Bartholomeus Gosnols reys van Engeland na het noorder-gedeelte van Virginien, anno 1602 doo...

ing and reasonably large stones, which made us think that there might be some mineral substance on the bottom there. We estimated at this time to be at the latitude of 43 degrees.

On the 10th, we had by sounding 27, 30, 37, 43 fathoms of water, and thereafter 108. Some of us judged that the current from the Western part of St. John’s Island flowed here. We saw a multitude of fish here.

Reflection on the current.

On the 12th, we had 80 fathoms of water. Our Skipper, William Strete, had not noticed any current in 100 miles West of St. Mary until now; and found here the current constantly going about toward the rudder, North-East, as it seemed to him. A matter about which much reflection could be made to find the true cause of it.

They smell the land.

On the 13th, we had ground at 70 fathoms and saw much seaweed, wood, and several other things drifting around us, and caught a scent of the land just as one has around the Southern cape of Andalusia in Spain.

Get sight of the Northern land.

On the 14th, we caught sight of the land to the North of us. That Northern coast we gave the name of the North-Land. We also saw on it a stone cliff, which lay 12 miles to the West, which we called the Wild Rock, because the Wild men indigenous people first let themselves be seen there. About five miles from the aforementioned Rock to the East North-East, a point extends which is full of wooded growth, with straight, tall, upright trees. From this rock, a Biscayan shallop came toward us, with sail and oars, manned by eight people, whom we at first took for distressed Christian people, but as they came closer, we saw that they were wild men. As soon as they came so close that one could call to someone, they called out to us, which we answered in the same manner. They showed a sign of peace, and after one of them, having now come closer, had made a broad address, they came on board our ship without hesitation.