Thomas Davis (shipwright)
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Amsterdam Admiralty
In 1727 the Amsterdam Admiralty, the largest of the six Dutch Chambers that made up the Dutch East India CompanyDutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company was a chartered company established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia...
, brought in Davis, Charles Bentham
Charles Bentham
Charles Bentham was an English shipwright. In 1727 the Amsterdam Admiralty, brought in Bentham and two other English shipwrights to work for them in improving ship design and avoiding the wreck after wreck they had recently been suffering...
and John May
John May (shipwright)
John May was an English shipwright. In 1727 the Amsterdam Admiralty, the largest of the six Dutch Chambers that made up the Dutch East India Company, brought in May, Charles Bentham and Thomas Davis to work for them in improving ship design and avoiding the succession of wrecks they had recently...
to work for them in improving ship design and avoiding the wreck after wreck they had recently been suffering.