ABSTRACT

After this there was no event of importance that autumn, A except that a second ship was made ready for the voyage to the Indies, called the Christianshavn, and one that was to be sent the following year, called the Pearl 1 , which was built in Holland, all of fir, and was of 700 lasts 2 . The Christianshavn was of 180 lasts. The rudder of the Pearl, fresh cut and with as yet no iron upon it, could scarcely be carried by sixty men.