On 3 March 1627 Piethein and his crew spotted about 34 enemy vessels at São Salvador 16 of the ships where armed but hein with his three vessels sailed
Rozendaal, Simon (2019). Zijn naam is klein: PietHein en het omstreden verleden [His name is small: PietHein and the controversial past] (in Dutch). Amsterdam:
East Indiaman (i.e. an armed merchant ship). His destination was the town of Bantam on Java. The merchant Hein Rol had formally the upper command. After