The Zoutelande belonged to the Dutch West Indian Company (WIC). This counterpart of the Dutch East Indian Company had its main focus on the Atlantic and the West Indies. This included the Western parts of Africa and the Americas.

Demise?

An unnamed WIC ship lost sank in 1659 off Sennen Cove in Cornwall. It was loaded with a precious cargo of silver ingots. It is possible that this is the Zoutelande. Salvage work on the wreck supposedly was carried out by Rex Cowan, but unfortunately, little is known from these excavations.

The exact details of the ship's journey and the circumstances of its wreck remain shrouded in mystery, encapsulating the intrigue that surrounds many maritime disasters.

Possible slave voyage

A ship named the Soutelande (an alternative spelling of Zoutelande) made at least one voyage with enslaved people. The ship left on December 31st, 1644 for Luanda in Angola. The skipper then was Cornelis Pietersz Hose. In Angola, 450 enslaved people were taken on board and shipped to Pernambuco. Of those 450 people, 406 survived the voyage. Yet it is uncertain if it concerns the same ship in view of the time passed.

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  Voyage ID 11315