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Thursday, 6 November 2014

Dutch East Indiaman Vredestein bound for the Dutch East Indies in 1768

She left on 13 May 1768 Texel, Netherlands with as captain Jan Abel, visited Cape of Good Hope, South Africa between 12 September-8 October and arrived at Batavia, Dutch East Indies on 27 December. At the departure were 191 persons on board. Calculated tonnage 880 tons. Built in 1750 at Rotterdam, Netherlands and sailed for account of the chamber Amsterdam.


Sources
-J.R. Bruijn, F.S. Gaastra and I. Schöffer. Dutch-Asiatic Shipping in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Vol II. Outward-bound voyages from the Netehrlands 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).