Matthijs Rasmus, on October 17, 1737 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1737
• Thursday, 17 October
  Matthijs Rasmus (uit Coppenhage) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Kerkwijk bound for Batavia
• 1738
• Tuesday, 4 February
  110 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Kerkwijk on the Cape
• Tuesday, 18 February
  14 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Kerkwijk of the Cape
• Wednesday, 18 June
  120 days after departure from the Cape, 244 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Kerkwijk in Batavia
• Return
• 1739
• Wednesday, 16 December
  546 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Kerkwijk with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1740
• Sunday, 6 March
  81 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Kerkwijk on the Cape
• Sunday, 3 April
  28 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Kerkwijk from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Sunday, 10 July
  98 days after departure from the Cape, 207 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Kerkwijk in the Netherlands
  997 days after employment
  Resignation Matthijs Rasmus (Kerkwijk), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Gerrit Leenderts died, Klaas Nierop succeeded him as master.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6059, folio 48

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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