Bonaire, History, The Caribbean Salt War, De Grijpend Arend, De Liefde, De...
In 1623 came the first Dutch ships from Punta Araya in Bonaire. More ships were coming from the Netherlands in 1624 to load salt and brasil wood in the island. Ships and skippers 1/ De Grijpend Arend,...
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Jan Nicolaas Erasmus Craane (1879-1974) “Kas di Pa Kachi Craane i Ma Seshi Craane Gravenhorst” is a house situated on the waterfront of Playa Pabou. Kachi Craane’s given name is Jan Nicolaas Erasmus...
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Directeur Jean Isai Claris Rodier de la Brugière (1758-1781) Directeur Johannes de Veer (1782-1784) Rust en Vrede. Rust van Bonaire. Brakkeput Abou (plantage oostdivisie). OAC934:1079. Jan Hendrik...
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Captain Jan Bos died around 1850, probably at sea because there is no death certificate on Curaçao and neither in Holland. His wife, Wilhelmina Webb, died four years earlier on January 2, 1846. After...
View ArticleBonaire, History, The Caribbean Salt War, Huguenots, Anglicans, Privateers,...
If the Dutch were denied Iberian salt, they were also deprived of the Caribbean supplies which they had been exploiting since the 1590′s. By the late 1620′s very little Caribbean salt was reaching...
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