Lucas Bont, on October 23, 1753 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1753
• Tuesday, 23 October
  Lucas Bont (uit Amsterdam) joins as third helmsman (derdewaak) with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Prinses van Oranje bound for Batavia
• 1754
• Thursday, 7 February
  107 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Prinses van Oranje on the Cape
• Sunday, 10 February
  3 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Prinses van Oranje of the Cape
• Sunday, 21 April
  70 days after departure from the Cape, 180 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Prinses van Oranje in Batavia
• Return
• 1755
• Saturday, 15 November
  573 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Wildrijk with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1756
• Wednesday, 4 February
  81 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Wildrijk on the Cape
• Wednesday, 3 March
  28 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Wildrijk from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 26 July
  145 days after departure from the Cape, 254 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Wildrijk in the Netherlands
  1007 days after employment
  Resignation Lucas Bont (Wildrijk), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

Crew at the Cape: 104.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6312, folio 4

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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