For years was in the Netherlands a magazine published dealing with maritime affairs. It contained notes dealing with the Royal Dutch Navy and the Dutch merchant shipping/trade, but also supplied information dealing with foreign navies, especially of France and Great Britain. Occasionally we can find information dealing with the navies of other countries Russia, United States or even Mexico. The Chinese junk called Keijing departed 6 December 1846 Canton planning to visit the most important European harbours. In the first part of the voyage there were no problems with the weathers. Contrary winds in the Java sea and Sunda Strait caused a delay of almost six weeks. They arrived at St. Helena 17 April despite the heavy weather off Mauritus 22-23 March. In stead from going to London they went to New York with the purpose to go later to the European waters. Most of her crewmembers were Chinese.
Source
G.A. Tindal en J. Swart. Verhandelingen en berigten betrekkelijk het zeewezen en de zeevaartkunde. Vol 7. Amsterdam, 1847, p. 796. Digitized by Google.
Source
G.A. Tindal en J. Swart. Verhandelingen en berigten betrekkelijk het zeewezen en de zeevaartkunde. Vol 7. Amsterdam, 1847, p. 796. Digitized by Google.
