Johan Demm, on January 31, 1788 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1788
• Thursday, 31 January
  Johan Demm (uit Dantzig) joins as steward with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Stralen bound for Bengalen
• Sunday, 6 July
  157 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Stralen on the Cape
• Tuesday, 22 July
  16 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Stralen of the Cape
• 
  days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Stralen in Bengalen
• Return
• 1791
• Wednesday, 21 December
  85361 days after arrival in Bengalen
  Departure of the ship Vredenburg with chamber Amsterdam from Bengalen
• 1792
• Sunday, 18 March
  88 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Vredenburg on the Cape
• Wednesday, 11 April
  24 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Vredenburg from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 10 July
  90 days after departure from the Cape, 202 days after departure from Bengalen
  Arrival of the ship Vredenburg in the Netherlands
  1622 days after employment
  Resignation Johan Demm (Vredenburg), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 83 seafarers included 26 Chinese. Among the 45 passengers were 41 of the c. 100 survivors of the PANDORA-disaster. The PANDORA, a frigate-of-war under the command of Captain Edward Edwards, had sailed to Tahiti and to many surrounding island in order

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6764, folio 17

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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