Johan Hendrik Steijger, on December 16, 1775 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1775
• Saturday, 16 December
  Johan Hendrik Steijger (uit Pruijsminden) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Westerveld bound for Ceylon
• 1776
• Tuesday, 16 April
  122 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Westerveld on the Cape
• Friday, 3 May
  17 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Westerveld of the Cape
• Thursday, 4 July
  62 days after departure from the Cape, 201 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Westerveld in Ceylon
• Return
• Thursday, 21 November
  140 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Westerveld with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• 1777
• Wednesday, 12 February
  83 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Westerveld on the Cape
• Friday, 7 March
  23 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Westerveld from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 19 June
  104 days after departure from the Cape, 210 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Westerveld in the Netherlands
  551 days after employment
  Resignation Johan Hendrik Steijger (Westerveld), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

On 11-10-1777 the WESTERVELD was laid up.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6616, folio 66

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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