Gerrit de Pels, on April 11, 1737 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1737
• Thursday, 11 April
  Gerrit de Pels (uit Rotterdam) joins as third helmsman (derdewaak) with chamber Rotterdam. Departure of the ship Rijnhuizen bound for Batavia
• Monday, 2 September
  144 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Rijnhuizen on the Cape
• Tuesday, 17 September
  15 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Rijnhuizen of the Cape
• Friday, 6 December
  80 days after departure from the Cape, 239 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Rijnhuizen in Batavia
• Return
• 1738
• Wednesday, 15 January
  40 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Rijnhuizen with chamber Rotterdam from Batavia
• Sunday, 23 March
  67 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Rijnhuizen on the Cape
• Wednesday, 9 April
  17 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Rijnhuizen from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Sunday, 6 July
  88 days after departure from the Cape, 172 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Rijnhuizen in the Netherlands
  451 days after employment
  Resignation Gerrit de Pels (Rijnhuizen), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Jannetje Harenduijn, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: No

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14185, folio 7

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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