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

brought, that there were 4, 5, 6, and 7 fathoms of water, and presumed that they had seen several islands; yet those islands we later found to be heights and hills here and there in the land.
A canoe with savages.

On that day, several canoes came to the side of the ship. The Indians in them were dressed as before. One of them had a copper plate around his neck which was a foot long and half a foot wide, serving as a breastplate, and they all had copper earrings. They
Their equipment and trade.

brought to trade: tobacco, pipes, hides, and koopkonstige artfully crafted strings/beads, and other trinkets. One of them had his entire face painted with dye, and his head adorned with feathers like the tail of a turkey cock. These Indians were not as bold as those of the Wild Rock, but very thievish.

On the 19th, we arrived at 4 or 5 fathoms of water, over that bank or shoal, and dropped our anchor about an hour further on. Those two last-mentioned points lie two miles (English leagues) from each other; between both is a continuous shallow, and we found here the latitude of 41 degrees, 40 minutes.
Penguins and fish.

On the 20th, we struck down some penguins at the side of our ship and saw many shoals of fish. The coast from Gilbert’s Point to the supposed islands extends East by South. We also noticed on the same day two inlets
That coast well-populated along the way.

where we hoped to get fresh water, and saw smoke rising inland as if people lived there. Indeed, that entire coast is very well populated, for sailing along it, we constantly saw the savages running along the beach, who seemed to eye us with wonder.

On the 21st, we sailed from the coast of Gilbert’s Point to the supposed islands and had 10, 9, 8, 7, and 6 fathoms of water close to the land. One mile from the land was the depth. Not far from the supposed islands, an opening seemed to