The Author wishes to state his indebtedness to the work of Dr. de Boer, who first of all turned the lengthy and often tedious reports of foreign travel into a concise and readable form and brought the knowledge of these early adventures among a larger number of readers than before. Copies of the voyages in original and reprint can be found in many American libraries. The material for illustrations is very complete. Where no originals were available reprints were made from the pictures which the publishing firm of Meulenhof and Co. of Amsterdam printed in Dr. de Boer's first series of ancient voyages. THE END * * * * * TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Inconsistent spelling of proper names retained. p19 "and called it "a lot of of useless noise."" replaced with "and called it "a lot of useless noise."" p58 "and was an agreeable change f om the dreary diet" replaced with "and was an agreeable change from the dreary diet" p197 "La bataille d'dutre nous et contpe sieux de Manille" has been left as in the original text. The original intention may have been "contre nous et contre ceux de Manille". The battle described took place near Fortune Island, where the wreck of the San Diego was discovered in 1992. p273 "that is the last word word we have ever received" replaced with "and that is the last word we have ever received" End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators, by Hendrik Willem van Loon