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2015 - 2016
400 years commenoration of Cape Horn,
Chili, South America.

Celebration 400 years free trade through the V.O.C.
of the West-European Golden Sea-Delta and abroad.

In cooperation with several interested parties, among which the decendants of The V.O.C., the Cape Horn Society, Stichting 400 years Cape Horn, Sail 2015, Van Linschoten Vereniging a.o., we organizing under licence visits to the former V.O.C. settlements in the Far East such as Sri-Lanka, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipeh (Fort Zeelandia), Shanghai, Deshima Nagasaki as well as to Cape Horn, Patagonia, Brasil, Cariben, New Guinea and Amsterdam.

During the journey to the for-mentioned locations by sail vessels, the objective is to strenghten historical connections among nations by visiting embassies, chambers of commerce and commercial attachés in the context of the 400 years free-trade celebrations.

Our aim is to salute the sail vessels carrying typical V.O.C. cargo at Sail Amsterdam 2015.