vanderstel

Updated: May 6, 2025

Valentyn, in support of his own faith in the mermaid, cites numerous other instances in which both "sea-men and women" were seen and taken at Amboina; especially one by an office-bearer in the Church of Holland , by whom it was surrendered to the Governor Vanderstel.

Sir James Emerson Tennent - Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon