Known Voyages of Cornelis MELYN

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VOYAGE		NEW WORLD*	VESSEL	OLD WORLD	SOURCE
1	Westward	Arrived NN 4 Aug 1638	Het Wapen van Noorwegen (The Arms of Norway)	Departed Texel (island in the West Frisians) aft. 12 May 1638	Curtis (1999) Evjen (1916)
2	Eastward	Departed NN 14 Aug 1638	Het Wapen van Noorwegen	Arrived France bef. 12 May 1639	Curtis (1999)
3	Westward	Arrived NN late July 1639	De Liefde (The Love)	Departed Holland soon aft. 12 May 1639	Evjen (1916)
4	Eastward	Departed NN on or aft. 6 Sep 1639	Brant van Troyen? Den Harinck?	Arrived Holland bef. 9 Dec 1639	Curtis (1999)
5	Westward (aborted two weeks out)	Captured by pirates (a Dunkirk frigate) 13 Aug 1640	De Vergulden Hoop (The Guilded Hope)	Departed Holland ca. 1 Aug 1640	Brooks (1999) Evjen (1916)
5	Westward (aborted two weeks out)	Captured by pirates (a Dunkirk frigate) 13 Aug 1640	?	Returned to Holland bef. Feb 1641	Brooks (1999) Evjen (1916)
6	Westward	Arrived NN bef. 15 Aug 1641	Den Eyckenboom (The Oak Tree)	Departed Holland ca. 17 May 1641	Evjen (1916)
7	Eastward	Departed NN ca. 16 Aug 1647	Princess Amelia	Wrecked in Bristol Channel 27 Sep 1647 Arrived Holland late Oct 1647	Curtis (1999)
8	Westward	Arrived NE in or bef. Nov 1648	De Jonge Prins van Denmark?	Departed Holland aft. 22 May 1648	Curtis (1999)
9	Eastward	Departed NN ca. 24 Aug 1649	Prins Willem?	Arrived Holland 4 Oct 1649	Curtis (1999)
10	Westward	Arrived NN ca. 19 Dec 1650	Nieuw Nederlandtsche Fortuyn	Departed Holland ca. 10 Aug 1650	Curtis (1999)
11	Eastward	Departed NE? bef. Dec 1658	?	Arrived Holland bef. 30 Jan 1659	Curtis (1999)
12	Westward	Arrived NN 5 Mar 1660	De Liefde (The Love)	Departed Holland aft. 14 Oct 1659	Curtis (1999)
*NN = New Netherlands; NE = New England.

Purposes of the Voyages
1	This voyage appears to have been a reconnaissance mission. Melyn returned on the same ship after only ten days in the New World, .
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7	Melyn and Kuyter were traveling as prisoners of Kieft. The ship struck rocks off Swansea, and 81 passengers were drowned, including Kieft. Melyn and Kuyter, along with 18 others, survived.
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Sources
Brooks 1999	Courtesy of Chris Brooks: "`I did see in the New Netherland Connections that Pim Niewenhuys was printing some of the Amsterdam Notarial records that relate to New Netherland. A couple mention Cornelis Melyn's ill fated voyage of 1640 and give the name of the ship as De Vergulde Hoop (The Guilded Hope)`."
Curtis 1999	Courtesy of Joanna Baxter Curtis: A chart entitled, "`The Known Voyages of Cornelis Melyn.`" Mea culpa, I've lost the bibliographic citation.
Evjen 1916	John O. Evjen. 1916. Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630-1674. K.C. Holter, Minneapolis, MN. For excerpt, click here.

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