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Wednesday, 9 November 2011

The cargo of the Dutch East Indiaman Cokshorn according the Europische Mercurius in 1730

She arrived on 13 July at Texel coming from China where she left on 7 January, departing on 3 February from Prinsen Eiland, arriving on 29 March off Cape of Good Hope from where she on 23 April departed towards the Netherlands. (1) Her cargo included a large amount of porcelain. I tried to give an English equivalent for the Dutch terms. She carried with her 124.595 pairs Thee-goed (for tea drinking), 170.040 pairs Koffy-goed (for coffee drinking), 9,467 pairs Chocolaat-goed (for chocolate drinking), 116 servisen schotels (dinner service dishes) coloured blue and white, 49 serviten nappen (bowls) of holle schotels (hollow dishes) coloured blue and white, 260 nesten kommen(kom=bowl), 100 pairs nesten nappen of holle schotels coloured blue and white, 20.280 white and blue coloured borden (plates), 490 thee sets geamaljeerd, 810 trekpotten coloured blue and white, 251 pairs gedekte suikerbosjes, 600 Pattipans coloured blue and white, 600 schuitjes, 10.255 plates and bowls coloured blue and white, 125 plates coloured blue and white, 10.020 plates coloured blue and white, 226.727 Catjes Thee Boe, 14.915½ Catje Thee Congo, 10.347 Catjes Thee Heysan, 242 Poesjes, 88 Gorgorons and 240 Pekiens.

Source
Europische Mercurius, July edition page 49.

Note
1. This must be the Coxhoorn with a length of 120 feet and a cargo capacity of 225 last or 450 tons built in 1728 for the E.I.C. chamber of Amsterdam and laid up after 28 November 1741. She arrived at Amsterdam on 13 July 1730 with as master Jan Schul.