Around this time, deserters from European ships began to live on the island.
In this way it became only the seventh European ship to sight the continent.
Between 1606 and 1770, an estimated 54 European ships from a range of nations made contact.
That makes them about twice the size of the largest European ships in the sixteenth century.
British feared as he could take any merchant ship except large European ships.
Thanks to that provision, all European ships will have to be equipped with these devices no later than 2006.
This week, the European ship has to decide which port to enter.
The European ships, armed with heavy cannon, quickly dominated trade.
A European ship lies alongside the palace: time to escape!
The two sides now dispute the amount of cod taken by European ships.