Danish East India Company decided to sent two ships towards China according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 28 September 1758

Copenhagen, 16 September. On 3 September arrived a ship from Tranquebar in Mogolistan the first one since three years while another one was expected. The East India Company decided to fit out this year again two ships with as destination Canton in China while the results with selling Chinese merchandise at the latest auction were quite successful profitable.