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Thursday 30 July 2015

Dutch schooner Werklust bound for Europe coming from Venezuela according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad 17 January 1887

An item dated Barbados, 24 December 1886 reported that the Dutch ship Werklust captain Potjewijd was charted at Maracaibo, Venezuela to transport dye wood (old fustic/Maclura tinctoria) towards the Channel for 29 sh. (1)

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1. 3-Mast schooner, call sign QCBK, homeport Hoogezand, Netherlands and a net capacity of 566,93 cubic metres/220,12 tons of 2,83 cubic metres.