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Pieter Pieters - The Ancient Adelborst of De Bonte Koe
Posted by: Kent DeGeer (ID *****1918)	Date: November 11, 2007 at 18:51:33
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I have heard of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner but the saga of the ancient Dutch cadet that sailed on De Bonte Koe in 1660 is particularly hard to digest.

Is it just me or does anyone else have difficulty trying to comprehend what in the world would possess a 40 to 48 year old Dutchman to:

1.       Abandon his profession as a furrier in Amsterdam?
2.       Convince his second wife, 43 year old Tryntje van der Lande, to start a new life in Nieuw Nederland?
3.       Join the Dutch West India Company as an adelborst (i.e., cadet or midshipman - a temporary rank held by young officers in training)?
4.       Pack up a few of his prized possessions and three children?, and
5.       Sail off into the sunset for the New World.

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Re: Pieter Pieters - The Ancient Adelborst of De Bonte Koe terence kelley 11/12/07
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Re: Pieter Pieters - The Ancient Adelborst of De Bonte Koe Steven Day 11/12/07
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