Dirk Roem Tjerkszoon, on November 22, 1789 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1789
• Sunday, 22 November
  Dirk Roem Tjerkszoon (uit Nieuwedam) joins as ship’s boy (jongen) with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Leiden bound for Batavia
• 1790
• Saturday, 6 March
  104 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Leiden on the Cape
• Wednesday, 7 April
  32 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Leiden of the Cape
• Thursday, 17 June
  71 days after departure from the Cape, 207 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Leiden in Batavia
• Return
• 1792
• Wednesday, 22 February
  615 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Drie gebroeders with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Saturday, 2 June
  101 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Drie gebroeders on the Cape
• Arrival of the ship Drie gebroeders in the Netherlands
  Resignation Dirk Roem Tjerkszoon (Drie gebroeders), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

At the Cape the DRIE GEBROEDERS sprang a leak and was beached. The greater part of the cargo was saved.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6795, folio 283

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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