Jan Smit, on December 5, 1759 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1759
• Wednesday, 5 December
  Jan Smit (uit Amsterdam) joins as sailor with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Velsen bound for Batavia
• 1760
• Wednesday, 5 March
  91 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Velsen on the Cape
• Sunday, 16 March
  11 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Velsen of the Cape
• Thursday, 5 June
  81 days after departure from the Cape, 183 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Velsen in Batavia
• Return
• Monday, 17 November
  165 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Giessenburg with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1761
• Tuesday, 20 January
  64 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Giessenburg on the Cape
• Monday, 30 March
  69 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Giessenburg from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 9 June
  71 days after departure from the Cape, 204 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Giessenburg in the Netherlands
  552 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Smit (Giessenburg), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Crew at the Cape: 126.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6381, folio 134

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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