Erik Pieterse, on November 18, 1789 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1789
• Wednesday, 18 November
  Erik Pieterse (uit Staringer) joins as sailor with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Haasje bound for Batavia
• 1790
• Saturday, 6 February
  80 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Haasje on the Cape
• Wednesday, 17 February
  11 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Haasje of the Cape
• Thursday, 22 April
  64 days after departure from the Cape, 155 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Haasje in Batavia
• Return
• Tuesday, 18 May
  26 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Haasje with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Wednesday, 28 July
  71 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Haasje on the Cape
• Monday, 23 August
  26 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Haasje from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 1 December
  100 days after departure from the Cape, 197 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Haasje in the Netherlands
  378 days after employment
  Resignation Erik Pieterse (Haasje), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

Between Batavia and the Cape a slave revolt broke out; Jan Andries Rugee and two other members of the crew were killed. The rest of the crew managed to suppress the insurrection by shooting the main instigators. Jan Wilting took Rugee's place as master.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6790, folio 15

VOC - voyagers, this index was developed through a joint initiative of the archives of Delft and Rotterdam, Zeeuws archief, Westfries Archief (Hoorn and Enkhuizen) and the departments of history from the Universities of Leiden and Ghent.

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