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sailing ship that sank in 1605 during a storm in the

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, while she was travelling from

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under the command of Admiral Jacques Mahu.

Owners

''Hoop'' was built for the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) as a frigate, to serve for the Magellaanse Compagnie.

Expedition to Japan and Sinking

On 27 June 1598 ''Hoop'', ''Blijde Boodschap'', ''Trouw'', ''Geloof'', and ''Liefde'' left

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for

. They had been sent on a risky venture to raid

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and

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settlements in

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and to return with

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and other spices from the

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. In those days a man could earn a fortune with pepper. The

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language still knows the expression Pfeffersack - meaning "a bag of pepper" - as a synonym for a very rich man. Admiral

Jacques Mahu Jacob (Jacques) Mahu (1564 – 23 September 1598) was a Dutch merchant and explorer. In 1598, he led an expedition with five vessels organised by Pieter van der Hagen and Johan van der Veeken intended to find a trade route to the Spice Islands a ...

died on 23 September 1598 of sickness during the voyage and was replaced by Vice-admiral of the fleet

Simon de Cordes Simon de Cordes (born around 1559 – died 11 November 1599) was a Dutch merchant and explorer who after the death of Admiral Jacques Mahu, became leader of an expedition with the goal to achieve the Indies,DE REIS VAN MAHU EN DE CORDES DOOR DE ...

, who was killed on the

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on 11 November 1599 by the locals. Cordes was replaced by Jacob Huydecoper (1568–1600)? * ''Blijde Boodschap'' drifted away to the South and was captured by the Spanish, off

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. * ''Geloof'' returned home. * ''Trouw'' was captured off the coast of

. The two remaining ships, ''Hoop'' and ''Liefde'', continued to Japan. After leaving Hawaii for Japan on 24 September 1600 ''Hoop'' and ''Liefde'' got caught in a storm which sank ''Hoop'' and badly damaged ''Liefde'' leaving all 130 crewmembers of the ''Hoop'' including the new expedition leader Huydecoper and Captain Kornelisz Jansz Noris dead. ''Liefde'' under command of Captain Jacob Quaeckernaeck arrived in Usuki Bay,

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, Japan on 19 April 1600 with 24 half-starved men (23 Dutch and one Englishman). Seven of them were so weakened by the journey that they died later, leaving only 17 survivors of the original 100 member crew of the only ship that survived the expedition to Japan. In total 5 ships and about 500 men left Rotterdam in 1598 and only 1 ship and 17 men reached their goal two years later. ''Liefde'' continued to serve for the Dutch Navy until her sinking near Japan in 1605.

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