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

be, toward which we turned, as we thought it to be the end of what Captain Gosnold had discovered from Cape Cod Codfish Cape, and which, by his estimation, extended 30 or more miles in length. But since we found no more than three fathoms of water one mile from the land, we turned away from it without further investigation and gave it the name of Shole-hope Shoal-hope, or the disappointed hope.

The coast of disappointed hope. Why so named.

Beyond this opening toward the South-West lies the mainland, past which we then sailed, and saw, as it also appeared later, an uninhabited island. We sailed closer and, for that reason, gave it the name of Martha’s Vineyard. It lies eight miles (English) from Shole-hope, is five miles in its circumference, and lies at the latitude of 41 degrees and a quarter. It is a pleasant land, for 22 of us went ashore and found it full of woody growth, grapevines, blackberry bushes, and other berry shrubs, and among others, very much sweet-briar. We also found cranes, herons, scholferts a type of seabird, possibly a tern or gull, and various other fowl that were currently breeding on the sandy and stony cliffs, or already had young. We also saw some deer here. At eight fathoms of water, we lay at anchor not far from the land, where, just as at Cape Cod, we caught very many codfish, though that was better than at the aforementioned cape.

The island Martha's Vineyard.

Description thereof.

On the 23rd, we weighed our anchors and came against nightfall to the North-West side of this island, where, early in the morning, 13 savages came running toward us unhesitatingly, being dressed like the previous ones and armed with bows and arrows. They brought tobacco, deer hides, and some cooked fish, offered themselves familiarly to us, and did not seem to be of the lowest rank. Indeed, they were more adorned with copper than the first.

Savages come to bring them goods.

On the 24th, we set sail, sailed past the cape of another nearby island,