In November 1656, De Bitter was made Vice-Commandeur, under Commandeur Adriaan Roothaas, of a fleet sent to blockade the Portuguese ports on the coast of Malabar. In the spring of 1657 he returned to Batavia; in August that year he again served under Roothaas on a flotilla blockading Goa. De Bitter's flagship Terschelling captured the Santa Cruz loaded with spices. De Bitter embezzled some of the cargo, for which he would later be lightly punished. The flotilla having been joined by the main force of Colonel Rijcklof van Goens in November, it was decided to split off a large part of the fleet to attack the remaining Portuguese possessions on Ceylon. De Bitter was also used for this expedition, now commanding a larger ship, the Salamander. This ship and the Naarden had the mission to mislead the Portuguese by first sailing to the north and only afterwards rejoin the main force leaving for Ceylon. This ruse failed, however, because adverse winds drove the vessels towards the Maldives. De Bitter only reached Colombo on 17 February 1658, too late to contribute to the capture of Manaar. However he participated in the fall of Jaffnapatnam on 21 June. Again he was used as a messenger to the Council. On 19 July 1659, De Bitter, still serving under Roothaas, departed on a fleet of thirteen headed for Goa, on the yacht Tholen. Blockading the port De Bitter confiscated an English vessel, the Constantinople Merchant, on accusations of carrying contraband.

Question: How many months after De Bitter was made Vice-Commandeur did he go to Goa?
Answer: 9

Question: Where did De Bitter go first, Malabar or Batavia?
Answer: Malabar

Question: Did De Bitter go to Goa first, or to Malabar?
Answer: Malabar

Question: How many months passed between the capture of Manaar and the fall of Jaffnapatnam?
Answer: 4

Question: How many days after the fall of Jaffnapatnam did De Bitter depart for Goa?
Answer: 28

Question: What was the name of the second vessel/ship that De Bitter captured?
Answer: Constantinople Merchant

Question: What was the name of the first vessel/ship that De Bitter captured?
Answer: Santa Cruz

Question: What product was on the first ship that De Bitter captured?
Answer: spices

Question: From which ship did De Bitter confiscate spices in 1657?
Answer: Santa Cruz

Question: Name three ships commanded by De Bitter.
Answer: Terschelling, Salamander, Tholen

Question: Where was Colombo?
Answer: Ceylon

Question: When did De Bitter first serve under Roothaas?
Answer: November 1656

Question: What ships did De Bitter sail under Roothaas?
Answer: Terschelling, Salamander, Tholen

Question: In what years did De Bitter help blockade Goa?
Answer: 1657, 1659

Question: How many years passed between De Bitter's first blockade as Vice-Commander and his last?
Answer: 3

Question: What ships did De Bitter capture with his blockades?
Answer: Constantinople Merchant, Santa Cruz

Question: Where was De Bitter travelling when he was blown off course?
Answer: Colombo

Question: Which ship did De Bitter capture first, the Santa Cruz or the Constantinople Merchant?
Answer: Santa Cruz

Question: What ship was De Bitter sailing when he embezzled cargo from the Santa Cruz?
Answer: Terschelling

Question: Where did De Bitter serve first, Malabar or Goa?
Answer: Malabar

Question: Which ship did De Bitter command first, the Terschelling or the Salamander?
Answer: Terschelling

Question: What ship did De Bitter capture?
Answer: the Santa Cruz

Question: Where did De Bitter end up when he intended to head for Ceylon?
Answer: Maldives