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Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Dutch inland vessel Vos 1638-1649/1650

Of the admiralty Zealand, built by Willem Jansen at Vlissingen, Netherlands in 1638, dimensions 57½ (keel)-70 (prow) x 18 (maximum) x 7 feet. Building contract dated 28 February 1638, costs 583:06:08 pond Vlaams, first captain Bartolomeus Verhelle from Zierikzee, Netherlands. Some books claimed she participated in the Brazil-expedition in 1674, sold in 1649 as obsolete or sold in 1650.