Ship Journey: 1620 - Witte Duyf - White Dove

Ship Name
Witte Duyf - White Dove
Departure Location
Departure Date
1620-11
Arrival Location
Arrival Date
1621 (late 1620 or early 1621)
Ship Journey Information

Owner or Charter Eelkens, Engel, and partners

Skipper Willem Jorisz Hontom

Supercargo Jacob Jacobz Eelkens

Crew Thys Volkersz Mossel, mate; Outer Claesz Offlegger, chief boatswain; Jacob Bouwen Jansz, constable; Gerrit Philipsz, carpenter; Andries Andriesz, boatswain

v_016  Van den Hout, Julie. "Voyages of New Netherland." https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/digital-exhibitions/voyages-of-new-netherland

v_016_2 Departed from the Hudson River in summer of 1621, and arrived in Amsterdam September 1621.

Supercargo Jacob Jacobz Eelkens

Crew Thys Volkersz Mossel, mate; Outer Claesz Offlegger, chief boatswain; Jacob Bouwen Jansz, constable; Gerrit Philipsz, carpenter; Andries Andriesz, boatswain

Notes May have voyaged with the Blyde Boodschap. Crew attested that other ships were there at the same time; Thirteen people from their ship plus another 8 in their company stayed behind. All the ships left at the same time to return.