The Cabin Boys of Bontekoe (book)
The first part of the journal became the basis of a very popular children's book by author Johan Fabricius, De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe (1923; nl; "The Ship Boys of Bontekoe" or "The Cabin Boys of Bontekoe"), in which four teenage boys in the crew play the central roles: Hajo, Rolf, Padde, and Harmen. Padde is on the ship to say farewell to his friend Hajo and accidentally comes along. He gets a job to take care of the brandy, and accidentally sets it on fire, causing the ship wreck. The four abandoned crew members are here these four boys. They are saved by local girl Dolimah, after which she comes along, until at some point she returns.
In Hoorn there is a statue of the three fictional boys Hajo, Rolf, and Padde on the quay wall.
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