Jan Francen, on November 6, 1682 in the service of the Dutch East India Company
- Departure
- 1682
- Friday, 6 November
Jan Francen (uit Cloetinge) joins as (unknown) with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Prins Willem Hendrik bound for Batavia - 1683
- Monday, 1 March
115 days after departure
Arrival of the ship Prins Willem Hendrik on the Cape - Wednesday, 24 March
23 days after arrival at the Cape
Departure of the ship Prins Willem Hendrik of the Cape - Saturday, 12 June
80 days after departure from the Cape, 218 days after departure from the Netherlands
Arrival of the ship Prins Willem Hendrik in Batavia
Remarks
Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes
Source citation
Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 12231, folio 1
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.
Internet address
https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/index/nt00444/NL-HaNA_1.04.02_12231_0001.jpg
Comments
On Tuesday, 21 March Sri Margana wrote
Jan Francen together with Jan Bervelt was the envoy of the VOC send to the King of Blambangan in the eastern tip of Java in 1691. The main mission was to discuss the offer of the king of Blambangan in fighting the Dutch main enemy in east Java, Surapati. He wrote a long account of his expedition to Blambangan. The original account is kept in the National Archive of Indonesia
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