Jan van Beek, on December 19, 1787 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1787
• Wednesday, 19 December
  Jan van Beek (uit Wasberk) joins as sailor with chamber Hoorn. Departure of the ship Drechterland bound for Batavia
• 1788
• Wednesday, 2 April
  105 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Drechterland on the Cape
• Wednesday, 30 April
  28 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Drechterland of the Cape
• Wednesday, 13 August
  105 days after departure from the Cape, 238 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Drechterland in Batavia
• Return
• 1789
• Monday, 26 October
  439 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Sparenrijk with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1790
• Thursday, 7 January
  73 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Sparenrijk on the Cape
• Wednesday, 17 February
  41 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Sparenrijk from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Sunday, 23 May
  95 days after departure from the Cape, 209 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Sparenrijk in the Netherlands
  886 days after employment
  Resignation Jan van Beek (Sparenrijk), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Arbeidsongeschikt

The 111 seafarers included 26 Chinese; among the 14 passengers were 2 male and 3 female slaves, and 4 survivors of the English man-of-war BOUNTY (see the VLIJT, 8258). On 28-12-1789, during a heavy storm, the SPARENDIJK was severely damaged off Cape Aghu

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14518, folio 93

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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