Gerrit Jan Kuijper, on December 29, 1779 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1779
• Wednesday, 29 December
  Gerrit Jan Kuijper (uit Amsterdam) joins as sailor with chamber Hoorn. Departure of the ship Beekvliet bound for Batavia
• 1780
• Wednesday, 12 April
  105 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Beekvliet on the Cape
• Monday, 15 May
  33 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Beekvliet of the Cape
• Friday, 28 July
  74 days after departure from the Cape, 212 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Beekvliet in Batavia
• Return
• Wednesday, 1 November
  96 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Behemoth with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1781
• Saturday, 17 February
  108 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Behemoth on the Cape
• Saturday, 3 March
  14 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Behemoth from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 8 June
  97 days after departure from the Cape, 219 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Behemoth in the Netherlands
  527 days after employment
  Resignation Gerrit Jan Kuijper (Behemoth), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The master of the BEHEMOTH, Kornelis Kornelissen, was Commandeur of the return fleet. At Marseille the ship was sold to S. Berard.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14506, folio 110

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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