&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Santa_Catarina_captured_by_Admiral_Jacobus_Heemskercke.jpg) Capture of Santa Catarina, 1604 woodcut print.
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Captured | February 1603 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Carrack |
| Tonnage | 1500 tons |
Santa Catarina was a Portuguese merchant ship, a 1500-ton carrack,[1] that was seized by the Dutch East India Company (also known as VOC) on 25 February 1603 off Singapore. She was such a rich prize that her sale proceeds increased the capital of the VOC by more than 50%.[2] From the large amounts of Ming Chinese porcelain captured in this ship, Chinese pottery became known in Holland as Kraakporselein, or "carrack-porcelain" for many years.[3]
- ^ Boxer, C. R. (1948). Fidalgos in the Far East, 1550–1770. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. p. 50.
- ^ Boyajian, James C. (2008). Portuguese Trade in Asia under the Habsburgs, 1580–1640. JHU Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-8018-8754-3.
- ^ Boxer, p. 51