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Wednesday 23 October 2019

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

The sloep Valk arrived from there with a cargo of 355 pikol pepper. Apparently were problems with Chinese merchants in this territory, especially in the pepper trade.

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. 30-31.