Dirk Bonte, on June 1, 1754 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1754
• Saturday, 1 June
  Dirk Bonte (uit Rotterdam) joins as quartermaster with chamber Rotterdam. Departure of the ship Standvastigheid bound for Batavia
• Friday, 27 September
  118 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Standvastigheid on the Cape
• Saturday, 19 October
  22 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Standvastigheid of the Cape
• 1755
• Saturday, 4 January
  77 days after departure from the Cape, 217 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Standvastigheid in Batavia
• Return
• 1757
• Friday, 16 December
  1077 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Ruiteveld with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1758
• Saturday, 18 February
  64 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Ruiteveld on the Cape
• Sunday, 26 February
  8 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Ruiteveld from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 15 June
  109 days after departure from the Cape, 181 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Ruiteveld in the Netherlands
  1475 days after employment
  Resignation Dirk Bonte (Ruiteveld), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Six months before its departure from Ceylon the RUITEVELD had set out from Batavia (18-06-1757). One source mentioned Gerrit Loman as master. Crew at the Cape: 107.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14223, folio 20

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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