Jan Dirksz, on November 5, 1738 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1738
• Wednesday, 5 November
  Jan Dirksz (uit Colombo) joins as junior ordinary seaman with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Diemermeer bound for Batavia
• 1739
• Tuesday, 17 February
  104 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Diemermeer on the Cape
• Monday, 9 March
  20 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Diemermeer of the Cape
• Tuesday, 9 June
  92 days after departure from the Cape, 216 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Diemermeer in Batavia
• Return
• 1744
• Saturday, 10 October
  1950 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Popkensburg with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1745
• Friday, 1 January
  83 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Popkensburg on the Cape
• Friday, 16 April
  105 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Popkensburg from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 24 August
  130 days after departure from the Cape, 318 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Popkensburg in the Netherlands
  2484 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Dirksz (Popkensburg), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Pieter Zwanendrecht was commandeur of the return fleet. From 30-12-1744 till 01-01-1745 the POPKENSBURG was at anchor off Robben Island.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6073, folio 115

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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