Jan Besseling, on July 18, 1731 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1731
• Wednesday, 18 July
  Jan Besseling (uit Amsterdam) joins as sailor with chamber Enkhuizen. Departure of the ship Proostwijk bound for Batavia
• 1732
• Sunday, 13 January
  179 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Proostwijk on the Cape
• Sunday, 10 February
  28 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Proostwijk of the Cape
• Saturday, 10 May
  90 days after departure from the Cape, 297 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Proostwijk in Batavia
• Return
• 1734
• Saturday, 18 December
  952 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Meermond with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1735
• Friday, 18 February
  62 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Meermond on the Cape
• Thursday, 3 March
  13 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Meermond from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 6 July
  125 days after departure from the Cape, 200 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Meermond in the Netherlands
  1449 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Besseling (Meermond), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14719, folio 85

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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