[1669]
General peace. December 31 secret treaty between France and Brandenburg.
Background - from official documents in the archives
24/3 ... Also come in ... the ships Cogge and Nuytsenburg ... from Gaale ... under the orders of the Hon. Ryckloff van Goens Junior, Upper-Merchant ...
2/4 ... come to the roads the ship Brederoda, with the flute* Sparendam, from Ceylon ... also the ship Vlaardinge ... sailed January 5 from Tessel ... and the hooker* the Wyting ... sailed on December 7 last year from the Maas.
3/4 Comes also from Patria the hooker the Barm ... 14 men ... Towards evening comes also ... the fine ship the Jonge Prins ... sailed December 14 from Texel with 324 men, of whom 25 must be given over to the sea on the way, the rest fairly fit ...
11/4 ... came two ships named Tarnaten and Cattenburg ... both sailed December 13, 1668 from Tessell ...
13/4 [sailed Cogge, Nuytsenburg, Brederode, Sparendam] ... towards evening comes ... Amerongen, left Tessel December 13 last year ...
15/4 ... late in the evening the flute Hassenberg comes to the roads ...
[22] Hottentots at the Cape of Good Hope From the 1686 French edition of Dapper. The seated figure is a ‘Captain’, with his staff of office.