Jan Nicolai, on January 21, 1777 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1777
• Tuesday, 21 January
  Jan Nicolai (uit Manheijm) joins as junior ordinary seaman with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Mercuur bound for Bengalen
• Wednesday, 4 June
  134 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Mercuur on the Cape
• Sunday, 22 June
  18 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Mercuur of the Cape
• Monday, 8 September
  78 days after departure from the Cape, 230 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Mercuur in Bengalen
• Return
• 1778
• Sunday, 25 October
  412 days after arrival in Bengalen
  Departure of the ship Zilveren leeuw with chamber Delft from Bengalen
• Sunday, 27 December
  63 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Zilveren leeuw on the Cape
• 1779
• Thursday, 4 February
  39 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Zilveren leeuw from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Saturday, 12 June
  128 days after departure from the Cape, 230 days after departure from Bengalen
  Arrival of the ship Zilveren leeuw in the Netherlands
  872 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Nicolai (Zilveren leeuw), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Two of the 3 passengers were slaves.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6635, folio 138

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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