Where can we see the Journals and translated? On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:08 AM, THJ <tchj@btinternet.com> wrote: > Last year we came across a an original journal of four voyages > between the Netherlands and New Amsterdam 1660-1663 which is held at > the New York Historical Society and describes the following : > First Voyage : The Vergulde Otter Oct 10 - Dec 4 1660 New Amsterdam to > Texel. > Second Voyage : The Vergulde Bever May 9 - Jul 29 1661 Texel to New > Amsterdam > Third Voyage : The Hoop Sept 8 - Oct 26 1662 New Amsterdam to Texel. > Fourth Voyage : The Rooseboom Mar 30 - June 3 1663 Texel to New Amsterdam > The Journal contains an amazing level of detail about the ships, > course and weather, but, sadly, not so much about the passengers and > life during the journey. Although it was partly translated and > summarised by Dr Kenneth Scott in the 1960's (See De Halve Maen, > January 1968), his article omits a substantial amount of important > information. > > Earlier this year we were able to obtain digital images of the 1661 > voyage of De Bever on which our Van der Hoeven ancestors travelled, > but the NYHS in-house service is very expensive and I was wondering > if anyone on the D-COL list has a contact in the NY area who could > photograph the remaining pages at a suitable quality for transcribing > and translating. Happy to pay for this but our funds are rather limited. > > The translation of De Bever voyage should be online in a few days at > www.vanderhoofproject.com > > Many thanks for any help. > > Terry Haslam-Jones > Rossendale > England > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >