An announcement reported that the Dutch coppered brig ship Guinea was lying at Rotterdam destined towards Batavia. For more details could be asked at shipbrokers Hudig&Blokhuijzen and owner H. van Rijckevorsel.(1)
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1. W.J.L. Poelmans. Nieuwsberichten uit de Rotterdamsche Courant, 1856. Rotterdams Jaarboekje, 1924. 22 January brig ship Guinea launched at the shipyard Gebr. Visser for H. van Rijckevorsel. The newspaper Dagblad van Zuidholland en ‘s Gravenhage dated 24 January 1856 confirmed that she was launched the 22nd adding that her captain was to be A. van der Harst and that she measured around 146 lasten. Huibert van Rijckevorsel (23 October 1813 Rotterdam-19 January 1866 Préfargier) merchant-ship owner major financer of the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant of which he was president-commissioner Married on 23 October to Elise Susanne Marie Schmidt (1821-1893). Consul for Venezuela in Rotterdam since 1851 and consul general for Costa Rica in the Netherlands since 1854.
