Voyage of the Schonenberg – Part II

Part II: Into the Open Ocean Passing Prinsen Island, the Schonenberg is now heading for open water. You have never truly seen a ship until you have seen it at…

Voyage of the Schoonenberg – Part I

Our first ancestor, Bruno Zee, was a member of the crew of the 800-ton VOC retourschip Schoonenberg, which left Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia) on Friday, September 25th, 1722 with destination…