The History of the Sea a Graphic Description of Maritime Adventures Achievemen
The History of the Sea a Graphic Description of Maritime Adventures Achievemen
Frank B Frank Boott Goodrich
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They sold their two pinnaces, still upon the deck of the Concord, together with what had been saved from the Horn; they received in return thirteen hundred and fifty reals. With this they purchased a large quantity of rice, a ton of vinegar, as much Spanish wine, and three tons of biscuit. They then ''HE DISCOVERY OF BAFFIN'S BAT. 369 flailed for Java, and cast anchor in the harbor of Jacatra — now Batavia — sixteen months after quitting the Texel, having lost but three men upon the voyage. The... expedition properly ter- minates here ; for Jan Petersen Coen, President for the Dutch East India Company at Bantam, in Java, confiscated their ship «nd cargo as forfeited for illegally sailing within the boundaries of the Company's charter. He sent Schouten and Lemaire to Holland, however, that they might plead their cause before a competent court. Lemaire died on his way home, overcome with grief and vexation at the disastrous end of a voyage which had been so successful till the seizure of the ship.
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