Jacobus Blom, on January 17, 1734 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1734
• Sunday, 17 January
  Jacobus Blom (uit Amsterdam) joins as ship’s boy (jongen) with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Iepenrode bound for Batavia
• Saturday, 1 May
  104 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Iepenrode on the Cape
• Thursday, 20 May
  19 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Iepenrode of the Cape
• Tuesday, 20 July
  61 days after departure from the Cape, 184 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Iepenrode in Batavia
• Return
• 1736
• Friday, 26 October
  829 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Scheijbeek with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1737
• Sunday, 13 January
  79 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Scheijbeek on the Cape
• Sunday, 3 March
  49 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Scheijbeek from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 26 June
  115 days after departure from the Cape, 243 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Scheijbeek in the Netherlands
  1256 days after employment
  Resignation Jacobus Blom (Scheijbeek), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Jan de Haan was vice-commandeur of the return fleet.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 5994, folio 124

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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