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Thursday 4 July 2019

Dutch East Indiaman serving at Banda according to the Generale Missive dated 12 October 1735

Arrival of the Herstelling and the Cats with a cargo valued ƒ 116.012, included 1223 lb wax, 478.992 lb nutmegs and 148.039 lb mace. Arrival of the Huis ten Donk 2 September with a cargo valued ƒ 43.109 included 246.081 lb nutmegs, 35.000 lb sulphur earth and 33.649lb mace. The pantjalang Ary Altery was seen north off Ceram. The Loenderveen underway towards Singkel, but lost her way off Kisar, arrived in the meantime at Batavia.

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. 652-671.