Background - continued
6/7/1683 ... Goudesteyn, Schielandt, Azia, Schiebroeck, Stryen, Wester-Amstel, and Hoogergeest reached the open sea, the first 6 for the Fatherland, the last for Madagascar ...
8-10/7 ... busied ourselves making ready the little flutes* Baaren and Civekat ... the former laden with the goods from the flute Wester-Amstel to take them to Batavia, the latter ... for Ceylon ...
8/9 ... arrived safely ... the newly-built yacht Castricum ... sailed with the newly-built ship the Ridderschap van Hollandt, the Courtjene and the Couverde ... on May 9 from Texel with the Huys te Neck ... in the afternoon reached the roads Courtgeene and ... Princes Marye ...
14/9 ... arrived the newly-built yacht* the Ridderschap ...
20/9 ... anchored ... the ship Couverde ...
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