Not lost without a trace : The DEIC ship Vlissingen, assumed to have foundered near Meob Bay in 1747

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dc.contributor.author Werz, Bruno E.J.S.
dc.date.accessioned 2009-06-05T06:32:16Z
dc.date.available 2009-06-05T06:32:16Z
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.description.abstract The Meob Bay shipwreck project was initiated in January 1993, when some copper coins that had been washed ashore were identified by the author. All coins are VOC (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, United Dutch East India Company or DEIC) doits, minted in the town of Middelburg in the Netherlands in 1746. Research revealed that they most probably originate from a VOC ship that foundered during the outward-bound voyage. All leads point to the Vlissingen, a vessel that was lost with all hands in 1747. This article describes the identification process, the results of archival research into the historical background of the Vlissingen, as well as some aspects of archaeological fieldwork undertaken on site to date. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Werz, BEJS 2008, 'Not lost without a trace : the DEIC ship Vlissingen, assumed to have foundered near Meob Bay in 1747', Journal of Namibian Studies, vol. 4, pp. 47–74. [http://www.namibian-studies.com/] en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1863-5954
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/10380
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Otjivanda Presse en_US
dc.rights Otjivanda Presse en_US
dc.subject Meob Bay en_US
dc.subject DEIC ship en_US
dc.subject Trace en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Shipwrecks
dc.title Not lost without a trace : The DEIC ship Vlissingen, assumed to have foundered near Meob Bay in 1747 en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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