Christiaan Seel, on December 30, 1687 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1687
• Tuesday, 30 December
  Christiaan Seel (uit Statijn) joins as midshipman with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Pampus bound for Ceylon
• 1688
• Tuesday, 13 April
  105 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Pampus on the Cape
• Friday, 28 May
  45 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Pampus of the Cape
• Wednesday, 29 September
  124 days after departure from the Cape, 274 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Pampus in Ceylon
• Return
• 1708
• Sunday, 25 November
  7361 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Bredenhof with chamber Hoorn from Ceylon
• 1709
• Thursday, 21 February
  88 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Bredenhof on the Cape
• Sunday, 21 April
  59 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Bredenhof from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Saturday, 10 August
  111 days after departure from the Cape, 258 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Bredenhof in the Netherlands
  7893 days after employment
  Resignation Christiaan Seel (Bredenhof), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Commandeur of the combined return fleet (6187-6201) was Rijk-lof Michiel van Goens aboard the LIMBURG (6190); vice-com-mandeur was Abraham Quevellerius aboard the HERSTEL-LENDE LEEUW (6189); schout-bij-nacht was Willem van der Lely na aboard of the WASSE

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 5351, folio 154

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.