Making Waves: Selected Updates from the Rooswijk Project
Published 3 March 2021 On the 8th of January 1740, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship Rooswijk weighed anchor and left harbour on the Dutch island of Texel, carrying a varied cargo that included large quantities of silver coins and bullion intended for trade. This marked the start of what would have been an arduous 9-12-month long journey to Batavia, the then capital of the former Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia). However, by the next day Rooswijk had been driven onto the Goo...
Source: historicengland.org.uk