(1) See National Archives 1.04.02 inventory number 5060: Journaal gehouden op het schip Geelvink door Willem de Vlaminck tijdens de ontdekkingsreis naar het Zuidland, met aantekeningen van opperchirurgijn Gerard Hardenbergh over de ziekte- en sterfgevallen aan boord en de toegediende medicijnen 1696, (Journal kept on the ship Geelvink by Willem de Vlaminck during the voyage of discovery to the Southland, with notes by chief surgeon Gerard Hardenbergh about the illnesses and deaths on board and the medicines administered 1696), 1.04.02 inventory number 5062: Journaal gehouden op het schip Nijptang door schipper Gerrit Kolaert tijdens de ontdekkingsreis naar het Zuidland, met aantekeningen van opperchirurgijn Th. Heirmans over de ziekte- en sterfgevallen aan boord en de toegediende medicijnen 1696, (Journal kept on the ship Nijptang by skipper Gerrit Kolaert during the voyage of discovery to the Southland, with notes by chief surgeon Th. Heirmans about the illnesses and deaths on board and the medicines administered 1696) and 1.04.02 inventory number 5064: Journaal gehouden op het schip Wezeltje door schipper Laurens Zeeman 1696, (Journal kept on the ship Wezeltje by skipper Laurens Zeeman 1696).

(2) See in the National Archives in The Hague, Copie journael gehouden bij schipper Willem de Vlamingh in de reijse met de schepen de Geelvinck, Nijptangh en 't Weseltje naer Trestan da Cunha, de Caap, de Eijlanden_van_Peter_en_Paul, 't Zuijtlandt tot op Batavia beginnende 3 maij 1696 tot 20 Maert 1697. (Copy journal kept with skipper Willem de Vlamingh in the journey with the ships de Geelvinck, Nijptangh and 't Weseltje naer Trestan da Cunha, de Caap, de Eijlanden_van_Peter_en_Paul, 't Zuijtlandt to Batavia starting May 3, 1696 until March 20, 1697). At VOC : Overgekomen brieven en papieren (= Transferred letters and papers), 1.04.02, inventory number: 1587 (section Batavia, pages 592-688).

(3) Remarkably enough, Cornelis de Vlamingh van Vlieland is included in the index of the Ship's Salary Book that was kept on the Geelvinck, but his page (folio 6 between second mate Jan Romein and first boatswain Hans Spliet) seems to have disappeared. See the National Archives in The Hague, het Grootboek en Journaal van de Geelvink (1.04.02 - 5435, scan number 11 and 30-31).

(4) See the National Archives in The Hague, het Grootboek en Journaal van de Geelvink (1.04.02 - 5435, scan number 365 and 366) at the Ship's Salary Books.

(5) As far as we know, no further report has been recorded of this ship's council, but because of the salary increase (and reduction of the previous cook's mate) this incident can be found in the ship's pay books: see het Grootboek en Journaal van de Geelvink (1.04 .02 - 5435, scan 396) in the National Archives in The Hague.

(6) See the National Archives in The Hague, at the VOC: Register der brieven en papieren van de Cabo de Bonne Esperance overgekomen met de retourvloot in den Jaere 1697 (Register of letters and papers from the Cabo de Bonne Esperance over with the return fleet in the Year 1697) (1.04.02. - 4037, pages 965-966) and 4036, pages 663-664.

(7) See National Archives 1.04.02 inventory number 5060: aantekeningen van opperchirurgijn Gerard Hardenbergh over de ziekte- en sterfgevallen aan boord en de toegediende medicijnen 1696 (notes of chief surgeon Gerard Hardenbergh about the illnesses and deaths on board and the medicines administered 1696 on board the Geelvinck), and 1.04.02 inventory number 5062: aantekeningen van opperchirurgijn Th. Heirmans over de ziekte- en sterfgevallen aan boord en de toegediende medicijnen 1696  (notes of chief surgeon Th. Heirmans about the illnesses and deaths on board and the medicines administered 1696 on board the Nijptangh).

(8) See the consumption coupons at the National Archives in The Hague. Under VOC: 1.04.02, inventory number: 1587, (Booklet: Batavia Page 518, = scan 530). According to the Ship's Salary Book he was paid only 5, which were worth as much as 50 stuivers it reads in the text (see the National Archives in The Hague, 1.04.02, inventory number 5435, scan 401).