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provoked the Governor to fuch a Degree, that he was on 
the Point of arrefting the Vice-admiral, and fome other 
Officers, who were on fttore •, but, reflecting that they came 
in Confidence of the Promife he had made them, he buffered 
them to retire •, but told them withal, that they fhould have 
a care another time of relying too much on the Word of 
any Officer *, for that it was then in his Power to have car- 
ried them up into the Mountains, from whence all the Force 
of their Fleet could not refeue them, even if it had been 
twice as ftrong as it was. After this, they parted civilly 
on both Sides. To fay the Truth, it was a great Indifcre- 
tion in the Vice-admiral Cornelius Jacob Jon, and many other 
Officers, to put themfelves thus in the Power of a Portu- 
guese Governor, upon his bare Word, and that without the 
leaft Neceffity. In this Cafe therefore the Dutch Officers 
were greatly to blame, and the Governor deferved much 
Commendation, for not laying hold of Pretences fo plaufible 
to break his Promife. In this Ifland, a Spaniard , and a 
Greek , whom they had delivered from Slavery, deferted 
them. 
15. The Eaft End of the Ifland of Annohon , where the 
Road and the Village lie, is in i° 20' South Latitude. 
The Ifland is about Six Leagues in Circumference *, the 
Land high, and tolerably good, inhabited by about 150 
Families of Negroes, governed by Two or Three Portu- 
guefe , to whom they are extremely fubmiffive. If any of 
them fail in their Duty, they are immediately fent away to 
St. Thomas •, which is all the Punifhment they have to fear ; 
and indeed they are in the utmoft Dread of it. The Ifland 
abounds in Bananas, Ananas, Cocoa-nuts, Tamarinds, and 
Sugar-canes *, but what principally invites Ships to put in here 
to refrefh, is, the great Plenty they have of Oranges. In the 
Three Days the Dutch Fleet remained here, they gathered 
upwards of 200,000, exclufive of what the Seamen eat on 
fhore •, and the Governor told them, that there had been 
feveral Ships there that Year, which had gathered more. 
Thefe Oranges are of an excellent Tafte, neither too fweet, 
nor too fharp, prodigioufly large, and full of Juice ; fome 
of them weighed Three-quarters of a Pound, and tailed as 
if they had been perfumed. They are ripe all the Year 
round •, but there is a certain Seafon, in which they are 
bell, and fitteft for keeping. That Seafon was pall when 
the Dutch were there •, for they were then moltly too ripe, 
and began to rot. They have likewife Lemons in the Ifland. 
And, with refpedl to Cattle, they have Oxen, Cows, Goats, 
and Hogs alfo in Plenty *, which the Negroes fell for Salt. 
On the South- eaft Part of the Ifland there is a good Wa- 
tering-place *, but difficult to find, and commanded by a 
Stone Breaftwork, from whence the Negroes might do a 
great deal of Mifchief to any, who fhould attempt to water 
by Force. They have alfo in Annohon a good deal of Cot- 
ton, which they gather, and card, to be fent into Portu- 
gal. The Natives are treacherous, and therefore ought to 
be cautioufly dealt with. 
16. On November 4. they failed from Annohon . On 
January 6. 1624. they were in the Latitude of 44 0 40' 
South, when they faw many Sea-mews, and much Herb- 
age floating on the Water } whence they conjectured they 
were not far from the Southern Continent. On the 1 9th, 
the Sea appeared as red as Blood ; which, they afterwards 
found, proceeded from an infinite Number of fmall Shrimps 
floating on its Surface. On the 26th, being in the Height 
of 51 0 1 o', they had a ftrong Gale from the South- weft, fo 
piercingly cold, that a poor Seaman, who was in Irons, had 
his Legs frozen. This cold Wind lafted Twenty-four 
Hours. On the 28th, they loft Sight of their Bark, which 
they never beheld any more. There were in it Eighteen 
Men, Three of them Portuguefe ; and the Veffel was very 
indifferently victualled. They were afterwards informed, 
that thefe poor People, having, in vain, ufed their utmoft 
Endeavours to join the Fleet, refolved to return to Holland ; 
but, wanting Water, they entered the Rio de la Plata , and 
ran up, till they found the Water frefh •, after which, they 
continued their Voyage, fuffering incredible Fatigues, and 
all the Extremity of Want, till they arrived on the Coaft 
of England , where, being chafed by a Dunkirk Privateer, 
they ran their little Veffel afhore, and afterwards arrived 
fafe in Holland. On February 1 . they faw Land at the Di- 
ftance of about Five Leagues to the South South-weft, 
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which was Cape de Pennas. and Which looked, at that Di- 
ftance, like a Range of high Mountains* covered withSnow„ 
It was impoffible to know, whether the Entrance of the 
Streights of le Maire was properly laid down in the Charts^ 
with raped to its Diftance and Bearing, by their Navigation! 
8L he Reafon was, becaufe the Pilots had got into a very bad 
Cuftom of fetting down half the Ship’s Run when within 
Sight of Land, and doubling it when out at Sea, and ap- 
prehensive of making Land. As their Inft ructions reftrained 
them from touching on the Coaft of Brafil to the North of 
Rio de La P lata , they did all they could to difcover that 
River * but foon found, that the South-weft Winds had 
driven them much to the Eaft 5 which ought to be a Warn- 
ing to luch as endeavour to pafs the Streights of le Maire , 
to fall in, as foon as may be, with the Brafil Coaft, as the 
moft likely Way to meet with Winds favourable to their 
Voyage. 
1 7. On February 2 . they found themfelves at the Mouth 
of the Streight ; which they had never fo much as fufpeCted, 
it V dentine Janfon , the Pilot of the Vice-admiral, who had 
paffed them in the Spanijh Caravels, had not known them 
by the high Lands on the Weft Coaft ; which made him 
continue his Route with the Ship under his Care. The 
Mouth, however, is eafily diftinguifhed, becaufe the Coun- 
try on the Eaft, which is called States Land. , is mountain- 
ous, but withal broken, and very uneven ; and the Weft 
Side, which is called Maurice Land, has feveral fmall round 
Hills clofe to the Shore. When they gained the Entrance 
of the Streights, they faw Two Ships at Anchor in the 
Bay, which they afterwards called Valentine 9 s Bay , where 
they had anchored, if they had not been prevented by a 
Shallop from One of the Ships, which, by Signals, made 
them apprehend, that it was dangerous * tho* they after- 
wards found, that this was a groundlefs Apprehenfion. 
1 he Author of the Voyage obferves, that, when the Reader 
finds they fpeot Nine Months in failing from Holland to the 
Mouth of the Streights, he may be led to imagine the Voy- 
age very dangerous, and almoft impracticable •, which, how- 
ever, is far from being the Truth, if it be undertaken at 
the proper Sealbn of the Year ; for, as he obferves, the 
Spanijh Caravels, which pafled that Streight in the Year 
1620, did not fail from Lijbon till the Month of Ohfober ; 
and, notwithftanding they remained a confiderable Time in 
the Rio de Janeiro , yet they entered the Streights in the 
Month of February following. The Reafon therefore that 
this Dutch Fleet were fo long at Sea, proceeded from their 
failing too early in the Year from Holland , and palling the 
Line at an improper Seafon. Such as would make this Paf- 
fage eafily and certainly, fhould contrive to pafs the Line in 
the End of October, or in the Beginning of November , be- 
caufe then they may be morally certain of meeting with the 
North Wind between the Tropics * which will very much 
facilitate their Paffage through the Streights of le Maire. 
1 8 . On February 6 . they had Sight of Cape Horn , which 
then bore from them Three Leagues North North-eaft. 
On the nth, they were in 58° 30' South Latitude, the 
Weather exceffively cold •, which rigorous Seafon the Sea- 
men were the lefs able to bear, on account of their being at 
Short-allowance. On the 14th, they found a great Varia- 
tion in the Compafs ; but were not able to fettle it, becaufe 
all the Compaffes in the Fleet differed from each other ; at 
which they were exceedingly furprifed. In the Afternoon, 
the Admiral called a Council, to deliberate about the Cur- 
rents, with the Advice of all the Pilots •, but, at the very 
Inftant that the white Flag was hoifted as a Signal, they 
difeovered Cape Horn about Seven Leagues to the Weft ; 
from whence it plainly appeared, that the Currents had 
driven them ftrongly to the Eaft * whereas they imagined 
they fet there to the Weft, according to the Account given 
by le Maire •, and all their Pilots had agreed, that they were 
then very far to the Weft of the Cape. On the 1 6th, they 
were in the Latitude of 56° io / , Cape Horn lying then 
Eaft. They were then in Sight of Two Elands, lying 
Fourteen or Fifteen Leagues Weft of the Cape, which 
were not fet down in the Charts. On the 17th, the Ad- 
miral anchored in a large Bay, which they named NaJJau 
Bay. On the 1 8th, they difeovered another, in which there 
was very good Anchorage, with great Conveniency of 
Wooding and Watering : This they called the Bay of Scha- 
penham , 
