Abstract
In 1993 Wickman reported that Olof E. Willman's publication of 1667 is trustworthy and that a meteorite in 1648 killed two seamen aboard a Dutch ship, Malacca, en route from Europe to the East Indies. Willman's description of the event has been rendered correctly in several publications in Swedish, but in Alexander von Humboldt's famous book Kosmos and in all other non‐Swedish publications it is incorrect, since they were based on Chladni's 1819 report which contains a mistranslation of Willman's 1667 text. Although a meteorite impact cannot be excluded, it is concluded that it is more probable that a volcanic bomb killed the two seafarers in 1648. At least 20 active volcanoes made the East Indiamen's voyage from Europe to Insulinde hazardous. Laufeld, S., 1994: Were two people killed by a meteorite in 1648? GFF, Vol. 116 (Pt. 1, March), pp. 37–38. Stockholm. ISSN 1103–5897.
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