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Saturday, 3 December 2011

Dutch East Indiaman bound for the Dutch East Indies in 1617

Eenhoorn, yacht, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam, 300 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 26 February 1617 with 90 men, stayed at Cape of Good Hope 5-18 July 1617, arrived at Bantam 23 October 1617.
Goede Fortuin, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam, master Albert Kornelisz Schagen, 700 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 26 February 1617 with 200 men, load new provisions in the St. Lucia Bay, arrived at Bantam 7 January 1618 with 113 men,
Groene Leeuw, yacht, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam, 140 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 26 February 1617 with 90 men, arrived at Bantam 26 October 1617, did not return to the Netherlands, served in the Dutch East Indies. March 1618 off Banda.
Postpaard, yacht, chamber Enkhuizen, built at Enkhuizen, master Jakob IJsbrands van Enkhuizen, 300 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 26 February 1617 with 130 men, at Cape of Good Hope 9 July 1617, arrived at Bantam 7 October 1617.
Vosje, also called Vosken, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam, 80 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 26 February 1617 with 225 men, at Cape of Good Hope 11 July 1617, arrived at Bantam 23 October 1617, did not return to the Netherlands, served in the Dutch East Indies. March 1618 off Banda.
Zierikzee, chamber Zealand, built in Zealand, master Laurens Simonsz, 800 metric tons tonnage, departed Wielingen 26 February 1617, arrived at Bantam 7 January 1618.
Witte Beer, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam 1614, master Aris Jansz Landman, 300 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 22 April 1617, stayed at Cape of Good Hope 10-25 August 1617, arrived at Bantam 22 October 1617.
Tijger, yacht, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam, master Dirk Gerritsz Krul, 140 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 22 April 1617, stayed at Cape of Good Hope 10-25 August 1617, arrived at Bantam 22 October 1617, did not return to the Netherlands, served in the Dutch East Indies and finally wrecked on the Chinese coast in September 1622.
Zwarte Beer, yacht, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam, master Sijmen Joosten, 320 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 31 October 1617 with 100 men, stayed at Cape of Good Hope 14-? March 1617, arrived at Pondicherry 22 June 1618.
Dolfijn, yacht, chamber Zealand, built in Zealand, master Bruin Anthonisz, 260 metric tons tonnage, departed Wielingen 7 November 1617 with 80 men, arrived at Masulipatnam 20 September 1618, did not return to the Netherlands, served in the Dutch East Indies and finally laid up in >1620-1621<.
Ter Tholen, yacht, chamber Zealand, built in Zealand, master Adriaan de Walle, 400 metric tons tonnage, departed Wielingen 7 November 1617 with 120 men, arrived at Bantam 30 April 1618. This Dutch ship saw for the first time Amsterdam Island.
Zeewolf, yacht, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam, master Havik Klaasz of Hillegom, 360 metric tons tonnage, departed Texel 2 December 1617 with 19 men, stayed at Cape of Good Hope 8-24 March 1618, arrived at Jacarta in July 1618. This Dutch ship saw for the first time St. Paul 19 April 1618, was 11 May off the Australian West Coast. did not return to the Netherlands, served in the Dutch East Indies.

Sources
J.R. Bruijn e.d. Dutch-Asiatic 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, p. 38-41.
N. Mac Leod. De Oost-Indische Compagnie als zeemogendheid in Azië, 2 vols, 1927.