Cape Good Hope 1652-1702

Background - continued

8/3/1699 ... coming to the roads the said frigate* Peter and Paul ...

19/3 ... in the evening arrived the English ship Grace Dieu, 34 guns, 68 men ... departed from England December 3 last, bound ... for Bengalen ...

20/3 ... towards evening ... the [return-] fleet set sail in good order [names not given]

2/4 ... the Hon. Governor went on board the flute* the Huys Overrijp, as also the frigates the Tamboer and Peter and Paul ... to see in what state they were ...

5/4 ... at noon ... arrived the ship Cattendyk, bound for Batavia ... sailed December 10 last ...

8/4 ... arrived ... an English vessel named Josias, Captn. Richard Stratton, 40 guns and 100 heads, bound for India ... November 9 ... ran out of Torbaij and January 17 touched Cadix ...

10/4 ... comes to the roads also the little English ship named Swift, Captn. Christoffel Buskel, 8 guns and 25 men, February 23 Old Style* from a little island at Madagascar, bound for Jamaica [sailed 19/4]

12/4 ... the English ship Benjamin, Captn. Brouwn arrived in this bay, 32 guns and 92 men, November 20 ... run out of Torbaij and January 17 departed from Cadix, bound ... for Madras.

16/4 ... the Hon. Governor ... made a tour to the Roode [sic] bosje to inspect the work begun in the Company's vegetable-garden ...

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[62] Pinnace, later 17th Century. The mizzen is now higher than in earlier types, and provision is made there for a topsail. Top-gallants were still relatively rare in Dutch ships. The stern is square, but less elaborate than that of the typical East-Indiaman. The head is clearly shown, and the masts for spritsail and spritsail topsail. From the Nederlands Hist. Scheepvaarts Museum, Amsterdam.