The Voorduin was send with merchandise and provisions valued ƒ 66.302 towards the Cape for a cargo of grain. Despite the orders the homeward bound fleet commanded by De Witte van Schooten wasn’t combined with the ships commanded by Pielat.
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 Abraham Patras, p. 62-69.
