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Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Naval operations of the Dutch East Company in Malakka according to the Generale Missive dated 30 November 1729

With the Vaderland Getrouwe were 5000 rijksdaalders as payment, 150 last rice, 30 slaves, 50 soldiers, 6 craft workers and 4 horses sent towards Malacca. Another 50 soldiers departed 14 October with the Middelwoud and the Linschoten. The tandjongpoura Kanari and a rowboat were broken up.

Source
J. van Goor. Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel IX: 1727-1737. The Hague, 1988, p. 35-36.