Bookkeeper-General Batavia/Boekhouder-Generaal Batavia

Voyage Details

Number 18601
Book year 1728/1729
Source 10766
Folio number 328
Ship name Kasteel van Woerden
Departure date 12-10-1729
Departure place and region Nagasaki, Japan
Arrival date -
Arrival place and region Batavia, Batavia
Total value Dutch guilders -
Total value Indian guilders 493.849,14,8
Remarks Voyage Part of the cargo is valued in tael in the BGB invoice. The document states 1 tael = 70 stivers as the conversion rate.

The sum of the product-values is 1 guilder lower than the total value of the invoice, because part of the product-values were recorded in tael in the BGB invoice and converted to guilders prior to entry into the database. The product-values in tael are provided in the ‘remarks’ fields for each product.

The sum of the product-values is 15 stivers lower than the total value of the invoice, because the product-values were recorded in tael in the BGB invoice and converted to guilders prior to entry into the database. The product-values in tael are provided in the ‘remarks’ fields for each product.

Total value in tael of the products valued in: 137.209,9,3,7.
Voyage in DAS -

Cargo details

Quantity Product Specification Value Dutch guilders Value Indian guilders Remarks Product
4.230 1/2 pees koban - 201.371,16,0 In tael: 57.534,8,0.
2 pees kist houten, voor de kobans 24,5,0 In tael: 7,0,0.
605.000 lb staafkoper fijn geraffineerd Japans 259.700,0,0 In tael: 74.200,0,0.
- emballage van het koper 9.800,0,0 In tael: 2.800,0,0.
42 balie sake - 3094,0,0 In tael: 884,0,0.
152 balie soja - 4.256,0,0 In tael: 1.216,0,0.
- inktstof voor penselen
- schotel voor penselen
- samen - 42,7,0 In tael: 12,2,0.
- ongelden - 1.924,16 In tael: 549,9,3,7.
800 pees djatiplank - 326,8
50 pees rok zijden Japans, van de keizer en kroonprins ontvangen, met ongelden 3.680,19
106 pees schild verlakt 8.670,10
diverse - rariteiten afgekeurde geschenken voor de keizer 627,17,8 Sent to the Emperor of Japan as gifts. They were rejected and were charged and returned to Batavia with this ship.
14 pees gewicht koperen oud, onbekwaam 148,7
4 pees gewicht koperen, à 25 catjes ieder 65,17
- in aanrekening - 35,15
- in aanrekening - 80,6
Total: 493.849,3,8