The Expedition

  • Sep 1, 1542

    Beginning of Journey

    Beginning of Journey
    Im ready for this journey by having many men on the ship with me. We also have enough food to last us as long as this journey takes us. this trip will be very long and hard but will be worth it in the end.
  • Period: Sep 1, 1542 to Jan 26, 1543

    The Expedtioin

  • Sep 14, 1542

    Port Amsterdam

    Port Amsterdam
    We finally arrived in Amsterdam after 13 days. We still have plenty of food and the men are doing great. Everything has been great so far.
  • Sep 30, 1542

    Life on the Ship Part 1.

    Our ship life has been okay. There has been some storms, but we have all survived. Our food has been lasting a while but we fish most of the time.
  • Oct 22, 1542

    Port of Aruba

    Port of Aruba
    We finally arrived in Aruba on October 19th. We still have plenty of food. We will be trading for tobacco.
  • Nov 12, 1542

    Life on the Ship Part 2.

    We have been on this expiditon for about 2 months now and we lost a crew memember this morning We with put through this heartache and make it to our destination.
  • Nov 28, 1542

    Port of Texel

    Port of Texel
    We finally arrived at port Texel. We will be trading for wine and raw materials. We are almost done with this journey and are doing great so far.
  • Dec 10, 1542

    Life on the Ship Part 3

    Life on ther ship has been getting harder. The food supply has become very small. The weather is also getting colder. which means we need to find a port that we can trade with to get furs.
  • Dec 25, 1542

    Port of Zwolle

    Port of Zwolle
    Merry Christmas Everyone!! We finally made it to the port of Zwolle. We will be trading for sugar and spices.
  • Dec 31, 1542

    Life on the Ship Part 4

    We have been doing okay. the winter has been hard, we havent found any ports that trade for fur, so we have been cold, to say the least. This trip is almost halfway over and we have done what we can to do so far.
  • Jan 12, 1543

    Port Rotterdam

    Port Rotterdam
    We have finally arrived at our last port! Our trip has finally come to an end. We have traded for all the items we needede and ow we go back to our homeland.
  • Jan 26, 1543

    Life on the Ship Part 5

    We have finally made it to the end of our journey and we got all the items we needed. We can now safely travel back to where we came from. Let our next journey be as great as this one!