Willem Silvester, on April 25, 1766 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1766
• Friday, 25 April
  Willem Silvester (uit Amsterdam) joins as skipper or master with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Aschat bound for Batavia
• Saturday, 1 November
  190 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Aschat on the Cape
• Wednesday, 26 November
  25 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Aschat of the Cape
• 1767
• Friday, 30 January
  65 days after departure from the Cape, 280 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Aschat in Batavia
• Return
• 1769
• Monday, 23 October
  997 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Aschat with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1770
• Sunday, 7 January
  76 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Aschat on the Cape
• Thursday, 1 March
  53 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Aschat from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 14 June
  105 days after departure from the Cape, 234 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Aschat in the Netherlands
  1511 days after employment
  Resignation Willem Silvester (Aschat), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

The 11 passengers included 4 slaves. Commandeur of the return fleet was Jan van Dalen, master of the HUIS OM (7793).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6477, folio 1

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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