Dirk Steels, on June 26, 1747 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1747
• Monday, 26 June
  Dirk Steels (uit Swoll) joins as senior medical master with chamber Hoorn. Departure of the ship Brouwer bound for Batavia
• Friday, 15 December
  172 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Brouwer on the Cape
• 1748
• Wednesday, 7 February
  54 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Brouwer of the Cape
• Wednesday, 15 May
  98 days after departure from the Cape, 324 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Brouwer in Batavia
• Return
• 1749
• Wednesday, 5 February
  266 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Amstelveen with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Thursday, 1 May
  85 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Amstelveen on the Cape
• Sunday, 18 May
  17 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Amstelveen from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 18 September
  123 days after departure from the Cape, 225 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Amstelveen in the Netherlands
  815 days after employment
  Resignation Dirk Steels (Amstelveen), reason: deceased

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

Boudewijn Molen was commandeur of the return fleet. The 6 passengers included 5 condemned persons.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14440, folio 20

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.

This data was last updated on April 7, 2014 by the source holder and first published on Open Archives on July 3, 2014. Originele record identifier is 1382261.

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