Ship Journey: 1612 - Jonge Tobias

Ship Name
Jonge Tobias
Departure Location
Departure Date
1612-00-00
Arrival Location
Arrival Date
1613-00-00
Ancestors Who Arrived On This Ship Journey
Ship Journey Information

New Netherlands Voyages v_007  Julie van den Hout

Chartered by Hans Claesz and partners

Captain or Skipper Thys Volckertsz Mossel

Supercargo Hans Jorisz Hontom

Crew Hendrick Rybelinck; Jan Rodriguez, from Santo Domingo

Cargo   Trade goods; Hatches; knives  (probably Hatchets)

Departing from Amsterdam late in 1612, this small ship must have travelled across in the depth of winter to arrive at the Hudson River and Manhattan Island in the spring of 1613.   Because the harbor at Manhattan Island never freezes, they would have arrived to find Indigenous people there trading goods, winter whaling products, venison, and wampum.   

Famously, Juan Rodriguez from Santo Domingo abandoned the ship, and decided to stay on the island.  He married a Native American woman, and set up the first independent trading post.