Page "Jan Mayen" Paragraph 13

According to William Scoresby ( 1820: p. 154 ), referring to the mistaken belief that the Dutch had discovered the island in 1611, Hull whalers discovered the island " about the same time " and named it " Trinity Island ".

Muller ( 1874: pp. 190 – 191 ) took this to mean they had come upon Jan Mayen in 1611 or 1612, which was repeated by many subsequent authors.

There were, in fact, no Hull whalers in either of these years, the first Hull whaling expedition having been sent to the island only in 1616 ( see below ).

As with the previous claim made by Edge, there is no cartographical or written proof for this supposed discovery.