Jan Assagen, on May 20, 1770 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1770
• Sunday, 20 May
  Jan Assagen (uit Duijnkerken) joins as sailor with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Landskroon bound for Batavia
• Sunday, 23 September
  126 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Landskroon on the Cape
• Saturday, 20 October
  27 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Landskroon of the Cape
• 1771
• Monday, 7 January
  79 days after departure from the Cape, 232 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Landskroon in Batavia
• Return
• Wednesday, 6 November
  303 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Aschat with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1772
• Tuesday, 28 January
  83 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Aschat on the Cape
• Saturday, 14 March
  46 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Aschat from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 9 June
  87 days after departure from the Cape, 216 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Aschat in the Netherlands
  751 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Assagen (Aschat), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 7 passengers included 3 slaves (among whom a woman and her child). Admiraal of the return fleet was Johan Vos, sailing aboard the JONGE THOMAS (7854); Pieter Kornelisz. Hasselaar, aboard the AZIE (7847), was commandeur.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6538, folio 80

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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