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Saturday, 27 July 2019

Dutch East Indiaman bound for the Dutch East Indies in 1608

Medemblik, yacht, chamber Amsterdam, 250 metric tons tonnage, master Jacques l’Hermite, departed Texel 1608, arrived at Bantam, totally 70 men, did not return to the Netherlands, served in the Dutch East Indies, finally wrecked near the Maledive Islands.
Hoop, yacht, chamber Amsterdam, built at Amsterdam, 80 metric tons tonnage, master Pieter Heeresz, departed Texel 15 April 1698, arrived at Bantam 26 December 1698, totally 18 men, captured by the Spanish near Manilla 15 July 1610

Source
J.R. Bruijn ed. Dutch-Asiatic Shipping in the 17th and 18th centuries. Volume II. Outward-bound voyages from the Netherlands to Asia and the cape (1595-1794). The Hague 1979, p. 26-27.