Hendrik Smit, on February 2, 1756 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1756
• Monday, 2 February
  Hendrik Smit (uit Amsterdam) joins as ship’s boy (jongen) with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Admiraal de Ruyter bound for Ceylon
• Sunday, 13 June
  132 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Admiraal de Ruyter on the Cape
• Thursday, 1 July
  18 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Admiraal de Ruyter of the Cape
• Sunday, 12 September
  73 days after departure from the Cape, 223 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Admiraal de Ruyter in Ceylon
• 1759
• Sunday, 1 July
  1245 days after employment
  Resignation Hendrik Smit (Asia), reason: last record

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6335, folio 201

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.