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Saturday, 3 March 2012

Dutch East Indiamen pointed out for the Easter fleet according to the Dutch magazine Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius dated February 1759

An item reported that the chamber Amsterdam pointed the next East Indiaman for the Easter fleet.
Slooten, 150 feet, master Dirk van Mastricht, chief mate Harmanus de Vry, under coxswain Jurriaan Verburg and third watches Hans Hendrik Huge and Christiaan Willem Eilers.

Blydorp, 140 feet, Master Cornelis Nannings, chief mate Jan van Eysden, under coxswain Hans Geerke and third watches Jan Wolbes Coertsen and Melchior Muyser.

Brouwer, 136 feet, master Barent de Rust, chief mate Abraham van Sunderen, under coxswain Christiaan Revenaar and third watches Christiaan Bidersteed and Jacob Roeloffe.

Zuyderburg, 150 feet, master Jan van Daalen, chief mate Hendrik de Beer, under coxswain Abraham Sam and third watches Hendrik Bruyn and Marten Labaan.