[Drop-title:] Generale carga, ofte lading van twee- en-twintig Oost-Indische retour scheepen; te weeten, Valkenisse, Steenhoven; van Batavia; . van Ceylon, voor de Kamer Amsterdam, . Delft; . Rotterdam; . Hoorn en Enkhuyzen, . zynde de Bataviase schepen, op den eersten December 1720 vertrokken, en die van Ceylon op den 15 November 1720, en alle behouden in de havenen dezer landen gearriveert.

Published by Jacobus van Egmond,, Amsterdam,, 1721

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3 documents. Ad. 1: Rare VOC ship’s manifest for cargo shipped from the East Indies - Batavia and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) - on 22 East-Indiamen sailing on 1 December 1720 from Batavia and on 15 November from Ceylon. The list includes more than 100 different colonial wares and gives the weights in pounds or the lengths in feet: from pepper (more than 6.5 million pounds), cloves (694,000 pounds), cinnamon (604,000 pounds) and coffee (more than 1.77 million pounds), to 962 pounds of Javanese cardamom, some jewels and "rariora", and many feet of silk and linen cloth. Small wormhole affecting two characters, otherwise in good condition.Ad. 2: Rare list of the results of the auctions of colonial wares, organized in 1781 by the Chambers of the VOC (Amsterdam, 30 April 1781; Zeeland, 7 May; Delft, 15 May; Rotterdam, 17 May; Hoorn, 22 May; Enkhuizen, 23 May), including pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. with the prices fetched. With a small tear not affecting the text. Still in good condition.Ad. 3: Price list of the various varieties of raw sugar: brown sugar from Martinique, Surinam, etc.; sugar packed in chests from Brazil, Havana; in bales from Bengal, Manilla, etc.Small hole not affecting the text.l Ad. 1: cf. Landwehr, VOC, 1123-1134 (other manifests). Ad 1: Text printed on both sides, each in a border built up from typographic ornaments. Ad 2: Text printed on one side. Ad 3: Text printed on one side. With:(2) Prys-courant. Van de koopmanschappen, verkogt door de bewindhebberen van de generale Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, in de respectieve kameren, en ten dage als volgt: …Amsterdam, Nicolaas Byl, printer of the VOC, 25 May 1781.(3) Prys-courant der ruwe suikers. Amsterdam, printed for A.E. de Wit & sons, 1853. 1 leaf (21 x 8 cm); 1 leaf (20.5 x 8 cm); 1 leaf (17.5 x 8 cm). …

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[Drop-title:] Generale carga, ofte lading van twee- en-twintig Oost-Indische retour scheepen; te weeten, Valkenisse, Steenhoven; van Batavia; . van Ceylon, voor de Kamer Amsterdam, . Delft; . Rotterdam; . Hoorn en Enkhuyzen, . zynde de Bataviase schepen, op den eersten December 1720 vertrokken, en die van Ceylon op den 15 November 1720, en alle behouden in de havenen dezer landen gearriveert.
Author
[VOC - COLONIAL TRADE].
Publisher
Jacobus van Egmond,, Amsterdam,
Publication year
1721

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