The Author Of This Voyage Remarks, For The Use Of Seamen, That In
The Little Island Occupied By Weybhays, After
Digging two pits, they
were for a considerable time afraid to use the water, having found
that these pits ebbed
And flowed with the sea; but necessity at last
constraining them to drink it, they found it did them no hurt. The
reason of the ebbing and flowing of these pits was their nearness to
the sea, the water of which percolated through the sand, lost its
saltness, and so became potable, though it followed the motions of
the ocean whence it came.
THE VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN ABEL JANSEN TASMAN FOR THE DISCOVERY OF
SOUTHERN COUNTRIES.
1642-43.
By direction of the Dutch East India Company. [Taken from his
original Journal.]
CHAPTER I: THE OCCASION AND DESIGN OF THIS VOYAGE.
The great discoveries that were made by the Dutch in these southern
countries were subsequent to the famous voyage of Jaques le Maire,
who in 1616 passed the straits called by his name; in 1618, that
part of Terra Australia was discovered which the Dutch called
Concordia. The next year, the Land of Edels was found, and received
its name from its discoverer. In 1620, Batavia was built on the
ruins of the old city of Jacatra; but the seat of government was not
immediately removed from Amboyna. In 1622, that part of New Holland
which is called Lewin's Land was first found; and in 1627, Peter
Nuyts discovered between New Holland and New Guinea a country which
bears his name.
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