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Friday, 24 May 2019

Dutch East Indiaman serving at Banda, Dutch East Indies according to the Generale Missive dated 30 November 1734

Three ships of 130 feet requested for the transport of nutmeg. The chialoup Langerak was to be transferred to Mindanao. Pirates from Papua with 22 well manned kora-kora’s attacked the Zuidoostereilanden.

Source
J. van Goor, Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel IX: 1729-1737. The Hague, 1988, Generale Missive from Dirk van Cloon, p. 597-626.