Ship Journey: 1648 - Falconer (Valckenier)

Ship Name
Falconer (Valckenier)
Departure Location
Departure Date
1648-04-07
Arrival Date
1648-06-22
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Ship Journey Information

New Netherland 1621-1664
Immigrants to New Netherland

1648
Falconer
(Valckenier)
Sailed from New Amsterdam April 7, 1648
Skipper, Willem Thomassen
Arrived New Amsterdam June, 1648


    Teuntge Juriaensen
    "We have given permission to Teuntge Juriaensen, who goes over with a large family, to take with her 12 guns, 50 lbs. of powder and as much lead for the defense of her family in time of need..."
    [It is possible this person sailed on the ship "Pgnappel", as these two ships departed together, the Pgnappel arriving in July, 1648; Skipper Peter Cornelissen Costelyck.]

1Documents relating to the Colonial History of New York, B. Fernow, (c)1883, vol XIV, pg 86.


CARGO ON RETURN TRIP
Beaver pelts:
"...some fifty-five hundred pelts were shipped in the Valckenier for the firm Verbrugge, while the same ship carried a further two thousand pieces for the WIC."  The Colony of New Netherland, Jaap Jacobs, p110.

The Colony of New Netherland, Jaap Jacobs: 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801475163?ie=UTF8&tag=friendsofnewneth&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0801475163

The ship was owned by Verbrugge, et al.

Skipper was Willem Tomasz

Van den Hout, Julie. "Voyages of New Netherland." https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/digital-exhibitions/voyages-of-new-netherland