Casper Kepel, on July 7, 1784 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1784
• Wednesday, 7 July
  Casper Kepel (uit Ringdale) joins as soldier with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Schelde bound for Batavia
• Friday, 26 November
  142 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Schelde on the Cape
• 1785
• Saturday, 8 January
  43 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Schelde of the Cape
• Saturday, 19 March
  70 days after departure from the Cape, 255 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Schelde in Batavia
• Return
• 1789
• Monday, 26 October
  1682 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Sparenrijk with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1790
• Thursday, 7 January
  73 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Sparenrijk on the Cape
• Wednesday, 17 February
  41 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Sparenrijk from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Sunday, 23 May
  95 days after departure from the Cape, 209 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Sparenrijk in the Netherlands
  2146 days after employment
  Resignation Casper Kepel (Sparenrijk), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

The 111 seafarers included 26 Chinese; among the 14 passengers were 2 male and 3 female slaves, and 4 survivors of the English man-of-war BOUNTY (see the VLIJT, 8258). On 28-12-1789, during a heavy storm, the SPARENDIJK was severely damaged off Cape Aghu

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13252, folio 163

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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