The ship Knappenhof [maybe erroneously: Knapenhof] with Douwe Mout as Captain left Bengal (Calcutta harbour) on 30 November 1740. They rested at the Cape of Good Hope from 2 to 16 March 1741 (source 1601). Separated from the main fleet due to misty and bad weather on 24 June 1741, they sailed “around the north”, i.e. around Ireland and Scotland on the northern side, increasing the time of their journey (Source 1602). They landed in Goeree on 20 July 1741, and then continued in few days via Hellevoetsluis to the harbour of Rotterdam at the mouth of the River Maas, where they reached 22 July 1741 (Source 1602, source 1603). The Knappenhof belonged to the Dutch East India Co., Chamber of Delft.
Knapenhof or Knappenhof
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Voyage Douwe Mout in 1739–1741
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Map of Rotterdam harbour 1740
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Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht
KAART: *VIII*.B.k.19 (Dk39–2)
Title: Afbeeldinge van de Maes van de stadt Rotterdam tot in zee, met de aengelege steden, plaetsen, sanden, drooghten en goersen, soo als die tegenwoordigh bevaren wert
Published: 1740.
Source 1601. Departure of Knappenhof from Cape of Good Hope
Leydse Courant – 1741, no. 82 – Monday 10 July 1741
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[p. 1–2] Amsterdam, den 3 July. De Heeren Bewindhebbers van de Oostindische Comp. … berigten, dat de veertien scheepen sterk van de Kaap de Goede Hoop waren vertrokken, en dat de twaalf andere om ‘t Noorden gezeild waren, te weeten … als mede Horsten, Corn. Zieters, Knapenhof, Douwe Movet, en Zypenkarpsel, Schipper Mout, alle drie van Bengalen, zonder dat men weet wanneer dezelve vertrokken zyn, of voor welke Kamer zy komen.
English translation
Amsterdam, July 3. The Directors of the East India Company … reported that fourteen ships had departed from the Cape of Good Hope, and that the twelve others had sailed around the north, namely … as well as Horsten, Corn. Zieters, Knapenhof, Douwe Movet, and Zypenkarpsel, Skipper Mout, all three from Bengal, without it being known when they departed or for which Chamber they sail.
* The same report in the Amsterdamse Courant, 1741, no. 82, 10 July 1742, with captain’s name Douwe Movet.
Source 1602. Arrival on the Maas River
Leydsche Courant 1741. no. 88, Monday 24 July 1741.
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Original text (Dutch)
Amsterdam den 22 July. Op de Maas is gekomen het schip Knapenhof van Bengalen, voor de kamers Rotterdam en Delft, en Hofwegen van Batavia, voor de kamer Rotterdam, welke den 24 Juny door mistig en slegt Weêr om het noorden van de Vloot gescheiden zijn.
English translation
Amsterdam 22 July. – The ship Knapenhof from Bengalen, for the Rotterdam and Delft chambers, and Hofwegen from Batavia, for the Rotterdam chamber, have arrived on the Maas, which were separated from the fleet on 24 June due to foggy and bad weather on the north.
Source 1603. Arrival on the Maas River
Amsterdamse Courant 1741. no. 88, Tuesday 25 July 1741: 2.
Original text (Dutch)
De O.I. Comp. scheepen Knapenhof van Bengalen en Hofwegen van Batavien, zyn in de Maes gearriveert beyde voor de kamer Rotterdam.
English translation
The East India Co. ships Knapenhof from Bengal and Hofwegen from Batavia have arrived on the Maas, both for the Rotterdam Chamber.
