Christiaan Meter, on April 24, 1720 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1720
• Wednesday, 24 April
  Christiaan Meter (uit Flensburgh) joins as sailor with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Middelwoud bound for Batavia
• Wednesday, 28 August
  126 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Middelwoud on the Cape
• Sunday, 6 October
  39 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Middelwoud of the Cape
• Monday, 23 December
  78 days after departure from the Cape, 243 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Middelwoud in Batavia
• Return
• 1724
• Saturday, 22 January
  1125 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Steenhoven with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Wednesday, 26 April
  95 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Steenhoven on the Cape
• Friday, 12 May
  16 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Steenhoven from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 4 September
  115 days after departure from the Cape, 226 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Steenhoven in the Netherlands
  1594 days after employment
  Resignation Christiaan Meter (Steenhoven), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Anna Melcherts, moeder

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 5749, folio 68

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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