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Staeten Landt Bezylt en Ontdekt met de Scheepen Heemskerk en de Zeehaen onder het Commande van den E. Abel Tasman. In den Iaare 1642. Den 13 December. [Staten Land reached and discovered by the ships Heemskerck and Zeehaen under the command of the Honourable Abel Tasman, in the year 1642 on the 13th December] and Aldus vertoont zich het Drie Koningen Eyland, als gy het aen de Noort West Zyde op 40. Vademen van uw heft. [Thus appears the Three Kings Island when you have it at a distance of 40 fathoms on your north-west side]