Dirk Dirksz Osper, on December 18, 1719 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1719
• Monday, 18 December
  Dirk Dirksz Osper (uit Amsterdam) joins as ship’s boy with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Meerhuizen bound for Ceylon
• 1720
• Saturday, 4 May
  138 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Meerhuizen on the Cape
• Wednesday, 29 May
  25 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Meerhuizen of the Cape
• 1710
• Monday, 28 July
  3593 days after departure from the Cape, 3430 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Meerhuizen in Ceylon
• Return
• 1722
• Friday, 27 November
  4505 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Boekenrode with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• 1723
• Wednesday, 17 February
  82 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Boekenrode on the Cape
• Thursday, 25 March
  36 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Boekenrode from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Saturday, 24 July
  121 days after departure from the Cape, 239 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Boekenrode in the Netherlands
  1314 days after employment
  Resignation Dirk Dirksz Osper (Boekenrode), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Commandeur of this return fleet was Jan van Strijen, vice-com-mandeur Hendrik van der Grippe (6564) and schout-bij-nacht Klaas van Eik (6561).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 5745, folio 103

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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