David Swanke, on January 18, 1714 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1714
• Thursday, 18 January
  David Swanke (uit Middelburgh) joins as ship’s boy (jongen) with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Rijnestein bound for Batavia
• Sunday, 13 May
  115 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Rijnestein on the Cape
• Tuesday, 12 June
  30 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Rijnestein of the Cape
• Sunday, 9 September
  89 days after departure from the Cape, 234 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Rijnestein in Batavia
• Return
• 1719
• Friday, 1 December
  1909 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Meijenburg with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• 1720
• Sunday, 18 February
  79 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Meijenburg on the Cape
• Friday, 19 April
  61 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Meijenburg from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 6 August
  109 days after departure from the Cape, 249 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Meijenburg in the Netherlands
  2392 days after employment
  Resignation David Swanke (Meijenburg), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The master was commandeur of the return fleet.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 12755, folio 127

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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