77/2020 [Maritime history]. "Journaal, gehouden aan boord van het schip (...)". Manuscript log book, entries dated 1858, w. letterpress title w. woodengr. vignette and w. bookseller's address: "Rotterdam, P.M. Bazendijk", followed by (117) lvs. w, annots. in pen and ink and (33) unused lvs., orig. boards w. heavy cl. dustwr., folio.

= Title-p. not filled out with the names of the ship and its captain and the destiny of the journey. On the basis of the entries in the log book, it becomes clear that the ship left Rotterdam on Wednesday 29 June 1858. Its cargo consisted of 1 passenger, "10 vaatjes zilvergeld, 40 ledige waterleggers (...), 1 kistje goud en zilver werk (...) 150 vaatjes boter gem. JK (...) en 30 last ballast (...)". The first island that is mentioned is St Anthonie (off the coast of Canada) in the North Atlantic Ocean; from the North Atlantic Ocean the ship sailed to the Southern Atlantic Ocean and then on to the Indian Ocean on the 8th of September, "Straat Soenda" on 6 October and arrived on 8 (or 9?) October at the "Reede van Batavia", where it unloaded its cargo and loaded new cargo for its next destiny. The ship remained at Batavia until 29 October. From there it travelled in the direction of the "berg van Pagal" and the "berg van Cheribon[?]", where it loaded sugar and coffee onto the ship. On the 10th of December the ship began its return journey to The Netherlands, via the Indian Ocean, the Bank of Agulhas, then over the Southern Atlantic Ocean to the Northern Atlanctic Ocean, then via "De Gronden" to the English Channel (7 April 1859) and finally reaching Holland on 10 April 1859 (no mention of the port). The log ends wih the following annotation: "A. van der Eyck. 129 dagen van de Reede van Batavia [signed by the captain]."