[1675]
Dutch war with France continues.
Background - from official documents in the archives
Resolutions 26/2 Since we learn from the little flute* Huys te Bergen just arrived here from the Fatherland ... that yesterday she spoke the ship America near the Dassen Island ... in a very bad state, having lost over a hundred and fifty men by death during the journey and encumbered with another 80 sick, and further that a conspiracy had been discovered in her ... therefore Vliegende Swaan to leave for the Saldanha Bay as soon as possible, well provided with water and all sorts of refreshing ...
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