Venezuelan war- and merchant ships underway from La Guayra towards Cumana according to the Dutch newspaper De Curacaosche courant dated 17 April 1819

An item reported that according to the schooner Jannette which arrived at Willemstad, Curacao coming from La Guayra, Venezuela that on the 8th 8 warships departed consisting of 2 corvettes, 3 brigs (of which one a so-called hermaphrodite) and 3 schooners escorting merchant ships lying outside the harbour. The latter vessels arrived that same morning. It was believed that the came from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela and bound to Cumana, Venezuela.