Friday, August 08, 2014

The ship Sint Laurens

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After seeing my entry for the ship Sint Laurens, a West Indiaman hired in 1639 for service with the fleet, I wondered if that could have bee...
Monday, December 02, 2013

The picture of the Brederode under repair

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I had decided quite a while ago that the drawing of the Brederode under repair must have been after the battle of Dungeness. My reasoning wa...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Dr. Simon Hart's papers from the Municipal Archive in Amsterdam

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Carl Stapel had told me about Dr. Simon Hart's papers at the Municipal Archive at Amsterdam (or whatever they call it now). What we were...
Monday, September 23, 2013

A list from Thurloe's papers in The First Dutch War

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I had the opportunity while I was working in Minneapolis to see an original set of Thurloe's Papers at the University of Minnesota libra...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

Gun lists for the yacht Jager

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The most accessible gun list for the yacht Jager that fought in the First Anglo-Dutch War is that from 6 December 1652, from the Collectie J...

The list in Vol.I of The First Dutch War (Letters and Papers...)

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If you are a First Anglo-Dutch War aficionado, you are probably familiar with the list of ships published in Vol.I of the Fist Dutch War. Th...
Sunday, June 05, 2011

The forty convoyers of 1648

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After the peace treaty in 1648 that ended both the Thirty Years War and the Dutch war of independence, funding was voted to provide for fort...
Saturday, October 16, 2010

Ships in Tromp's squadron on 15 September 1639

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Dr. De Boer's book, Tromp en de Armada van 1639 , gives Tromp's squadron. I have supplied the missing details: Adm Ship ...