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
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.*
Description
References
- Zeeuws Archief
NL-MdbZA_105_6_188 - Nationaal Archief
NA_1.05.01.02_276_0148