My first project: Dutch Captains I have three main projects underway. I generally interweave work on them. The first of them is about Dutch captains. I have taken a few pieces from this manuscript and published them in this blog. It is called: Dutch Captains. This is currently a 50-page manuscript. I started work on this project in 1999. I began this mainly as a way to aid research on the First Anglo-Dutch War, and then expanded the scope to the first, second, and third wars. My sources are: [3DW] ed. Anderson, R.C., Journals and Narratives of the Third Dutch War, Navy Records Society, London, 1946. [1DW4] ed. Atkinson, C.T., First Dutch War, Vol.IV, Navy Records Society, London, 1909. [1DW5] ed. Atkinson, C.T., First Dutch War, Vol.V, Navy Records Society, London, 1911. [1DW6] ed. Atkinson, C.T., First Dutch War, Vol.VI, Navy Records Society, London, 1930. [Ball] Ballhausen, Carl, Der Erste Englisch-Höllandische Seekrieg 1652-1654, Haag, 1923. [Boxer] Boxer, C.R., The Journal of Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1930. [OH17] Bredius, Dr. A., Moes, E.W., Oud-Holland, Vol.17, Amsterdam, 1899, Kraus Reprint, reprinted 1976. [Bruijn] Bruijn, Drs. J.R., De Oorlogvoering Ter Zee in 1673 in Journalen en Andere Stukken, Groningen, 1966. [Vloot] Elias, Johan E., De Vlootbouw in Nederland in de Eerste Helft der Zeventiende Eeuw, 1596-1655, Amsterdam, 1933. [4Days] Fox, Frank L., A Distant Storm, The Four Days Battle of 1666, Press of Sail Publications, Rotherfield, 1996. [1DW1] ed. Gardiner, Dr. S.R., First Dutch War, Vol.I, Navy Records Society, London, 1898. [1DW2] ed. Gardiner, Dr. S.R., First Dutch War, Vol.II, Navy Records Society, London, 1899. [1DW3] ed. Gardiner, Dr. S.R., and Atkinson, C.T., First Dutch War, Vol.III, Navy Records Society, London, 1905. [Grove] Grove, G.L., Journalen van de Admiralen Van Wassenaer-Obdam (1658/59) en De Ruyter (1659/60), Amsterdam, 1907. [Paintings] Robinson, M.S., The Paintings of the Willem Van De Veldes, Greenwich, 1990. [Rotterdam] Robinson, M.S., Weber, R.E.J, The Willem Van De Velde Drawings in the Boymans-Van Beuningen Museum, 3 Vols., Rotterdam, 1979. [Reis] Verhoog, P., Koelmans, L, De Reis van Michiel Adriaanszoon De Ruyter in 1664-1665, 's-Gravenhage, 1961. [LMWD] Vreugdenhil, A., Ships of the United Netherlands, 1648-1702, London, 1938.