Johannes van Olphen, on August 27, 1777 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1777
• Wednesday, 27 August
  Johannes van Olphen (uit Middelburg) joins as assistant steward with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Borssele bound for Batavia
• Saturday, 27 December
  122 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Borssele on the Cape
• 1778
• Thursday, 22 January
  26 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Borssele of the Cape
• Saturday, 4 April
  72 days after departure from the Cape, 220 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Borssele in Batavia
• Return
• Sunday, 25 October
  204 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Zilveren leeuw with chamber Delft from Batavia
• Sunday, 27 December
  63 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Zilveren leeuw on the Cape
• 1779
• Thursday, 4 February
  39 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Zilveren leeuw from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Saturday, 12 June
  128 days after departure from the Cape, 230 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Zilveren leeuw in the Netherlands
  654 days after employment
  Resignation Johannes van Olphen (Zilveren Leeuw), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Two of the 3 passengers were slaves.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13225, folio 42

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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