CHAPTER XXXIV.--The Fleet of Joris Spilbergen--Arrival in

Brazil--Adventures in the Strait of Magellan--Trade at Mocha Island--Treachery at Santa Maria--Terrible Battle between the Dutch and Spanish Fleets--Ravages of the Coast--Skirmishes Upon the Land--Spilbergen sails for Manilla--Arrival at Ternate--His Return Home--The Voyage of Schouten and Lemaire--Lemonade at Sierra Leone--A Collision at Sea--Discovery of Staten Land--Cape Horn--Lemaire's Strait--Arrival at Batavia--Confiscation of the Ships--General Results of the Voyage--The Voyage of William Baffin--Arctic Researches during the Seventeenth Century 326

SECTION V.

FROM THE DISCOVERY OF CAPE HORN TO THE APPLICATION OF STEAM TO NAVIGATION: 1616-1807.