Johan Ludwig Petersen, on September 11, 1787 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1787
• Tuesday, 11 September
  Johan Ludwig Petersen (uit Magdeburg) joins as soldier with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Schelde bound for Batavia
• 1788
• Sunday, 6 January
  117 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Schelde on the Cape
• Friday, 22 February
  47 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Schelde of the Cape
• Monday, 2 June
  101 days after departure from the Cape, 265 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Schelde in Batavia
• Return
• 1789
• Monday, 26 October
  511 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Houtlust with chamber Rotterdam from Batavia
• 1790
• Monday, 11 January
  77 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Houtlust on the Cape
• Wednesday, 17 February
  37 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Houtlust from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 24 May
  96 days after departure from the Cape, 210 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Houtlust in the Netherlands
  986 days after employment
  Resignation Johan Ludwig Petersen (Houtlust), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: recruiting-officer

The 101 seafarers included 26 Chinese. Among the 1 1 passengers were one female and 4 male slaves, and a survivor of the English man-of war BOUNTY (see the VLIJT, 8258); during the voyage he died.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6774, folio 296

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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