Number of voyages | Names of Commanders | Names of the Separate Companies | Number of vessels | Date of Departure | Date of Return |
1 | Houtman | Compagnie van Verre, Amsterdam | 4 | April 2, 1595 | April 14, 1597 |
2 | Jakob Corneliszoon van Neck | Oude Compagnie Amsterdam | 8 | May 1, 1598 | July 19, 1599, May 19, 1600, Sept., 1600 |
3 | Houtman | Moucheron, Veere | 2 | Mar. 15, 1598 | July 29, 1600 |
4 | Gerard Leroy and Laurens Bikker | Compagnie van Middelburg | 3 | 1598 | 1600 |
5 | Jacques Mahu and Simon de Cordes | J. van der Veken & Cie, Rotterdam | 5 | June 27, 1598 | – |
6 | Olivier van Noort | Rotterdam | 4 | July 2, 1598 | Aug. 12, 1601 |
7 | Steven van der Hagen | Oude Compagnie, Amsterdam | 3 | April 26, 1599 | July, 1601 |
8 | Pieter Both van Amersfoort | Nieuwe Brabantsche Compagnie Amsterdam | 4 | Dec. 21, 1599 | 1601 |
9 | Jakob Wilkens | Oude Compagnie, Amsterdam | 4 | Dec. 21, 1599 | 1601 |
10 | Van Neck | Oude Compagnie, Amsterdam | 6 | June 28, 1600 | July 15, 1602, 1603, 1604 |
11 | Guljam Seneshchal | Nieuwe Brabantsche Compagnie, Amsterdam | 2 | June 28, 1600 | 1601 |
12 | Cornelis Bastiaanszoon | Compagnie van Middelburg | 4 | Jan. 28, 1601 | July 6, 1602 |
13 | Jakob van Heemskerck | Vereenigde Hollandsche Compagnie, Amsterdam | 8 | April 23, 1601 | May, 1603, 1602, 1604 |
14 | Wolphert Harmenszoon | Vereenigde Hollandsche Compagnie, Amsterdam | 5 | April 23, 1601 | March, 1603 |
15 | Joris Spilbergh | Moucheron, Veere | 3 | May 5, 1601 | 1604 |
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From Les Premiers Voyages des Neerlandais dans l’Insulinde (1595–1602) by Prince Roland Bonaparte (Versailles, 1884).
Name of ship | Tonnage | Number of crew | Commander |
The Red Dragon(formerly the Mare Scurge) | 600 tons | 202 men | James Lancaster, Admiral of the expedition |
The Hector | 300 | 108 | John Middleton |
The Ascension | 260 | 82 | William Brand |
The Susan | 240 | 88 | |
Total | 1100 tons | 480 men | John Heyward |
As shown in the India Office folio of “Marine Records” (Introd. 2). ix.), with the profits added from Bruce’s “Annals”
Date of Voyage | Capital | Exported in Money | Exported in Goods | Cost of Ships and Victuals | Ships Sent out | Profits on the Venture | |
First | 1601 | 68,373 | 21,742 | 6,860 | 39,771 | 4 | 95 p. c. |
Second | 1604 | 60,450 | 11,160 | 1,142 | 48,150 | 4 | 95 p. c. |
Third | 1607 | 53,500 | 17,600 | 7,280 | 28,620 | 3 | 234 p. c. |
Fourth | 1608 | 33,000 | 15,000 | 3,400 | 14,600 | 2 | Both ships wrecked |
Fifth | 1609 | 13,700 | 6,000 | 1,700 | 6,000 | 1 | 234 p. c. |
Sixth | 1610 | 82,000 | 28,500 | 21,300 | 32,200 | 3 | 1211 p. c. |
Seventh | 1611 | 71,581 | 19,200 | 10,081 | 42,500 | 4 | 218 p. c. |
Eighth | 1612 | 76,375 | 17,675 | 10,000 | 48,700 | 4 | 211 p. c. |
Ninth | 1612 | 7,200 | 1,250 | 650 | 5,300 | 1 | 160 p. c. |
466,179 | 138,127 | 62,413 | 265,841 | 26 |
Date of voyage | Capital | Exported in money | Exported in goods | Cost of ships and victuals | Ships sent out |
£ | £ | £ | £ | ||
1613 | 106,000 | 18,810 | 12,446 | | | 5 |
1614 | 107,000 | 13,942 | 23,000 | | 272,544 | 9 |
1615 | 107,000 | 26,660 | 26,065 | | | 8 |
1616 | 109,000 | 52,087 | 16,506 | | | 7 |
429,000 | 111,499 | 78,017 | 272,544 | 29 |
This collection transcribed by Chris Gage