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Monday, 23 December 2019

Dutch East Indiaman serving off Mocca according to the Generale Missive dated 16 December 1735

With the Prooswijk was a cargo including  spices, sugar and iron with a value of ƒ 52.521 send towards Mocca. Here she was to load 200.000 lb pepper and make at least 100% profit.

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 Abraham Patras, p. 62-69.