Hendrik Smelter, on December 17, 1764 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1764
• Monday, 17 December
  Hendrik Smelter (uit Herfort) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship De Drie Papegaaien bound for Ceylon
• 1765
• Saturday, 13 April
  117 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship De Drie Papegaaien on the Cape
• Saturday, 27 April
  14 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship De Drie Papegaaien of the Cape
• Tuesday, 2 July
  66 days after departure from the Cape, 197 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship De Drie Papegaaien in Ceylon
• Return
• 1766
• Friday, 7 November
  493 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Kronenburg with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• 1767
• Sunday, 18 January
  72 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Kronenburg on the Cape
• Wednesday, 11 February
  24 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Kronenburg from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 26 May
  104 days after departure from the Cape, 200 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Kronenburg in the Netherlands
  890 days after employment
  Resignation Hendrik Smelter (Kronenburg), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

Aboard the KRONENBURG was Christiaan Blom, commandeur of the return fleet.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6442, folio 92

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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