Jacob Dirks, on January 11, 1771 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1771
• Friday, 11 January
  Jacob Dirks (uit Abo) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Velsen bound for Ceylon
• Monday, 15 April
  94 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Velsen on the Cape
• Wednesday, 1 May
  16 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Velsen of the Cape
• Wednesday, 26 June
  56 days after departure from the Cape, 166 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Velsen in Ceylon
• Return
• Sunday, 17 November
  144 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Vreeburg with chamber Enkhuizen from Ceylon
• 1772
• Saturday, 1 February
  76 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Vreeburg on the Cape
• Saturday, 14 March
  42 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Vreeburg from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 9 June
  87 days after departure from the Cape, 205 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Vreeburg in the Netherlands
  515 days after employment
  Resignation Jacob Dirks (Vreeburg), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The crew included 6 soldiers.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6546, folio 54

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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