ABSTRACT

Fourlargebayshavebeenfoundthere,eachwithdivers harbours.Icailthefirstbay,lthatwhichliesbetweenthe N.endoftheislandofKijnandthemainland,whichthe Englishkeepfortheirrendez-vous,orplaceofrepair,where theyputuptheirtents,bothontheislandandonthe mainland,andwhere,duringthepastyear,1612,theylost

aship.ItisthesamebayinwhichWillemBarentsz.and JanCornelisz.were,andwhichtheythoughtwentupthe backorintotheinterior;buttheyfoundnodepthofwater, andtherewasicewhichwasfirmlyattachedtothebottom, aswasdiscoveredbythevesselfromDunkirk,according tothenarrativeofoneoftheirpilots.