Johannes Hendrik Sas, on April 4, 1783 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1783
• Friday, 4 April
  Johannes Hendrik Sas (uit Middelburg) joins as ship’s boy with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Willem de Vijfde bound for Ceylon
• Saturday, 19 July
  106 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Willem de Vijfde on the Cape
• Sunday, 10 August
  22 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Willem de Vijfde of the Cape
• Sunday, 2 November
  84 days after departure from the Cape, 212 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Willem de Vijfde in Ceylon
• Return
• 1790
• Monday, 1 February
  2283 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Pollux with chamber Zeeland from Ceylon
• 
  85935 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Pollux on the Cape
• 1790
• Friday, 16 July
  85770 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Pollux from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 12 November
  119 days after departure from the Cape, 284 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Pollux in the Netherlands
  2779 days after employment
  Resignation Johannes Hendrik Sas (Pollux), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Sailing to the Cape the POLLUX was overtaken by a heavy storm. Masts, rigging, and rudder were damaged, the hull got leaky. Part of the gunpowder was affected by water.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13240, folio 137

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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