ABSTRACT
Gibraltar.ThePilotwasWillemBarentsz.,whohadpreviouslymadetwovoyages,withthesameobject,onbehalf oftheStatesGeneral.JanCornelisz.vanRijpwasMaster andCommissaryoftheothership.Itisthelattertowhom weowethediscoveryofthelandwhichwearedescribing. Whenthey,-i.e.,thetwoshipsaforesaid-werecometo BearIsland,bytheNorthPole,74-!0 ,WillemBarentsz. wishedtosteereastwards,andJanCornelisz.westwards,to
avoidbeinglockedintheiceoffNovaZembla.But Barentsz.hadtofollowJanCornelisz.,hebeingtothewindward,asmaybeseeninthenarrativeofthevoyage.It seemsexpedient,foraclearunderstandingofthediscovery, thatIshouldhereinsertashortextractfromtheJournal, writtenbyWillemBarentsz.inhisownhand:-
"MayI8,newstyle,wesetsailfromTexel,andarrived l\1ay22offFayril[FaroeIslands],andneartheOrcanesses [Orkneys].
