Claas Poelgeest, on November 16, 1705 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1705
• Monday, 16 November
  Claas Poelgeest (uit Hasersouw) joins as sailor with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Baarzande bound for Batavia
• 1706
• Sunday, 9 May
  174 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Baarzande on the Cape
• Sunday, 30 May
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Baarzande of the Cape
• Thursday, 19 August
  81 days after departure from the Cape, 276 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Baarzande in Batavia
• Return
• 1707
• Wednesday, 2 November
  440 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Donkervliet with chamber Delft from Batavia
• 1708
• Wednesday, 15 February
  105 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Donkervliet on the Cape
• Monday, 23 April
  68 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Donkervliet from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 14 September
  144 days after departure from the Cape, 317 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Donkervliet in the Netherlands
  1033 days after employment
  Resignation Claas Poelgeest (Donkervliet), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Commandeur of the return fleet (6168-6182) was Kornelis Jan Simons aboard the HUIS TE LOO (6180); vice-commandeur was Hendrik Louis Gerlag aboard the OOSTERSTEIN (6174); Simon Langendam was schout-bij-nacht aboard the DONKER-VLIET.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 5550, folio 114

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.