Hein began his return voyage carrying cloves valued at 100,000 guilders. Near the Azores, the cargo started heating and threatened to ignite. The cloves had to be thrown overboard to prevent a fire aboard the ship.
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A heating clove cargo threatened Hein's ship
Hein lost a valuable clove cargo when self-heating near the Azores created a shipboard fire risk.