 In January the "Noordsche Compagnie" (Northern Company), modelled on the Dutch East India Company, had been established to support Dutch whaling in the Arctic.Two of its ships, financed by merchants from Amsterdam and Enkhuizen, reached Jan Mayen in July 1614.The captains of these ships—Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout on the "Gouden Cath" (Golden Cat), and Jacob de Gouwenaer on the "Orangienboom" (Orange Tree)—named it "Mr. Joris Eylant" after the Dutch cartographer Joris Carolus who was on board and mapped the island.