Unekius, see Yacovius

Unknown Bay, [xc], [cxxxvii]

Vaigats, or Vaygats Island, [lxvii];
proper spelling and meaning of the name, [xliv], [lxxvii], [27]

Vaigats Strait, first entered by Pet, [lxxviii];
properly Pet’s Strait, ib.;
not passable on account of the ice, [lxxiv];
called by the Dutch the Strait of Nassau, [cx];
ode on it, [cxxiii];
see Expeditions

Valck (Jacob) aids in fitting out the first expedition, [ciii]

Van de Wal (Ernst), see Wal

Variation, see Compass

Veer (Gerrit de), see De Veer

Veroue Ostrov, a name given to Vaigats Island, [lxxvi]

Vlamingh (William de), Dutch walrus hunter, [xxxix];
Witsen’s account of his voyage to Novaya Zemlya, ib.;
sails in 1664 along its N. coast, [xl];
rounds the N.E. point, ib.;
M. de Jonge’s remarks on the voyage, ib.