During the course of the next day, April 12, the Nautilus drew near the coast of Dutch Guiana, by the mouth of the Maroni River.

第二天，4月12 日整一天，“鹦鹉螺号”船只向荷兰海岸靠近，接近马罗尼河口。

New England merchants had long carried on a lucrative trade with the French islands in the West Indies and Dutch Guiana, where sugar and molasses could be obtained in large quantities at low prices.

长期以来，新英格兰商人与西印度群岛的法属岛屿和荷属圭亚那进行了利润丰厚的贸易，在那里可以低价大量获得糖和糖蜜。