(1) According to the letter from the Governor General and councils of the VOC on November 30, 1697

(2) Idem, page 4

(3) See at the National Archives in The Hague under VOC the section Overgekomen brieven en papieren (Transmitted letters and papers), 1.04.02, inventory number: 1589, (section: Batavia), page 1265, which is page 143 of the scans

(4) Ibid, pages 1236-1239

(5) Ibid, page 1232

(6) Ibid, pages 1239-1240
(7) They are referred to as such in the register. NA: 1.04.02, inventory number 1589, page 3
(8) Such as the Carthago, the Boor and the Santlooper. NA: 1.04.02, inventory number 1589, pages 1241-1244 and 1624

(9) See at the National Archives in The Hague under VOC the section Overgekomen brieven en papieren (Transmitted letters and papers), 1.04.02, inventory number: 1589, (section: Batavia), page 1266

(10) Christophel Lurelius was a merchant and wholesaler in Batavia, baptized there on October 18, 1663

(11) See at the National Archives in The Hague under VOC the section Overgekomen brieven en papieren (Transmitted letters and papers), 1.04.02, inventory number: 1589, (section: Batavia), page 1267-1270

(12) See at the National Archives in The Hague under VOC the section Overgekomen brieven en papieren (Transmitted letters and papers), 1.04.02, inventory number 1589, (section: Batavia), pages 1652-1655

(13) See at the National Archives in The Hague under VOC the section Overgekomen brieven en papieren (Transmitted letters and papers), 1.04.02, inventory number: 1589, (section: Batavia), pages 1279-1292

(14) See the notes of 6 and 7 February 1698 in ARSIP Nasional Republik Indonesia: Marginalia to the Daily Journals, file 2518, folio 75

(15) See ARSIP: Marginalia to the Daily Journals, file 2518, folio 75-79

(16) Ibid, folio 80

(17) Ibid, folio 130