Princess Amelia (1634 ship)

The Princess Amelia was a Dutch merchant ship of 600 tons (bm) built 1634, of 38 guns in the service of the Dutch West India Company. During its 1647 arrival to and departure from New Netherland, it was commanded by Jan Claesen Bol, who was 28 at the time. The ship carried Petrus Stuyvesant, the new Director-General of New Netherland, his wife Judith Bayard, and Stuyvesant’s councilors to Manhattan, where they landed May 1647. During its time in port, Captain Bol sat in council with Stuyvesant and others in New Amsterdam. Early popular sources describe the event thus:

Princess Amelia (1634 ship)

The Princess Amelia was a Dutch merchant ship of 600 tons (bm) built 1634, of 38 guns in the service of the Dutch West India Company. During its 1647 arrival to and departure from New Netherland, it was commanded by Jan Claesen Bol, who was 28 at the time. The ship carried Petrus Stuyvesant, the new Director-General of New Netherland, his wife Judith Bayard, and Stuyvesant’s councilors to Manhattan, where they landed May 1647. During its time in port, Captain Bol sat in council with Stuyvesant and others in New Amsterdam. Early popular sources describe the event thus: