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SURVEY OF THE PRINCIPAL SOURCES USED IN THE COMPILATION OF VOLS. II AND III
Outward bound voyages
Name of ship:
For the early expeditions: travelogues and De Jonge, Opkomst; Uitloopboek K A 4389 from 1603 (Amsterdam 0082) to 1688 (NEDERLAND, 1573); Uitloopboek KA 4390A from 1689 (SCHIELAND, 1574) up to the end of the Tables; Aanwinsten 1891, 1 9 e and the register K A 4390+ as controls.
Chamber of equipment: as above
Name of master:
For the early expeditions: travelogues and De Jonge, Opkomst; Memoriaal 4272/ 8357 with many names up to 1617, all Zeeland names up to 1643 and from 1679 to 1689 again of all chambers, then up to 1774 as control; Daghregisters up to 1683; Aanwinsten 1891, 19E ; K A 4390A after 1688; additions and controls from OBP's, e.g. consumptierekeningen.
Tonnage:
ΚA 4389 to 1630; coll. Hudde, Van Dam, Beschryvinge and Decquer for the years 1660-1702; in OBP's the Navale Machten.
Type:
See tonnage, also ΚA 4390A. In many sources type is mentioned for ships other than retourschip.
Year and place of construction:
ΚA 4389; coll. Hudde, Van Dam, Beschryvinge, and Decquer for the years 1660- 1702; KA4390A;Aanwinsten 1891,19E.
Place and date of departure:
For the early expeditions: travelogues; otherwise as for names of ships.
Arrival and departure the Cape:
For the early expeditions: travelogues; OBP's; Van Riebeeck for the years 1652- 1662; ΚA 4390A for the period after 1688; O B Cape; the Cape lists ΚA 12050-12052 for the years 1741-1769.
Date and place of arrival:
For the early expeditions: travelogues; Daghregisters and Generale Missiven; OBP's, e.g. lists of ships arrived and consumptierekeningen; KA 4390A.
Numbers on board at departure:
Travelogues; Daghregisters and Generale Missiven; OBP's, mainly consumptiereke­ ningen and lists of ships arrived; ΚA 4390B from 1673 to 1688 and after that Κ A 4390A when data from other sources are lacking.
Deaths before the Cape: As above, but from 1688 also KA 4390A.