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  1. The Eendracht ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːndrɑxt]; Concord) was an early 17th century Dutch wooden- hulled 700 tonne East Indiaman, launched in 1615 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). [1] : 34 Its Dutch name means "concord", "unity" or "union", and was a common name given to Dutch ships of the period, from the motto of the ...

  2. In June 1615, Dutch navigators Jacob Le Maire (circa 1585--1616) and Willem Corneliszoon Schouten (circa 1567--1625) set out in two ships, the Eendracht and the Hoorn, from the Dutch port of Texel. Their goal was to find a new route to the Moluccas Islands, Europe's main source of pepper in the lucrative spice trade with the East Indies, and in so doing avoid the trade monopoly of the Dutch ...

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  4. The Eendracht was an early 17th century Dutch wooden-hulled 700 tonne East Indiaman, launched in 1615 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Its Dutch name means "concord", "unity" or "union", and was a common name given to Dutch ships of the period, from the motto of the Republic: Concordia res parvae crescunt . The ship was captained by Dirk Hartog when he made the second ...

  5. 1624. In The Unity. (Eendracht) Sailed from Amsterdam, January 25, 1623/41. Skipper: Adriaen Jorise Theinpont. The first WIC (West Indies Co.) ship with settlers to New Netherland, arrived at Manhattans to take possession as follows: Two Families and 6 Men to Hartford River. Two Families and 8 Men to Delaware River.

  6. Jacques Le Maire, 1585–1616 / Willem Corneliszoon Schouten, d. 1625. Expedition (1615–1617): Two ships (Eendracht and Hoorn), 87 men Charge (by Le Maire’s father’s Australian Company): To find a new route to the Pacific and the Spice Islands to avoid the trading monopoly of the Dutch East India Company and to find the Southern Continent (Terra Australis)

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  7. Dutch ship. Eendracht. (1655) The Eendracht or Eendragt ("Concord" - more precisely translated as "Unity") was the flagship of the confederate navy of the United Provinces (a precursor state of the Netherlands) between 1655 and 1665. Eendragt was the more common spelling in the 17th century; Eendracht is the modern Dutch standard spelling.

  8. Eendraght (schip, 1615) Zie Eendracht (schip, 1615) voor een ander schip uit 1615 met deze naam. De Eendraght en de Hoorn, het Hoornse Hop uitzeilend. De Eendraght was een Nederlands zeilschip, gebouwd in 1615. Het voer onder schipper Willem Cornelisz Schouten tijdens haar maidentrip rond Kaap Hoorn .