The earliest European sources give variants of "Suriname" as the name of the river on which colonies were eventually founded. Lawrence Kemys wrote in his ''Relation of the Second Voyage to Guiana'' of passing a river called "''Shurinama''" as he travelled along the coast. In 1598, a fleet of three Dutch ships visiting the Wild Coast mention passing the river "''Surinamo''". In 1617, a Dutch notary spelled the name of the river on which a Dutch trading post had existed three years earlier as "''Surrenant''".