The group made inroads amongst Dutch sailors and soldiers stationed in the colony.

"I always loved the last pages where he's talking about how the shore must have looked when the Dutch sailors first saw it."

I fished once with a Dutch sailor who lived briefly among us.

The Dutch sailors took the first three places.

The first recorded mention of the Dodo was by Dutch sailors in 1598.

By 1607 two inns had been opened to serve Dutch sailors.

According to some Dutch sailors, they had all perished.

The memorial is named after the Dutch sailor who lost his life in the process of saving a drowning swimmer.

"Look for some anecdotes about Dutch sailors' lives," I noted on my papers.

Another explanation is that the name was associated with Dutch sailors who named different places around the island after their own names.