It is not necessary to trouble the reader with the journal of the Breskes, as it contains no new matter, and has been already republished, and very satisfactorily animadverted upon by Mr. Muller.—Voyages from Asia to America, &c. English Translation, p. 78.
[71]. The only authentic survey of the eastern coast of Japan with which I am acquainted, is that published by Jansen in his Atlas, and compiled with great accuracy from the charts and journals of the Castricom and Breskes. I have therefore adopted, wherever the identity of the situations could be nearly ascertained, the names given in that map to the corresponding points and head lands seen by us along the coast.
Jansen places the northern extremity of Japan in latitude 40° 15ʹ The point seen by us was in latitude 40° 27ʹ.
[72]. This town is called by Jansen, Nabo.
[73]. Vide Muller, Fr. ed. page 215.
[74]. Lage Hoeck, or Low Point, is placed by Jansen in latitude 36° 40ʹ.
[75]. Witte Hoeck, placed by Jansen in latitude 35° 24ʹ.
[76]. Sanduynege Hoeck, in latitude 35° 55ʹ. Jansen.
[77]. See Kæmpfer’s Hist. of Japan, vol. i. p. 92, 93, 94, and 102.
[78]. “J’ai vérifié moi-même, avec plusieurs Chinois, la population de Canton, de la ville de Tartare, et de celle de Battaux,” &c. Voyage aux Indes, &c. par M. Sonnerat, tom. ii. p. 14.