Hendrik Dirks, on November 23, 1789 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1789
• Monday, 23 November
  Hendrik Dirks (uit Embden) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal Maatsuijker bound for Batavia
• 1790
• Friday, 2 April
  130 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal Maatsuijker on the Cape
• Tuesday, 4 May
  32 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal Maatsuijker of the Cape
• Friday, 23 July
  80 days after departure from the Cape, 242 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal Maatsuijker in Batavia
• Return
• Monday, 6 December
  136 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Afrikaan with chamber Enkhuizen from Batavia
• 1791
• Thursday, 17 March
  101 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Afrikaan on the Cape
• Thursday, 5 May
  49 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Afrikaan from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 17 August
  104 days after departure from the Cape, 254 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Afrikaan in the Netherlands
  632 days after employment
  Resignation Hendrik Dirks (Afrikaan), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 6 passengers included one condemned person.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6793, folio 54

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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