VOYAGES of 
Book I. 
that, if other Nations proceed, and we Hand ftill, they will 
certainly overtake us - 3 and, before they do this, our Trade 
muft neceffarily decay, and fall off. 
To prevent this, the fafeft, plaineft, and molt fpeedy 
Method is, to endeavour to make new Difcoveries, that is, 
in effedt, to endeavour finding out new Markets. If there be 
fo large a Tract of Country, as our Author fuppofes, and fo 
many Iflands undifcovered, in the South, they muft be 
worth the difcovering, for thefe Reafons : If any of thefe 
Countries are abfolutely uninhabited, we are at leaft fure 
that they lie in fuch a Climate as gives us Hopes of their 
producing the richeft Commodities, or a Certainty of our 
being able to produce them, by raiding new Colonies and 
Plantations. We fhall very foon be iatisfied of this, if 
we reflect on the Advantages derived from the fettling the 
fmall Ifland oi Barbados : And, if the Profits arifing from 
Sugar are fo large, what might be expedited, or, rather, 
what might we not exped, from a Country of the fame 
Extent, which would produce Cloves, Nutmegs, or Cin- 
namon ? It is true, that formerly the Power of the Dutch 
might have been apprehended, who have fhewn a very 
ftubborn Refolution of keeping thefe rich Commodities 
intirely to themfelves : But at prefent there can be no 
iuch Fear, becaufe our maritime Power is fufficient to pro- 
tedt any juft Pretenfion ; and, on the other hand, we ought 
not to fufped, that our Governors would have fuch a Com- 
plaifance for any foreign Intereft, as to facrifice to it our 
own. On the other hand, if thefe Southern Countries are 
inhabited by Savages, there is a great Probability of our 
obtaining the molt valuable Commodities, either in Ex- 
change for the Neceffaries of Life,' or for thofe Trifles, 
which we know, by Experience, fuch Savages naturally 
admire. . 
But it may be, and indeed is, far more probable, that 
there are civilized Nations in many, or at leaft in fome, 
of thefe Countries' y and with them, no doubt, we may 
carry on a very advantageous Trade: For the Commodities 
of one Part of the World are always confidered as Ra- 
rities in another Part ; and, as Rarities, they will natu- 
rally fetch an high Price : So that if we can but once efta- 
blifti a Trade, and a Trade at fo great a Biftance, it muft - 
turn much to our Benefit. 
Upon the Whole, therefore, the only Point that remains 
to be fettled, is, the producing fuch further Evidence as may 
beget a clear and full Perfuafion, that there really is a 
vaft T raft of Country, though hitherto but imperfedly 
difcovered, in the South. In order to do this, and to 
confirm what the Author of this Voyage has afferted upon 
that Head, I cannot think of a better Method, than adding 
two V oyages, by way of Appendix to this •, the rather, 
becaufe they will contribute, both to explain what he 
has laid down only in fhort and general Terms, and alfo 
complete what we have to deliver with regard to the im- 
mediate Subject of this Book •, viz. the Progrefs that has 
been made in the Circum-navigation of the Globe : Befides, 
both thefe Voyages are not only curious in themfelves, but 
have this farther to recommend them ; that the former 
never was published in our Language before, and the 
latter fo imperfectly, that this new and full Tranflation 
which we give our Readers, becomes fo much the more 
valuable. It is a Thing that has been often, and indeed 
juftly, complained of, that in the largeft Collections of 
Voyages, in our Language, there has been little more 
than perpetual Repetitions, while abundance of important 
Pieces, pubiifhed in other Countries, have been negleded, 
either through want of Care, or want of Information. But 
we may fafeiy afifert, that nothing of this fort can hitherto 
be imputed to us, fince we have faithfully executed the 
Plan we laid down, and have given our Readers not fhort 
impeded Abridgments, or loofe and unconnected Rela- 
tions, but a regular Series of all the Voyages that have hi- 
therto been made round the World, with the Addition of 
fuch fcarce and curious Accounts, as was requifite to render 
the Difcoveries mentioned in them as perfect as it was pof- 
fible : And the fame Spirit, the fame Diligence, fhall, with 
the Blefting of God, appear as fully in the remaining Part 
of the Work. It is indeed a kind of Refpect which is due 
to the World, a thing every way incumbent upon us, con- 
fidering the kind Treatment we have received, and the 
Encouragement afforded us, by the Public. 
SECTION XXL 
The Voyage 'and Shipwreck of Captain Francis Pels art, in the Batavia, on the Coafi 
of New Holland, and his fucceeding Adventures. 
[ From the Colledions of M. fhevenot . ] 
i. A fort Account of the Defign of this Voyage. 2. Captain Pelfart, in the Batavia, fipwreclid on the 
’ Goaf of New Holland. 3, Obliged to leave his People on three defert Iflands, in order to go in Search of 
Water, a. Account of the Coafi , a?id its Inhabitants, y. lie is ooliged to proceed to Batavia, in order 
to obtain Succours. 6. I he Difficulties and Dangers he met with in his Faff age. 7. 'The Supercargo , in 
his Ab fence 1 forms a Conflpiracy , and murders a great Part of the Crew. 8. Phe Supercargo is defeated,, 
and nmde Prifoner. 9. Captain Pelfart returns from Batavia, and defeats the Mutineers. 10. Is obliged , 
for his own Safety, to execute them all ; and returns afterwar as , with his Ships Company , to Batavia.- 
11. Remarks upon the Voyage. 
i.lfT has appeared very ft range to fome very able 
S Judges of Voyages, that the Dutch fhould make 
JL fo great Account of the Southern Countries, as to 
caufe the Map of them to be laid down in the. Pavement 
of the Stadt-houfe at Amfierdam , and yet publilh no De- 
fcriptions of them. This Myftery was a good deal 
heightened by one of the Ships, that firft touched on Car- 
penter 9 s Land, bringing home a confiderable Quantity of 
Gold, Spices, and other rich Goods : In order to clear up 
which, it was fakfe that thefe were not the Produd of the 
Country, but were fifhed out of the Wreck of a large 
Ship that had been loft upon the Coaft : But this Story did 
not fatisfy the Inquilitive, becaufe not attended with the 
Circumftances neceffary to eftablifh its Credit ; aiid, there- 
fore, they fuggefted, that, inftead of taking away the Ob- 
fcurity, by relating the Truth, this Tale was invented, in 
order to hide it more eftecftually. This Sufpicion gained 
Ground the more* when it was known that the Dutch Eajl 
India Company from Batavia had made iome Attempts 
to conquer a Part of the Southern Continent, and had been 
repulfed with Lofs •, of which, however, we have no 
diftind or perfed Relation, and all that hitherto lias been 
colleded in reference to this Subjed, may be reduced to ! 
two Voyages •, the firft of which is to be the Subjed of 
this, and the other of the fucceeding Sedion. All that 
we know concerning the following Piece, is, that it was 
colleded from the Dutch Journal of the Voyage. And, 
having faid thus much by way of Lntrodudion, we now 
proceed to the Tranflation of this finort Hiftory. 
2. The Diredors of the Eajl India Company, animated 
by the Return of five Ships, under General Carpenter , richly 
laden, caufed, the very fame Year, 1628. eleven V effels to 
be equipped for the fame Voyage < Amongft which, there was 
one Ship called the Batavia , commanded by Capt. Francis 
Pelfart. They failed out of the Texel on the 28th of 
OMer 1628 •> and, as it would be tedious and trouble- 
