Matthijs Akkerman, on October 18, 1755 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1755
• Saturday, 18 October
  Matthijs Akkerman (uit Delft) joins as ship gunner with chamber Rotterdam. Departure of the ship Blijdorp bound for Batavia
• 1756
• Saturday, 10 January
  84 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Blijdorp on the Cape
• Monday, 26 January
  16 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Blijdorp of the Cape
• Monday, 12 April
  77 days after departure from the Cape, 177 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Blijdorp in Batavia
• Return
• 1757
• Friday, 16 December
  613 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Ruiteveld with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1758
• Saturday, 18 February
  64 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Ruiteveld on the Cape
• Sunday, 26 February
  8 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Ruiteveld from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 15 June
  109 days after departure from the Cape, 181 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Ruiteveld in the Netherlands
  971 days after employment
  Resignation Matthijs Akkerman (Ruiteveld), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Six months before its departure from Ceylon the RUITEVELD had set out from Batavia (18-06-1757). One source mentioned Gerrit Loman as master. Crew at the Cape: 107.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14225, folio 74

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.

This data was last updated on April 7, 2014 by the source holder and first published on Open Archives on July 3, 2014. Originele record identifier is 1382644.

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