Country: The Netherlands

Halve Maen (Half Moon) was a Dutch East India Company ship that sailed into what is now New York in 1609. She was attempting to find a western passage to China.

Halve Maen (Half Moon) was a Dutch East India Company ship that sailed into what is now New York in 1609. She was attempting to find a western passage to China.

Largest ship of the Dutch East India company at the time it was built

Mid-17th-century 2nd-rate ship of the line

Botters were fishing boats designed to sail the shallow Dutch waters.