Santa Catarina (ship)

*Santa Catarina*
	Capture of Santa Catarina, 1604 woodcut print.
History
Captured	February 1603
General characteristics
Type	Carrack
Tonnage	1500 tons

Santa Catarina was a Portuguese merchant ship, a 1500-ton carrack,^[1] that was seized by the Dutch East India Company (also known as VOC) on 25 February 1603 off Singapore. She was such a rich prize that her sale proceeds increased the capital of the VOC by more than 50%.^[2] From the large amounts of Ming Chinese porcelain captured in this ship, Chinese pottery became known in Holland as Kraakporselein, or "carrack-porcelain" for many years.^[3]

^ Boxer, C. R. (1948). Fidalgos in the Far East, 1550–1770. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. p. 50.
^ Boyajian, James C. (2008). Portuguese Trade in Asia under the Habsburgs, 1580–1640. JHU Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-8018-8754-3.
^ Boxer, p. 51

[1] Boxer, C. R. (1948). Fidalgos in the Far East, 1550–1770. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. p. 50.

[boyajian-2] Boyajian, James C. (2008). Portuguese Trade in Asia under the Habsburgs, 1580–1640. JHU Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-8018-8754-3.

[3] Boxer, p. 51

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