Jan Balster, on January 8, 1707 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1707
• Saturday, 8 January
  Jan Balster (uit Groeningen) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Huis te Loo bound for Ceylon
• Tuesday, 7 June
  150 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Huis te Loo on the Cape
• Saturday, 2 July
  25 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huis te Loo of the Cape
• Monday, 5 September
  65 days after departure from the Cape, 240 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Huis te Loo in Ceylon
• Wednesday, 23 February
  46 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Balster (England), reason: deserted

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 5568, folio 54

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.