ABSTRACT
P A P E R S R E L A T I N G T O T H E V O Y A G E F R O M C A L
C U T T A T O B A T A V I A I N T H E S P R I N G O F 1706
O LSO N left Calcutta on or about 15 February 1706 and must have gone straight to Batavia, arriving probably some time in April, for we know from Paper 87 (p. 313)
that demurrage at that place was payable from 24 May, and on 28 July 1706 he wrote to Bowrey saying that to his “ Great Dissatisfaction” he was still there. In that letter he reported that “ the Gentleman that made the Contract with me [John Moor]. . . promises to Dispatch me in a very shorte Time, and for some Reasons beleive he will performe it.”
