Cornelis Matthijsz, on June 29, 1740 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1740
• Wednesday, 29 June
  Cornelis Matthijsz (uit Rijp) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Kasteel van Woerden bound for Batavia
• Wednesday, 23 November
  147 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Kasteel van Woerden on the Cape
• Saturday, 26 November
  3 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Kasteel van Woerden of the Cape
• 1741
• Monday, 24 April
  149 days after departure from the Cape, 299 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Kasteel van Woerden in Batavia
• Return
• Tuesday, 7 November
  197 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 Cornelis Matthijsz (Amsterdam), reason: shipwrecked

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

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 6112, folio 78

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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