Gabriel Roest, on October 18, 1755 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1755
• Saturday, 18 October
  Gabriel Roest (uit Karelkroon) joins as ship gunner with chamber Rotterdam. Departure of the ship Blijdorp bound for Batavia
• 1756
• Saturday, 10 January
  84 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Blijdorp on the Cape
• Monday, 26 January
  16 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Blijdorp of the Cape
• Monday, 12 April
  77 days after departure from the Cape, 177 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Blijdorp in Batavia
• Return
• 1757
• Wednesday, 19 January
  282 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Osdorp with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Monday, 4 April
  75 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Osdorp on the Cape
• Tuesday, 26 April
  22 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Osdorp from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Sunday, 14 August
  110 days after departure from the Cape, 207 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Osdorp in the Netherlands
  666 days after employment
  Resignation Gabriel Roest (Osdorp), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Crew at the Cape: 102

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14225, folio 55

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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