De Veer (Gerrit), author of the present work, makes no mention of the name Spitsbergen, [xxiii];
Barents’s log contains peculiarities not found in De Veer’s work, ib.;
Barents’s statements the more correct, [xxiv];
explanation of such differences as may appear between him and Linschoten, [cxxvi], [cxxvii];
character of his work, [cxliii];
was not of the first expedition, [4];
accompanies the second expedition, [43];
first sees the sun reappear, [143];
makes a rope fast to the ice, [196];
returns to Amsterdam, [257];
his personal history, [xxiii], [clvi];
various editions of his work, clvi–clxxii;
its dedication, [clvii];
improper use made of his name by Hulsius, [clxvi]
De Vos, Dutch vessel commanded by J. C. May in the expedition of 1611, [xxxiv]
De Wal (Ernst van) see Wal
Discovery, one of the ships of the English expedition of 1875, [i]
Dispute (Cape), [cxvi], [55], [60]
Dolgoi Island, [cx], [51], [66]
Drift-wood found in Novaya Zemlya, [105]
Dry Cape, [cxxxvi]
Dutch, their war against Philip of Spain, [iii];
their labour and industry, ib.;
their petition to the Emperor Charles V, [iv];
their estimate of navigation, ib.;
their first connexion with Russia, [cii];
rival the English in the trade with Russia, [ciii];
their expeditions to discover a north-east passage to China, see Expeditions
Dutch East India Company established in 1602, [xxxi];
possesses the monopoly of the southern route to the East Indies, ib.;
invites Hudson to enter their service, and sends him on an expedition to seek the north-east passage, [xxxii]