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Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York, Vol. I — Passage 44 (part 2)

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[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] 1,709,000 1 ship of Dordrecht to Cape Verd, with cargo, 60,000 1 ship ■) destined for the trade of the Amazon and the Coast of Guiana, 2 yachts j with the cargoes, 80,000 1 ship of about 130 lasts, ] well equipped, destined for the trade and 1 yacht j colonization of New Netherland, estimated, at least, at 120,000 Total, 18 ships and yachts trading to all quarters where the Company hath any free trade, amounting to 1,969,000 9 large ships of 200 to 300 lasts, ] despatched in May, 1626, under 5 large and small yachts, j Admiral Pieter Pieterzen Heyn, (whose plan promises to be successful) victualled for 18 months,