Frans de Nijs, on February 21, 1764 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1764
• Tuesday, 21 February
  Frans de Nijs (uit Vlissingen) joins as ship gunner with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Torenvliet bound for Batavia
• Friday, 1 June
  101 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Torenvliet on the Cape
• Friday, 6 July
  35 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Torenvliet of the Cape
• Wednesday, 5 September
  61 days after departure from the Cape, 197 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Torenvliet in Batavia
• Return
• Friday, 2 November
  58 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Duinenburg with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• 1765
• Monday, 21 January
  80 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Duinenburg on the Cape
• Monday, 11 February
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Duinenburg from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 12 June
  121 days after departure from the Cape, 222 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Duinenburg in the Netherlands
  477 days after employment
  Resignation Frans de Nijs (Duinenburg), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Aboard the DUINENBURG was Hendrik Booms, commandeur of the return fleet. The 12 passengers included six slaves (of whom one female).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13135, folio 74

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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