AdrianNice to bump into this sculpture of the "The Shipboys of Bontekoe" in Hoorn. Hajo, Rolf, and Padde, three 14yo boys part of the crew of a ship that sailed across the oceans to Indonesia in 1628.
> During that trip one of the crew dropped a lit candle into a cask of brandy, which caused a fire that ultimately made the powder kegs explode. Fifty-five sailors, including the captain, survived and reached Batavia; Bontekoe managed to get home via China, almost being shipwrecked once more along the way. He returned to Hoorn, which he never left again; his journal became a bestseller. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Ho!
Bontekoe's journal was also the basis of the childrens book by Johan Fabricius that I read as a kid -- sweet memories. Turned into a movie in 2007.
Sculpture from 1967 by Jan van Druten.
#hoorn #bontekoe #fabricius #sculpture #JanVanDruten #scheepsjongens #JohanFabricius
> During that trip one of the crew dropped a lit candle into a cask of brandy, which caused a fire that ultimately made the powder kegs explode. Fifty-five sailors, including the captain, survived and reached Batavia; Bontekoe managed to get home via China, almost being shipwrecked once more along the way. He returned to Hoorn, which he never left again; his journal became a bestseller. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Ho!
Bontekoe's journal was also the basis of the childrens book by Johan Fabricius that I read as a kid -- sweet memories. Turned into a movie in 2007.
Sculpture from 1967 by Jan van Druten.
#hoorn #bontekoe #fabricius #sculpture #JanVanDruten #scheepsjongens #JohanFabricius
