Cape Good Hope 1652-1702

Background - continued

3/11 ... the English Company's ship Touwr set sail ... was forced to anchor again in the evening for lack of wind ...

4/11 ... still near the Robben Island while the other ... was busy in the roads [cleaning, caulking, tarring]

29/12 ... arrived the ship Cronenburg ... from Masulipatam on October 8 last ...

31/12 ... this morning appeared here also the ship the Wapen van Alkmaar ...