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Frontispiece to “Relation du naufrage d'un vaiseau Hollandois nomme ter Schellingh” by Frans Janszoon van der Heiden.

Title page of “Relation du naufrage d'un vaiseau Hollandois nomme ter Schellingh”.

The sailors of Tershelling abandon their ship.

The castaways of Tershelling approach the coast of Bengal on a raft.

The castaways of Tershelling spend the night outside, on an island in the gulf of Bengal. One of them is delirious due to exhaustion.

Adventures of Tershelling castaways.

Castaways of Tershelling kill snakes in order to eat them.

Starving, the castaways of Tershelling roast the carcass of a dead buffalo.

Castaways of Tershelling construct a dinghy.

Castaways of Tershelling argue over the skin and meat of the dead buffalo.