Dirk Hofman, on January 11, 1771 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1771
• Friday, 11 January
  Dirk Hofman (uit Amsterdam) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Velsen bound for Ceylon
• Monday, 15 April
  94 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Velsen on the Cape
• Wednesday, 1 May
  16 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Velsen of the Cape
• Wednesday, 26 June
  56 days after departure from the Cape, 166 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Velsen in Ceylon
• Return
• 1772
• Monday, 3 February
  222 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Borssele with chamber Zeeland from Ceylon
• Wednesday, 15 April
  72 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Borssele on the Cape
• Friday, 1 May
  16 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Borssele from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 5 August
  96 days after departure from the Cape, 184 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Borssele in the Netherlands
  572 days after employment
  Resignation Dirk Hofman (Borssele), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6546, folio 57

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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