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Friday, 1 November 2019

Dutch East Indiaman Blijdorp bound for the Dutch East Indies in 1767

She left on 5 April 1767 Rammekens. Netherlands with as captain Lodewijk Thomasz, visited Cape of Good Hope, South Africa between 16 July-1 August and arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies on 3 October. At the departure were 251 persons on board. Built in 1753 at Rotterdam, Netherlands but sailed for account of the chamber Zeeland. Tonnage 880 metric tons.

Sources
-J.R. Bruijn, F.S. Gaastra and I. Schöffer. Dutch-Asiatric Shipping in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Vol II. Outward-bound voyages from the Netherlands to Asia and the Cape 1595-1794. The Hague, 1979.
-Kort gevat Jaarboek van de Edele Geoctroyeerde oost-indische compagnie der vereenigde Nederlanden ter kamer van Zeeland. Middelburg, 1759.
-Archive V.O.C. 1602-1811 inv.no. 11048. Kort gevat Jaarboek van de Edele Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie tec. Christiaan Sigismund Matthaeus, Jan Dane, Middelburg, 1759.
-F.W. van Stapel. Beschrijving van de O.I. Compagnie.
-Collectie Hudde 1627-1697 no. 21 (National Archive at The Hague)
-Collectie Hope 1602-1782 no. 77 (National Archive at The Hague).
-Archive Family Mathias-Pous Tak van Poortvliet no. 60 (Zeeuws Archive at Middelburg).