Dear MK,

Thanks for your research on Nicolaas van Hoorn. I am not yet convinced on the case of the ships name. Where does the story of “st. Nicholas day” come from in the first place? It might have been something that is lost in translation from English to French or Spanish. I agree with your experience in historical research. Usually you fin…[Read more]

Hi MK,
Sorry I took some time to contact you again, but I am still busy with my st. Nicholas research of which other topics take time as well. The difficulty of Jan Jansz st Nicholas connection is that there are no accounts of the festivities themselves. The st Nicholas parties were quite popular in those days, but the authorities and religious…[Read more]