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.
The Zuiderzee played an important role in the economy of the Low Countries since reaching its largest size in the Late Middle Ages.
Burgzand Noord
In the Wadden Sea lies the national monument Burgzand Noord, a location where sixteen historic shipwrecks from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries have been preserved.
13 Provinces
In the '13 Provinces' project, volunteers and students uncover the extensive and varied maritime history of the Netherlands through local research.
