Jacob Dirks, on December 26, 1784 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1784
• Sunday, 26 December
  Jacob Dirks (uit Harlingen) joins as sailor with chamber Enkhuizen. Departure of the ship Afrikaan bound for Batavia
• 1785
• Thursday, 21 April
  116 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Afrikaan on the Cape
• Wednesday, 11 May
  20 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Afrikaan of the Cape
• Wednesday, 13 July
  63 days after departure from the Cape, 199 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Afrikaan in Batavia
• Return
• 1788
• Saturday, 1 March
  962 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Voorschoten with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Friday, 15 August
  167 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Voorschoten on the Cape
• 1789
• Monday, 9 February
  178 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Voorschoten from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 1 June
  112 days after departure from the Cape, 457 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Voorschoten in the Netherlands
  1618 days after employment
  Resignation Jacob Dirks (Voorschoten), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14825, folio 116

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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