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177 g . fize On the other hand, if we give credit to the original 
oaober,,^ p 0 -ft t j 0n 0 f this land, fixed by Texierat, it lay to the Weil: 
by South; and as the Company’s Land J, Staten Ifland §, 
and the famous land of Jefo.||, were alfo fuppofed to lie 
nearly 
* From Muller’s account of the courfe fleered by Captain Spanberg, in his route from 
Kamtfchatka to Japan, it appears, that he muft alfo undoubtedly have feen De Gama’s 
Land, if it really has the extent given it in Mr. d’Anville’s maps, Walton, who com¬ 
manded a vefiel in the fame expedition, feems alfo to have looked in vain for this land on 
his return from Japan; and three years afterward, on account of fome doubts that had 
arifen refpedting Spanberg’s courfe, Beering went direftly in fearch of it, as low as the 
latitude of 46°.—See Voyages et Decouvertes , &c. p. 210, & feq. 
f See Book VI. Chap. i. p. 180. 
J This land was feen by the Dutchmen who failed in the Caftricom and Brefkes, and 
imagined by them to be part of the continent of America. There now remains fcarce 
any doubt of its being the iflands of Ooroop and Nadeegfda*—-See the Journals of the 
Caftricom and Brefkes, publifhed by Wetzer. 
§ This land was alfo difcovered by the Caftricom; and, from its fituation, as defcribed 
in the journal of that veflel, it appears to be the iflands of the Three Sifters- 
|| The country of Jefo, which has fo long been a ftumbling-block to our modern geo¬ 
graphers, was firft brought to the knowledge of Europeans by the Dutch veflels mentioned 
in the preceding notes. The name appears, from the earlieft accounts, to have been 
well known, both to the Japanefe and the Kamtfchadales ; and ufed by them, indifcrimi- 
nately, for all the iflands lying between Kamtfchatka and Japan. It has lince been ap¬ 
plied to a large imaginary ifland, or continent, fuppofed to have been difcovered by the 
Caftricom and Brefkes; and it may not, therefore, be improper to confider the grounds 
ot this miftake, as far as can be collected from the Journals of that expedition. The ob¬ 
ject of the voyage, in which thofe Chips were engaged, was to explore the Eaftern fhore of 
Tartary; but, being feparated by a ftorm oft the South Eaft point of Japan, they failed 
in different tracks along the Eaft fide of that ifland ; and, having palled its Northern ex¬ 
tremity, proceeded fingly on their intended expedition. 
The Caftricom, commanded by De Vries, fleering Northward, fell in with land on the 
third day, in latitude 42 0 . He failed along the South Eaft coaft about lixty leagues in a 
conftard fog ; and, having anchored in various places, held a friendly intercourfe with the 
inhabitants. Thus far the Journal. Now, as the iflands of Matimai, Kunalhir, and 
Zellany appear, from Captain Spanberg’s Dilcoveries, to lie exactly in this fituation, there 
can 
