Thijs Geers, on April 8, 1718 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1718
• Friday, 8 April
  Thijs Geers (uit Embden) joins as junior ordinary seaman with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Zuiderbeek bound for Batavia
• Sunday, 28 August
  142 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Zuiderbeek on the Cape
• Monday, 19 September
  22 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Zuiderbeek of the Cape
• Friday, 18 November
  60 days after departure from the Cape, 224 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Zuiderbeek in Batavia
• Return
• 1725
• Thursday, 1 February
  2267 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Wickenburg with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• Tuesday, 15 May
  103 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Wickenburg on the Cape
• Sunday, 3 June
  19 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Wickenburg from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 14 November
  164 days after departure from the Cape, 286 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Wickenburg in the Netherlands
  2777 days after employment
  Resignation Thijs Geers (Wickenburg), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 12783, folio 137

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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