Dirk Janse de Gist, on October 13, 1777 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1777
• Monday, 13 October
  Dirk Janse de Gist (uit Hilversum) joins as junior ordinary seaman with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Mentor bound for Batavia
• 1778
• Tuesday, 13 January
  92 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Mentor on the Cape
• Friday, 13 February
  31 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Mentor of the Cape
• Monday, 1 June
  108 days after departure from the Cape, 231 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Mentor in Batavia
• Return
• 1779
• Saturday, 6 February
  250 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Alkemade with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Friday, 2 July
  146 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Alkemade on the Cape
• 1780
• Thursday, 17 February
  230 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Alkemade from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 19 June
  123 days after departure from the Cape, 499 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Alkemade in the Netherlands
  980 days after employment
  Resignation Dirk Janse de Gist (Alkemade), reason: deceased

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

On 28-08-1779 the ALKEMADE departed from the Cape for the first time, five days later, however, it had to return; 17-02-1780 was its final date of departure from the Cape.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6654, folio 155

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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