The ship Polanen made three succesful voyages to the East Indies and back to the Dutch Republic. On 21-11-1748 the ship left Texel for the fourth journey. Master Adriaan Waag didn't survive the voyage; he was succeeded by Hilde Hendriksz Hoek. Polanen didn't call at the Cape but and False Bay, and she arrived in Batavia on 25-09-1749. On 11-06-1753 the ship was wrecked close to a place called "Carpettie". This could be "Calpettij": the peninsula Kalpitiya as it is now called.
Description
Type: Hekboat, or hagboat or hackboat Built in 1737 for the VOC-Chamber of Amsterdam on the wharf of Amsterdam. Length: 130 ft. Tonnage: 650 tons On board: 170-175 A hekboat. Engraving by Adolf van der Laan.
Upon arrival in the East Indies, the *Kaapvogel* was deployed in the Moluccas (naval list, February 1657). The situation in the Moluccas was highly volatile at the time; since 1650, the VOC had begun
Down on 15 November
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