Pieter Kroes, on January 6, 1738 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1738
• Monday, 6 January
  Pieter Kroes (uit Duijnkerke) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Polanen bound for Batavia
• Sunday, 1 June
  146 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Polanen on the Cape
• Tuesday, 17 June
  16 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Polanen of the Cape
• Saturday, 6 September
  81 days after departure from the Cape, 243 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Polanen in Batavia
• Return
• Wednesday, 12 November
  67 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Beukestijn with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1739
• Thursday, 12 February
  92 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Beukestijn on the Cape
• Monday, 2 March
  18 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Beukestijn from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 22 June
  112 days after departure from the Cape, 222 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Beukestijn in the Netherlands
  532 days after employment
  Resignation Pieter Kroes (Beukestijn), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Commandeur of the return fleet was Samuel Hoppestijn van Leeuwen; Pieter Zwanendrecht, master of the NIEUW-WAL-CHEREN (7049), was vice-commandeur; Christiaan Bakker, master of the MAGDALENA (7045), was schout-bij-nacht.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6065, folio 44

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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