Christiaan Christiaanse Gunter, on August 9, 1789 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1789
• Sunday, 9 August
  Christiaan Christiaanse Gunter (uit Tonderem) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Sterreschans bound for Kaap
• Sunday, 20 December
  133 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Sterreschans in Kaap
• Return
• 1790
• Thursday, 18 November
  333 days after arrival in Kaap
  Departure of the ship Sint laurens with chamber Zeeland from Kaap
• 1791
• Saturday, 2 April
  135 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Sint laurens on the Cape
• Sunday, 17 July
  106 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Sint laurens from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 15 November
  121 days after departure from the Cape, 362 days after departure from Kaap
  Arrival of the ship Sint laurens in the Netherlands
  828 days after employment
  Resignation Christiaan Christiaanse Gunter (Sint laurens), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Originally the ST. LAURENS departed from the Cape on 02-05-1791. Because of leakage and heavy damage to masts and rigging, however, the ship had to return.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6787, folio 32

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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