Paulus van der Elst, on March 31, 1791 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1791
• Thursday, 31 March
  Paulus van der Elst (uit Hees) joins as ship’s boy with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Zeeland bound for Batavia
• Sunday, 24 July
  115 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Zeeland on the Cape
• Saturday, 8 October
  76 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Zeeland of the Cape
• 1792
• Tuesday, 20 March
  164 days after departure from the Cape, 355 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Zeeland in Batavia
• Return
• 1793
• Wednesday, 30 January
  316 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Voorland with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• Monday, 6 May
  96 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Voorland on the Cape
• Friday, 31 May
  25 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Voorland from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• 1794
• Sunday, 9 February
  254 days after departure from the Cape, 375 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Voorland in the Netherlands
  1046 days after employment
  Resignation Paulus van der Elst (Voorland), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

During the voyage the VOORLAND called at Cork in Ireland and at Duins, from where it departed on 30-01-1794. Because of bad weather the ship had to sail to Goeree; later on it went to Rammekens. See also the ROZENBURG (8355).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13289, folio 187

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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