Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time ... . THE TWO ADMIRALS AT CLOSE QUARTERS. Noorts ship only five men were killed, twenty-six being woundedmore or less severely. He continued on his way with one vesselonly, touching at Borneo, Java, and Mauritius. At the latterplace, where he found other vessels at anchor, his men met withvery pleasant entertainment, and on one occasion ten of themdined in an inverted tortoise-shell, the first inhabitant havingwithdrawn to furnish the new occupants with both soup andsi
Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time ... . THE TWO ADMIRALS AT CLOSE QUARTERS. Noorts ship only five men were killed, twenty-six being woundedmore or less severely. He continued on his way with one vesselonly, touching at Borneo, Java, and Mauritius. At the latterplace, where he found other vessels at anchor, his men met withvery pleasant entertainment, and on one occasion ten of themdined in an inverted tortoise-shell, the first inhabitant havingwithdrawn to furnish the new occupants with both soup andsitting-room. Van Noort arrived at Rotterdam on the 26th of August, 1601,where he was received with the utmost joy, having been absenta fortnight short of three years. His was the first Dutch vesselthat circumnavigated the globe, and the only one of the nine MAN UPON THE SEA. 297 ships that sailed from Holland in 1598 in that design whichsucceeded in fulfilling it. The voyage contributed nothing togeography, but, in spite of the instances of barbarity with which. A DUTCH PICNIC IN THE MAURITIUS. it abounded, added to the warlike and commercial reputation ofthe country, and therefore met with favor from both Governmentand people.
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