Jan Mijer, on January 23, 1728 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1728
• Friday, 23 January
  Jan Mijer (uit Amsterdam) joins as sailor with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Linschoten bound for Ceylon
• Saturday, 22 May
  120 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Linschoten on the Cape
• Monday, 14 June
  23 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Linschoten of the Cape
• Monday, 30 August
  77 days after departure from the Cape, 220 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Linschoten in Ceylon
• Return
• 1742
• Friday, 19 January
  4890 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Horstendaal with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• Sunday, 22 April
  93 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Horstendaal on the Cape
• Friday, 11 May
  19 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Horstendaal from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 19 September
  131 days after departure from the Cape, 243 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Horstendaal in the Netherlands
  5353 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Mijer (Horstendaal), reason: shipwrecked

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

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The 115 men aboard the HORSTENDAAL included 11 impotenten and 5 passengers. On 18-09-1742 the ship ran ashore between Callantsoog and Huisduinen in the Buizegat.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 5887, folio 98

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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