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stepping stones of maritime history

History

The ship De Eendracht, (Unity) belonging to the Zeeland Chamber of the WIC, appears on a 1680 list of ships lost at sea.

The ship's fate is recorded as follows: lost on the outward voyage; no news of it was ever heard.

The ship was en route to Angola to trade in enslaved people but went missing somewhere along the way in the Atlantic Ocean.

Fries Museum
Dutch traditional wear with a Chintz skirt. filled with exotic birds like parrots & the Greater bird-of-paradise

Hollands traditionele jurk met omslagdoek van Chitz stof ca. 1700-1750

Cargo
A list of the cargo has been preserved in a WIC account.
It includes, among other things:
Assorted glass beads
black knives in sheaths
barber scissors
black mirrors
silk fabrics
Chitzen: glossy printed fabrics
Anabassen: printed cotton fabrics with a blue-and-white pattern.*

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