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Sunday 13 November 2011

Dutch East Indiaman serving at Bengal according to the Generale Missive dated 30 November 1734

See also for ships and vessels of the Dutch East India Company between 1720-1736 arrived in the Dutch East Indies according to a list dated around 1738 published in several parts on this web log. 14 Ships were sent to Bengal. The Sleewijk and Slot Aldegonde via Tuticorin and Galle for areka nuts and kayriu rope, the Hofwegen via the East Coast of Sumatra, the Wendela, Cats, Coxhoorn, Goudriaan, Haften and Haaksburg went directly and to be returned afterwards to Batavia, The Alsem and Slot Kranenburg directly and to sail back to the Netherlands, the Hopvogel, Duifje and Steenhoven via Malacca to return to Batavia. To replace of the chialoupes ‘afgevaren’ (not longer serviceable) Amfioencramer and Tweede Gelui and the pantjalang Lijdzaamheid were to be built 3 new chialoupes. Arrival of the Susanna 4 August 1734 at Batavia.

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.