Jan Christiaan, on January 2, 1776 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1776
• Tuesday, 2 January
  Jan Christiaan (uit Breslauw) joins as junior ordinary seaman with chamber Hoorn. Departure of the ship Merenberg bound for Batavia
• Wednesday, 3 April
  92 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Merenberg on the Cape
• Tuesday, 23 April
  20 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Merenberg of the Cape
• Saturday, 29 June
  67 days after departure from the Cape, 179 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Merenberg in Batavia
• Return
• 1778
• Sunday, 25 October
  848 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Behemoth with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Sunday, 27 December
  63 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Behemoth on the Cape
• 1779
• Thursday, 4 February
  39 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Behemoth from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 9 June
  125 days after departure from the Cape, 227 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Behemoth in the Netherlands
  1254 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Christiaan (Behemoth), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The master of the BEHEMOTH, Hendrik Nieuwboer, was commandeur of the return fleet.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14500, folio 145

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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