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Tuesday 17 March 2020

Dutch East Indiaman Vliegende Zwaan bound for the Dutch East Indies in 1667

She left on 17 November 1667 the Maas, Netherlands with as captain Boudewijn Lukasz van der Lek, visited Cape of Good Hope, South Africa between 22 February-25 April 1668 and arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies on 2 July. Her crew numbered  23 (arrival)-23 (departure) sailors and further more 6 (arrival)-0 (departure) soldiers. Tonnage 100 metric tons. Bought in 1667. Of the chamber Delft and sailed for account of the chamber Delft. Laid up at Batavia on 6 September 1680.

Sources
J.R. Bruijn, F.S. Gaastra and I. Schöffer. Dutch-Asiatric Shipping in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Vol II. Outward-bound voyages from the Netherlands to Asia and the Cape 1595-1794. The Hague, 1979.

F.W. van Stapel. Beschrijving van de O.I. Compagnie.