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Tuesday 15 November 2011

Dutch East Indiaman serving at Coromandel according to the Generale Missive dated 7 March 1734

See also for ships and vessels of the Dutch East India Company between 1720-1736 arrived in the Dutch East Indies according to a list dated around 1738 published in several parts on this web log. The Loenderveen arrived 23 January 1734 at Batavia coming from Coromandel. 6 British ships from Europe visited Machilipatnam, 6 French Pondicherry, a Danish ship Trankebar and the Swedish ship Ulrica Eleonora of 145 feet and 150 men visited Porto Novo. Her supercargo was Charles Barrington. Her cargo included 700 bahar iron and 300 bahar zinc-lead. There was news that the yacht Windhond was captured including the crew by a radja off the coast of Lindy. From Ceylon came contrary news.

Source
J. van Goor, Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel IX: 1729-1737. The Hague, 1988, Generale Missive from Dirk van Cloon, p. 548-566.