Jan Cornelisse, on May 20, 1756 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1756
• Thursday, 20 May
  Jan Cornelisse (uit Bengalen) joins as sailor with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Tulpenburg bound for Ceylon
• Saturday, 28 August
  100 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Tulpenburg on the Cape
• Tuesday, 14 September
  17 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Tulpenburg of the Cape
• 1757
• Sunday, 9 January
  117 days after departure from the Cape, 234 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Tulpenburg in Ceylon
• Return
• Friday, 16 December
  341 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Ruiteveld with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• 1758
• Saturday, 18 February
  64 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Ruiteveld on the Cape
• Sunday, 26 February
  8 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Ruiteveld from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 15 June
  109 days after departure from the Cape, 181 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Ruiteveld in the Netherlands
  756 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Cornelisse (Ruiteveld), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Six months before its departure from Ceylon the RUITEVELD had set out from Batavia (18-06-1757). One source mentioned Gerrit Loman as master. Crew at the Cape: 107.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6345, folio 127

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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