Jan Balster, on October 27, 1790 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1790
• Wednesday, 27 October
  Jan Balster (uit Amsterdam) joins as ship’s boy (jongen) with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Sparenrijk bound for Batavia
• 1791
• Wednesday, 9 February
  105 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Sparenrijk on the Cape
• Thursday, 17 March
  36 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Sparenrijk of the Cape
• Friday, 17 June
  92 days after departure from the Cape, 233 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Sparenrijk in Batavia
• Return
• 1794
• Saturday, 22 November
  1254 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Hougly with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 
  84295 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Hougly on the Cape
• 1795
• Thursday, 21 May
  84115 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Hougly from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Arrival of the ship Hougly in the Netherlands
  Resignation Jan Balster (Hougly), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

On 18-05-1795 the HOUGLY originally departed from the Cape; two days later the ship had to return because of adverse wind. In June, 1 795, the HOUGLY was captured by the English off St. Helena; while sailing to Cork in Ireland they set the ship on fire a

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6809, folio 220

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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