two large line Hands, covered 
with Trees, in Thirteen Fathom Water. On the 21ft, 
they anchored at another Hand, at the Diftance of about 
half a League, where they diverted themfelves with Fifh- 
ing ; in which they had good Succefs j and here they 
caught many Crocodiles, each of the Length of a Man. 
On the 23d, they anchored behind another He, where 
they found Two little Huts, and a Heap of Mens Bones 
on a Rock. The next Day they fet up Tents on Shore 
for the Sick, which were all landed that Night, and the 
Admiral appointed Three diftinft Corps de Garde of Sol- 
diers for their Security, as being in continual Apprehenfion 
of the Portuguefe , who, they knew, were at no great 
Diftance. 
3. The Admiral, on the 28th, hoifted a white Flag as a 
Signal for holding a Council ; in which it was refolved, 
that the Pluntfmah fhould efcort the Shallops that were to 
go to take in Water at a River about Two Leagues off 7 . 
The Admiral gave exprefs Directions to the Captain of the 
Huntfman to anchor as clofe to the Shore as poflible : But, 
when he was out of Sight of the Fleet, he anchored as he 
thought proper, which was at fuch a Diftance from the 
Land, that it was in a manner out of Cannon-fhot. On 
the 29th, the Admiral’s Shallop and Canoe went to take 
in Water, and a Body of Seamen were landed upon the 
Hand to cut Wood : About Noon they brought as much as 
their VeflMs would hold on board, and in Two or Three 
Hours went back to fetch more. In the Evening they 
would have come On board again, but their Veffels were 
aground, and they were obliged to ftay for the Flood. 
They paired their Time but very indifferently all Night 
under a Hut erefted by the Crew of the Yacht ; and 
they reported, when they came on board in the Morning, 
that they had heard a confufed Number of Voices, and a 
great Trampling of People, in the Woods. On the 30th, 
the Shallops of the Moon , the Morning Star , and the 
Huntfman , were fent to the Watering-place with Nine or 
Ten Soldiers under the Command of Francis du Chefne r 
Lieutenant to Captain Rowland Phillips , whofe Company 
was oh board the Admiral ; as for the Seamen, they went 
unarmed, contrary to exprefs Orders, and notwithftand- 
ing what their Companions had told them, of their hear- 
ing a great Number of People in the Wood. They had 
not been gone long from the Fleet, before feveral Cannon- 
ihot were fired from the Huntfman *, upon which the Ad- 
miral immediately ordered out Three Shallops, full of 
Soldiers and Seamen, well armed, to fee what was the 
Matter. Thefe no fooner came on board, than they were 
informed, that Five Canoes, full of Portuguefe and Mef- 
'tizo*s, well armed, had attacked the Three Shallops, and 
murdered every Man there was in them. The Dutch 
armed Shallops went in Purfuit, and foon came within 
Sight of them, and were not a little furprifed, that the Men 
did not row very hard to get out of their Way. On their 
doubling a rocky Cape, they foon found the Reafon \ for 
there they faw Two ftout Frigates riding at Anchor, to 
Numb. 4, 
4 S’ 
which the Boats retired for Shelter, and the Dutch Shal- 
lops were forced to return to their Admiral with adifnial 
Account of what had befallen their Companions. 
4. January 1. 1615. a Confpiracy of certain mutinous 
Perfons, who were inclined to run a why with the Ship, was 
found out ; for which, Two were executed, being hanged 
up at the Yard-arm, and (hot through with Six Mufquets, 
and were afterwards buried on Shore, the Preacher bavins' 
all the Night before laboured to fit them for a more happy 
Life ; others were put in Irons, and diftributed to different 
Ships. Before their Departure they called a Council, and 
therein gave Orders, that, if any Ship loft the reft, they 
fhould fet up a Mark in de Cordes Haven, or fome other 
ufual Landing-place ; and likewife fixed how long they 
fhould ftay for each other, directing them after to fall on 
to La Mocha . They agreed to remove thence, for want of 
fit Provifion for their Sick, to the He of St. Vincent : 
There the Portuguefe delayed and fliuffled With them, 
trifling away Time. On the 26th, they took a Bark with 
Eighteen Portuguefe , whofn they denied to exchange for 
fewer Hollanders , although they offered alfo many fair Ma- 
nufcripts. Pictures, Plate, and other Things, taken in 
the Prize pertaining to the Jefuits. They found alfo, that 
Intelligence of their Coming had been given by fome 
Traitors of their own Countrymen out of Holland. And, 
in the Beginning of February, they departed, freeing Four 
of their captive Portuguefe , and detaining the reft ; for 
one of which, alfo, another Portugal had offered himfelf, 
with feveral frnall Prefents, pretending himfelf a Batchelor, 
and the other, his Kinfman, to have a Wife and Children ; 
but was not accepted. They burned the Prize, and fome 
Buildings belonging to the Portuguefe , and furnifhed them- 
felves plentifully with Oranges and Pomecitrons. March the 
7th, a cruel Storm diftreffed them in 52 0 6 , which con- 
tinued feveral Days, and feparated them : And, on the 
2 1 ft, a worfe Tempeft happened amongft fome mutinous 
Perfons; and fome of them (to ftill that Tempeft) were 
call into the Sea. It was the 28th before they entered the* 
Streight, whence the Wind and Tide forced them out 
again. The Winds being contrary, fome defired to 
winter in Port Dejire -, others, to hold their Courfe to 
the Cape of Good Hope , which was utterly impracticable. 
5. April 2. they re-enter’d, and anchored, becaufe of 
Shoies, one of which they founded the next Day a Quarter 
of a League, and found but Three Fathom Water. They 
faw here a Man of gigantic Stature climbing the Hills, to 
take a View of them. This was the Land called del Fogo, 
or Fire, which is the South of the Streight. The 7th, 
they went afhore, found no Men, but Two Oftriches, and 
a great River of freflr Water, with Store of Shrubs and 
fweet Blackberries. On the South Sides they found plea- 
fant Woods, full of Parrots, in 54 0 the Mountains full 
of Snow. They called one Place Pepper Haven, the Bark 
of a Tree there biting like Pepper. On the 16th, they 
conferr’d, and entered into Commerce, with the Savages, 
and gave them Sack, and certain Knives, for Pearls joined 
together : But fome of the Company going on May-day 
afliore to take fome Birds, they were furprifed by the 
Savages, and Two of them flain. On the 6th, they 
paffed into the South Sea, not without Terror, both from 
the Want that Day of Anchorage, and afterwards the dan- 
gerous Shoies and Hands between the Northern and 
Southern Shores, at the Mouth of the Streights opening into 
the Sea. They were welcomed into this Pacific Ocean by a 
terrible Storm, which they feared would have fplit them 
on the Sorlings (fo for Likenefs of thofe Hes to ours they 
called the Hands in that Sea a little without the Streights). 
Thefe Streights are dangerous for high Hands, Shoies, and 
Want of Anchorage : Alfo tedious Storms attended their 
Ingrefs and Egreis. On the 21ft, they had Sight of Chili 
and La Mocha : This Hand is low and broad to the North, 
full of Rocks to the South. On the 26th, they fent out 
Boats to try if it. was poffible to traffick with the People. 
The Governor and his Son dined with the Admiral, and 
fecmed glad to fee fuch Ships, and fo well provided with 
Artillery and Ammunition againft the Spaniards ; as like- 
wife did all the Inhabitants of Chili, at Sight of their 
muttering of their Soldiers. They exchanged Hatchets, 
Coral, and the like, for great Plenty of Sheep, of which 
N they 
George SpilbeRgen. 
