Machiel Blom, on September 10, 1750 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1750
• Thursday, 10 September
  Machiel Blom (uit Dantzigh) joins as ship gunner with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Lekkerland bound for Batavia
• 1751
• Friday, 8 January
  120 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Lekkerland on the Cape
• Wednesday, 3 February
  26 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Lekkerland of the Cape
• Tuesday, 18 May
  104 days after departure from the Cape, 250 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Lekkerland in Batavia
• Return
• 1757
• Tuesday, 1 February
  2086 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Hof d'uno with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• Tuesday, 12 April
  70 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Hof d'uno on the Cape
• Tuesday, 26 April
  14 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Hof d'uno from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Saturday, 13 August
  109 days after departure from the Cape, 193 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Hof d'uno in the Netherlands
  2529 days after employment
  Resignation Machiel Blom (Hof d' Uno), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Crew at the Cape: 143.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13045, folio 65

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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