Jan Visser, on June 2, 1787 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1787
• Saturday, 2 June
  Jan Visser (uit Zeevenhuijsen) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Zeevaart (Holland) bound for Batavia
• Monday, 10 September
  100 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Zeevaart (Holland) on the Cape
• Saturday, 24 November
  75 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Zeevaart (Holland) of the Cape
• 1788
• Wednesday, 13 February
  81 days after departure from the Cape, 256 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Zeevaart (Holland) in Batavia
• Return
• 1790
• Monday, 1 February
  719 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Pollux with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• 
  85560 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Pollux on the Cape
• 1790
• Friday, 16 July
  85395 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Pollux from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 12 November
  119 days after departure from the Cape, 284 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Pollux in the Netherlands
  1259 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Visser (Pollux), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Sailing to the Cape the POLLUX was overtaken by a heavy storm. Masts, rigging, and rudder were damaged, the hull got leaky. Part of the gunpowder was affected by water.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6763, folio 21

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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