Jan Kroon, on December 19, 1757 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1757
• Monday, 19 December
  Jan Kroon (uit Gouda) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Vlietlust bound for Ceylon
• 1758
• Sunday, 7 May
  139 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Vlietlust on the Cape
• Wednesday, 17 May
  10 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Vlietlust of the Cape
• Sunday, 23 July
  67 days after departure from the Cape, 216 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Vlietlust in Ceylon
• Return
• 1759
• Monday, 15 January
  176 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Vlietlust with chamber Zeeland from Ceylon
• Monday, 2 April
  77 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Vlietlust on the Cape
• Saturday, 21 April
  19 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Vlietlust from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 7 August
  108 days after departure from the Cape, 204 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Vlietlust in the Netherlands
  596 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Kroon (Vlietlust), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

At the Cape Jakob Zwart succeeded Adriaan Bertrand as master of the VLIETLUST. Crew at the Cape: 110.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6352, folio 52

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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