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Sunday, 4 August 2019

Naval operations of the Dutch East Company at Palembang according to the Generale Missive dated 5 December 1742

The Lage Polder departed 22 June towards this factory with on board 8 iron 2pdrs and 10 instead of the 20 requested for so-called ‘prinsenstukjes’. The Land van Beloften brought with her a cargo existing of 3.582 pikol pepper and 2.461 pikol tin.

Source
J. van Goor. Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel X: 1737-1743. The Hague, 2004, p. 871-872.