Michiel Geelhaar, on November 6, 1744 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1744
• Friday, 6 November
  Michiel Geelhaar (uit Amsterdam) joins as junior ordinary seaman with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Zuiderburg bound for Batavia
• 1745
• Sunday, 21 March
  135 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Zuiderburg on the Cape
• Friday, 2 July
  238 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Zuiderburg in Batavia
• Return
• 1755
• Thursday, 30 October
  3772 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Huis te manpad with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Saturday, 20 December
  51 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huis te manpad on the Cape
• 1756
• Wednesday, 3 March
  74 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huis te manpad from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 26 July
  145 days after departure from the Cape, 270 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huis te manpad in the Netherlands
  4280 days after employment
  Resignation Michiel Geelhaar (Huis te Manpad), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

One source mentioned Marten de Wit as master of the HUIS TE MANPAD. Crew at the Cape: 141. The 21 passengers included two slaves and six condemned persons.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6166, folio 157

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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