Adam Gijsen, on May 20, 1754 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1754
• Monday, 20 May
  Adam Gijsen (uit Amsterdam) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Kievitsheuvel bound for Ceylon
• Sunday, 6 October
  139 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Kievitsheuvel on the Cape
• Wednesday, 30 October
  24 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Kievitsheuvel of the Cape
• 1755
• Tuesday, 4 March
  125 days after departure from the Cape, 288 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Kievitsheuvel in Ceylon
• Return
• 1757
• Monday, 14 February
  713 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Naarstigheid with chamber Delft from Ceylon
• 
  98064 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Naarstigheid on the Cape
• Arrival of the ship Naarstigheid in the Netherlands
  Resignation Adam Gijsen (Naarstigheid), reason: deceased

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The NAARSTIGHEID departed from Bengal twelve days late (see 7498 and 7499). In June 1757 the ship reached Delagoa Bay in a very tumbledown conditon; on 01-07-1757 the NAARSTIGHEID was finally given up and set on fire. Its cargo was transported to the Cap

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6325, folio 71

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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