From this factory arrived at Batavia letters dated 25 September 1741, 10 July, 13 August, 14 September and 14 December 1742 with the pantjalang Nias, the ship Buvegnies and the sloop Kruiser. The latter transported 85 reaal gold-dust. The Buvegnies transported 2.140 reaal gold-dust, 636 lb caret, 44 lb nacre, 8.045 cans coco-nut oil, 1.250 lb wax and 1.678 pikol span wood, value ƒ 68.927.
In July appeared unexpected a small Spanish ship off Talao (Tidore). According to the first tiding from the post at Oubij it was a Portuguese ship with 3 gun decks and a crew which numbered around 400 men including 30 Spanish merchants. According to a later tiding and a report it was the small ship Prince Asturia also called Nossa Senhora de Carme, commanded by captain don Joseph Barera, with a length of about 1230 feet, a crew of around 60 men, all Spanish except one from Antwerp, Belgium and armed with 6 metal 2 pdrs, 2 ‘wood guns’ and at least 22 rifles. She was destined towards Manilla but driven by contrary winds towards Talao. She departed [from ternate?] in August destined via the coast of Celebes to prevent capture by the British and was in May repaired at Larantoka (Timor). Lacking enough cargo space was the sloop Olijftak coming van Banda used to transport the rice from Gorontalo.
Source
J. van Goor. Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel X: 1737-1743. The Hague, 2004, p. 858-869.
In July appeared unexpected a small Spanish ship off Talao (Tidore). According to the first tiding from the post at Oubij it was a Portuguese ship with 3 gun decks and a crew which numbered around 400 men including 30 Spanish merchants. According to a later tiding and a report it was the small ship Prince Asturia also called Nossa Senhora de Carme, commanded by captain don Joseph Barera, with a length of about 1230 feet, a crew of around 60 men, all Spanish except one from Antwerp, Belgium and armed with 6 metal 2 pdrs, 2 ‘wood guns’ and at least 22 rifles. She was destined towards Manilla but driven by contrary winds towards Talao. She departed [from ternate?] in August destined via the coast of Celebes to prevent capture by the British and was in May repaired at Larantoka (Timor). Lacking enough cargo space was the sloop Olijftak coming van Banda used to transport the rice from Gorontalo.
Source
J. van Goor. Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel X: 1737-1743. The Hague, 2004, p. 858-869.
