Jan Franke, on December 22, 1791 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1791
• Thursday, 22 December
  Jan Franke (uit Amsterdam) joins as sailor with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Westkapelle bound for Batavia
• 1792
• Thursday, 31 May
  161 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Westkapelle on the Cape
• Thursday, 14 June
  14 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Westkapelle of the Cape
• Wednesday, 12 September
  90 days after departure from the Cape, 265 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Westkapelle in Batavia
• Return
• Thursday, 1 November
  50 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Westkapelle with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• 1793
• Sunday, 6 January
  66 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Westkapelle on the Cape
• Tuesday, 5 February
  30 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Westkapelle from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 21 June
  136 days after departure from the Cape, 232 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Westkapelle in the Netherlands
  547 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Franke (Westkapelle), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 159 people included 5 passengers; among them were 3 slaves and Jan Greve, admiraal of the homeward-bound fleet (see the MAKASSAR, 8342). On 08-07-1793 the WESTKAPELLE sailed out from Texel; four days later the ship arrived at the Ra

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13290, folio 127

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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