flying_dutchman2 Posted January 8, 2014 #31 Posted January 8, 2014 When I first read this thread and read "De Sperwer", I thought of Hendrick Hamel. Born in Gorinchem in the 1600's. Worked as an accountant for the VOC. He boarded the Sperwer in Batavia and due to a sudden storm the ship broke on the rocks of an unknown island which was South Korea. He kept a detailed dairy which is well known. He was the "discoverer" or explorer of Korea. The Sperwer was a Yacht. Here is a link where you can read about it and it has line drawings of what the boat looked like: http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/holland18.htm Marc Salty Sea Dog and WackoWolf 2 Quote Current Built: Zeehaen 1639, Dutch Fluit from Dutch explorer Abel J. Tasman Unofficial motto of the VOC: "God is good, but trade is better" Many people believe that Captain J. Cook discovered Australia in 1770. They tend to forget that Dutch mariner Willem Janszoon landed on Australia’s northern coast in 1606. Cook never even sighted the coast of Western Australia).
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