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 | | The directors of the East India Company were so closely connected with the ruling but unpopular party presided over by the De Witts, that the enemy of the one was also the enemy of the others, and, among these enemies were a number of the most eminent men, many of them distinguished geographers. |
 | | The president, De Brosses, has fallen into the error of describing Dirk Hartog as a native of Eendragt, adding that this coast has preserved the name of the vessel, and that of the country of its commander. |
 | | The "Mauritius", an outward bound ship, appears to have made some discoveries upon the west coasts, in July, 1618, particularly of Willem's River, near the north-west cape, but no further particulars are known. |
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