Otto Jacob Sterk, on April 5, 1767 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1767
• Sunday, 5 April
  Otto Jacob Sterk (uit Vlissingen) joins as ship’s boy with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Blijdorp bound for Batavia
• Thursday, 16 July
  102 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Blijdorp on the Cape
• Saturday, 1 August
  16 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Blijdorp of the Cape
• Saturday, 3 October
  63 days after departure from the Cape, 181 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Blijdorp in Batavia
• Return
• 1768
• Sunday, 6 November
  400 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Blijdorp with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• 1769
• Thursday, 2 February
  88 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Blijdorp on the Cape
• Monday, 3 April
  60 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Blijdorp from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 18 July
  106 days after departure from the Cape, 254 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Blijdorp in the Netherlands
  835 days after employment
  Resignation Otto Jacob Sterk (Blijdorp), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

The 7 passengers included 3 slaves.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13155, folio 152

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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