[1686]
Franco-Spanish war continues in Netherlands. Empire, Holland, Spain etc form the ‘League of Augsburg’; against France.
Background - from official documents in the archives
21/1 [mention of Java as in the roads]
26/1 [Van der Stel arrived] very unexpectedly about 11 o'clock, in good health (God be praised!), with his son [Frans] and 3 or 4 horsemen. [Rest arrived in the afternoon, with ‘a captured Hottentot of the Cameson tribe’]
9/3 ... Java lying in the roads fired two guns ... came to the roads ... the Batavia return-ship named Schieland ... after which came to the roads the ships Bantam, Hendrik Mauritz, Goudestein and the Ridderschap van Holland ... as commander the Hon. Willem Carel Hartsing ... also arrived safely the flute* Langewijk [outwards]
11/3 ... came to the roads a little Portuguese ship Saint Anthoni ... with slaves from Mozambique ...
12/3 ... a smart ship ... at anchor this morning at the Robben Island ... [later another] also anchored there...
13/3 ... coming to the roads the return-ship the Bergh Sina, followed by the two French ships which were forced to anchor yesterday at the Robben Island, named l'Oyseau and la Maligne ... with the Ambassador Chaumont ... and two Ambassadors from the King of Siam to the King of France ... Heer Ridder Grandmaison came ashore to salute the Hon. Commandeur ...
16/3 ... the Lieutenant and the Fiscaal, with the Secretary, went aboard to salute H.E. the Ambassador, taking some refreshing ...
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