Dutch bark ship Copernicus bound towards Surabaya, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 6 March 1869

An announcement reported that the fast coppered Dutch bark ship Copernicus captain J. Algra was lying in Amsterdam destined towards Surabaya. Very well passengers accommodation. For more details could be asked at ship brokers De Vries&Co. at Amsterdam or Vlierboom&Suermondt at Rotterdam.(1)

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1. Lijst van de Nederlandsche Oorlogs- en Koopvaardijschepen met hunne onderscheidingsseinen, uit het Internationaal Seinboek ten dienste van alle Natiën. Rotterdam, 1869. Improved with latest information until 1 April 1869. Bark, homeport Rotterdam, measurement 742 tons and call sign NLBR. The newspaper De Grondwet dated 11 November 1853 reported that on the 9^th at the shipyard of C. Smit at Alblasserdam the Copernicus of 392 lasten was launched with captain to be E.T. Prater. See also the website http://www.scheepsindex.nl/schip.php?i=3218