Helle Jacobsz, on October 27, 1740 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1740
• Thursday, 27 October
  Helle Jacobsz (uit Haarlingen) joins as ship’s boy (jongen) with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Amsterdam bound for Batavia
• 1741
• Wednesday, 25 January
  90 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Amsterdam on the Cape
• Saturday, 25 February
  31 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Amsterdam of the Cape
• Monday, 22 May
  86 days after departure from the Cape, 207 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Amsterdam in Batavia
• Return
• Tuesday, 7 November
  169 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Amsterdam with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1742
• Thursday, 25 January
  79 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Amsterdam on the Cape
• Thursday, 15 March
  49 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Amsterdam from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Arrival of the ship Amsterdam in the Netherlands
  Resignation Helle Jacobsz (Amsterdam), reason: shipwrecked

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

Schotland

The 22 passengers aboard the AMSTERDAM included admi-raal Adriaan Valkenier with 5 servants and 13 lijfschutten (bodyguards). At the Cape this former Gouverneur-Generaal was arrested; he was accused by the future G.-G. Van Imhoff of being responsible for

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6106, folio 165

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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