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Tuesday 25 June 2019

Dutch East Indiaman serving at Japan according to the Generale Missive dated 12 October 1735

The Popkensburg and the Huis Den Eult were sent towards Japan with a cargo valued ƒ 703.198 including a large amount of powdered sugar.

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. 652-671.