Claas Droogsteen, on May 19, 1747 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1747
• Friday, 19 May
  Claas Droogsteen (uit Delfshaven) joins as first mate with chamber Rotterdam. Departure of the ship Schakenbos bound for Batavia
• Monday, 16 October
  150 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Schakenbos on the Cape
• Sunday, 5 November
  20 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Schakenbos of the Cape
• 1748
• Thursday, 7 March
  123 days after departure from the Cape, 293 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Schakenbos in Batavia
• Return
• 1750
• Wednesday, 25 February
  720 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Huigenwaard with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Tuesday, 16 June
  111 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huigenwaard on the Cape
• Tuesday, 7 July
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huigenwaard from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 20 November
  136 days after departure from the Cape, 268 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huigenwaard in the Netherlands
  1281 days after employment
  Resignation Claas Droogsteen (Huigenwaard), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Anna Cool, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

The HUIGENWAARD did not call at the Cape but at False Bay.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14206, folio 3

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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