Johan Paul Gesert, on May 13, 1788 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1788
• Tuesday, 13 May
  Johan Paul Gesert (uit Halle) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Duifje bound for Kaap
• Sunday, 14 September
  124 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Duifje in Kaap
• Return
• 1791
• Wednesday, 16 February
  885 days after arrival in Kaap
  Departure of the ship Helena louisa with chamber Amsterdam from Kaap
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  85879 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Helena louisa on the Cape
• 1791
• Thursday, 19 May
  92 days after departure from Kaap
  Arrival of the ship Helena louisa in the Netherlands
  1101 days after employment
  Resignation Johan Paul Gesert (Helena Louisa), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The HELENA LOUISA had been built at Batavia in 1787. At the end of that year the ship had departed from Batavia to sail to the Cape, where it had cast anchor in March, 1788. In April, 1790, the HELENA LOUISA ran ashore at the Cape during a heavy storm; th

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6776, folio 60

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 1749198.

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