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Friday, 23 December 2011

Dutch East Indiaman serving off Banjarmasin according to the Generale Missive dated 16 December 1735

The Schiedam arrived from this destination 7 April with a cargo of 175.581 lb black pepper. From there arrived 1 and 29 January the Rotte and the Snip. The steersman of the Snip was sent to Batavia to be interrogated for the damage of his ship. He was however found innocent. With the tandjongpoura Mossel was 26 April stores included bolts sent towards Bandjermasin.

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.