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From: "Peter Wilde" <>
Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Eendracht sailing
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:18:35 -0500
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Another example: Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery set sail from
London on December 20, 1606, and arrived in Jamestown in April. The sailing
route from east to west across the Atlantic went almost directly south
toward the Canary Islands to catch the easterly trade winds and favorable
currents. So after only a few weeks of sailing it became quite a bit
warmer. That's the route that carried Columbus to the West Indies, rather
than our east coast.

Peter Wilde

----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Swain" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Eendracht sailing


> Hi all,
>
> From: "Arthur Cole" <>
> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 1:53 PM
> Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Eentracht sailing
>
>
> > Just a quick thought. Why would the Eentracht sail
> > from Holland in January? That seems to be a little bit
> > unusual because these were very small ships and the
> > Atlantic can be really nasty in winter. The Nieuw
> > Amsterdam spring sailing makes much more sense.
> > Regards,
> > Howard Cole
>
> Why sail in January you ask.
> Maybe the ship was ready and the people were ready.
> Or maybe they wanted to get there in time to plant in the spring.
>
> Yes, travel in winter was nasty. But see this:
>
http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/D/Dutch-Colonies+2000+735316670564+F
>
> Although some years later, you'll see they did have several sailings in
Jan.
> You'll also see that those took about 3 months vs. maybe 2.5 months for
> those leaving in the spring. What was the really a bad time was leaving
in
> Oct. or Nov.
>
> Regards,
> Howard
>
>
>
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