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Ships names beginning with this letter: V. No. 5961 only. In Part 1: Ship's name(s):...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1216
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Ships names beginning with this letter: V. No. 5961 only.
In Part 1:
Ship's name(s): Vrede
Nationality: Dutch
Port(s) of departure: Batavia
Destination(s): Amsterdam
Type of voyage: East Indies
Particulars: Captain Hendrik Dekker. Letters from Batavia to the Netherlands, mainly Amsterdam, December 1801 - January 1802; letters to passengers and crew of the ship Boutenborg at Batavia, many unopened. 9 copies of the 'Naamboek van de Hoge Indiasche Regering'
In Part 2:
Ship's name(s): Vrede
Nationality: Dutch
Port(s) of departure: Batavia
Destinations(s): Amsterdam
Type of voyage: East Indies
Particulars: Letters from Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope, Amsterdam, Texel, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf etc., most unopened. Minutes and membership list of the Batavian Society addressed to the Zeeland Society; letters to the navy at The Hague.
1. Journal of the outward voyage by the head steersman, Herman Dekker, 2 April 1802 - 20 February 1803
2. Journal of the homeward bound voyage by Herman Dekker, 20 February 1803, including description of her capture and pillage by an English cutter.
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