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Wednesday, 8 July 2020

Dutch East Indiaman serving at Amboina according to the Generale Missive dated 6 October 1734

With the Stad Leiden and the Rijksdorp were 25 May 1734 from 407.034 lb cloves sent; this was the complete harvest of that year with a value of ƒ 130.114. The Rijksdorp was lost in June in the Golf van Boni with a loss of 179.008 lb cloves. Her crew was saved and arrived 8 August 1734 at Batavia with Stad Leiden. The stranded chialoup Onbedachtzaamheid was to be broken up.

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. 588-596.