Jacob de Muller, on May 1, 1788 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1788
• Thursday, 1 May
  Jacob de Muller (uit Amsterdam) joins as sailor with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal de Clerck bound for Ceylon
• Monday, 18 August
  109 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal de Clerck on the Cape
• Saturday, 13 September
  26 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal de Clerck of the Cape
• Friday, 5 December
  83 days after departure from the Cape, 218 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal de Clerck in Ceylon
• Return
• 1789
• Monday, 26 October
  325 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Sparenrijk with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• 1790
• Thursday, 7 January
  73 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Sparenrijk on the Cape
• Wednesday, 17 February
  41 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Sparenrijk from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Sunday, 23 May
  95 days after departure from the Cape, 209 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Sparenrijk in the Netherlands
  752 days after employment
  Resignation Jacob de Muller (Sparenrijk), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

The 111 seafarers included 26 Chinese; among the 14 passengers were 2 male and 3 female slaves, and 4 survivors of the English man-of-war BOUNTY (see the VLIJT, 8258). On 28-12-1789, during a heavy storm, the SPARENDIJK was severely damaged off Cape Aghu

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13269, folio 72

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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