Jan Blom, on December 12, 1784 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1784
• Sunday, 12 December
  Jan Blom (uit Amsterdam) joins as sailor with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Huisduinen bound for Ceylon
• 1785
• Sunday, 27 March
  105 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Huisduinen on the Cape
• Sunday, 8 May
  42 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huisduinen of the Cape
• Friday, 1 July
  54 days after departure from the Cape, 201 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Huisduinen in Ceylon
• Return
• 1789
• Tuesday, 17 November
  1600 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Zaanstroom with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• 1790
• Wednesday, 17 February
  92 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Zaanstroom on the Cape
• Sunday, 21 March
  32 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Zaanstroom from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 19 July
  120 days after departure from the Cape, 244 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Zaanstroom in the Netherlands
  2045 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Blom (Zaanstroom), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6729, folio 123

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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