Jan Koster, on November 4, 1775 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1775
• Saturday, 4 November
  Jan Koster (uit Amsterdam) joins as sailor with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Alkemade bound for Batavia
• 1776
• Saturday, 17 February
  105 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Alkemade on the Cape
• Saturday, 6 April
  49 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Alkemade of the Cape
• Saturday, 29 June
  84 days after departure from the Cape, 238 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Alkemade in Batavia
• Return
• 1777
• Thursday, 23 October
  481 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Wakkerheid with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1778
• Wednesday, 7 January
  76 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Wakkerheid on the Cape
• Friday, 13 February
  37 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Wakkerheid from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 22 May
  98 days after departure from the Cape, 211 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Wakkerheid in the Netherlands
  930 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Koster (Wakkerheid), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

After the arrival of the ship at Texel its name was altered into COMPAGNIES WELVAREN (see the second voyage: 4345/-).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6615, folio 48

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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