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 *Wapen van Hoorn* departed from Ceylon on November 23, 1750, bound for the Netherlands. It would prove to be an arduous voyage home, ending on the rocks of the Basque Country.
Down on 19 September
Witte Zwaan († 1665, 361 years ago) Noordzee, Netherlands
Wapen van Amsterdam († 1667, 359 years ago) Southern Iceland, Iceland
