Early Dutch and English Voyages to Spitsbergen in the Seventeenth Century

Including Hessel Gerritsz. 'Histoire du pays nommé Spitsberghe,' 1613 and Jacob Segersz. van der Brugge 'Journael of dagh register,' Amsterdam, 1634

Basil H. Soulsby, J.A.J. de Villiers, Sir W. Martin Conway, Sir W. Martin Conway

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781317147213
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Storia
• Subtopic: Primordi della storia moderna

'Early Dutch and English Voyages' translated into English, for the first time, by Basil H. Soulsby, F.S.A., of the British Museum; Segersz's text translated into English, for the first time, by J. A. J. de Villiers, of the British Museum. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Sir W. Martin Conway, F.S.A. With affidavits by English merchants and seamen relating to happenings at Spitzbergen in 1618, and two documents telling of events there in 1634-5, taken from Public Record Office, State Papers Domestic. Including a bibliography of Spitzbergen, pp. ix-xiv. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1904.

Index.

A., H. G. (Hessel Gerritszoon van Assum), 9, 11

Aa, Abraham Jacob van der, Biogr. Woordenboek der Nederlanden, 86

Admiralty, Judge of the High Court of the, 42, 175

Alabaster Hook, Spitsbergen, 71

Alabaster Point, Spitsbergen, 89

Alborough. See Aldeburgh.

Aldborough. See Aldeburch.

Aldeburgh (Aldborough), Suffolk, Desire of, 6, 7, 173

Almanacks, 146

Amalchim, 85

American Antiquarian society, Transactions and Collections, 1860, 5

Americus. See Vespucci, Amerigo.

Ammunition, Inventory of, 167

Amsterdam Adventurers, Request, 6

Amsterdam, Merchants of, 6, 14; send out W. van Muijden to Spitsbergen, 20, 37; and the Noordsche Compagnie, 72; Marcus Pouwelsz. of, 82: Amsterdam Tent, 101, 145, 161, 163; boats, 149; whalers, 167

Amsterdam Island, Spitsbergen, 39, 70, 71, 81, 92, 93; glaciers on, 146

Amye, The right worr'le Mr. Di'or, 1618, 42

Andriesz., Kersten, of Frednkstadt, 82, 92; "our Norwegian," 121, 124, 161

Anian, Straits of. See Behring Straits.

Anna Glacier, Amsterdam Island, 146, 147

Annula, ship, 6

Aquarius, 25

Archipelago, Foul Bay, 55, 94, 95, 98, 104, 136, 138, 162

Arctic Zone, 24

Aries, 98

Asher, George Michael, editor, Henry Hudson the Navigator, 1860, 2

Assum, village, N. Holland, Hessel Gerritsz. van, 9, 11

Astrolabium Catholicum, 22

Axel Island, Spitsbergen, 4, 23, 68

Baffin, William (d. 1622), Voyages, 1881, edited by Sir Clements Markham, 5; his Journal in Purchas, 58; with English fleet, 1613, 6

Barents, Willem, Three Voyages, 1876, 1, 14; at Fairhaven, 5; his Journal, 1613, 14, etc.; separates from van Rijp, 19; at Lat. 8o°, 22; discovers Spitsbergen, 1596, 37, 84; survives winter at N. point of Novaja Zemlja, 1596-7, 68; plays golf there, 110

Barker, John, of Ratcliff, mariner, 57

Basque whalers, 3, 6, 9, 11, 20, 24; also claim rights at Spitsbergen, 70

Bastion, Thomas, Master, 4

Beamounde, Thomas, 50

Bear Island, Spitsbergen, 1, 2, 14, 15, 19, etc.; Dutch at, 40

Bears, Polar, 16, 26, 84, 85, 110, etc., 170; legends of, 162, 163

Beehive Hill, Spitsbergen, 71, 92, 130

Behouden Haven. See Safe Haven.

Behring Straits (Straits of Anian), 19

Bell Point, Spitsbergen, 23, 31

Bell Sound, Spitsbergen, 2, 4, 19, 23, etc., 31, etc.; English and Dutch at, 39, 40, 47, 51, 56, etc., 67, etc., 174, etc.

Belsound. See Bell Sound.

Beren Eylant, Spitsbergen. See Bear Island.

Bestiaries, Lion legends in old, 163

Beversham, James, Letter to Wm. Heley, 1618, 41

Beynen, Koolemans, Editor, Three Voyages of William Barents, 1876, 1

Bilboes, long iron bars, with sliding shackles, for confining ankles of prisoners, 65

Biographisch Woordenbook der Nederlanden, A. J. van der Aa 86

Birds, in Spitsbergen, can be struck down by whips, 144

Biscay, ships of, 4, 73; ports of bay of, 7; Biscayans, expert whalers, 20; driven away by English, 30, etc.; Biskeners, 43, 46, 49; driven away by the Dutch, 73

Biscay Point, Spitsbergen, 93

Biscayers Hook, Spitsbergen, wrongly marked on modern charts, 72, 73; near Red Beach, 89

Biscayners (Biskeners). See Biscay.

Biskeners (Biscay Whalers). See Biscay.

Blubber, 50

Blubber-Town. See Smeerenburg.

Bonaert, Thomas. See Bonner.

Bonnard, Thomas. See Bonner.

Bonne Confiance, La, Sir Hugh Willoughby's ship, 35

Bonne Esperance, La, Sir Hugh Willoughby's ship, 35

Bonner, Thomas, pilot, 7, 20, 33

Boots van Medemblik, Jan Jacobsz., 12

Bordeaux, Gironde, France, Jacques, of, 7, 20, 29

Bottle Cove, Spitsbergen, 4, 68, 175

Braem, of Copenhagen, 73

Briefe Narration of the Discoverie of the Northern Seas, British Museum, 5, 6

British Museum, Add. MSS. 14027. f. 172, and 33837, f. 70, 5, 6; copy of Gerritsz's Histoire, 1613, 9, etc.; copy of J. Segersz. van der Brugge's Journael, 1634, 67, etc.

Broad Bay, Spitsbergen, 72, 93

Brugge, Jacob Segersz. van der, Journae...