Adam Stephan, on August 3, 1789 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1789
• Monday, 3 August
  Adam Stephan (uit Dantzig) joins as ship gunner with chamber Rotterdam. Departure of the ship Zeebouwer bound for Batavia
• Monday, 23 November
  112 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Zeebouwer on the Cape
• Thursday, 17 December
  24 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Zeebouwer of the Cape
• 1790
• Monday, 1 March
  74 days after departure from the Cape, 210 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Zeebouwer in Batavia
• Return
• Thursday, 18 November
  262 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Sint laurens with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• 1791
• Saturday, 2 April
  135 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Sint laurens on the Cape
• Sunday, 17 July
  106 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Sint laurens from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 15 November
  121 days after departure from the Cape, 362 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Sint laurens in the Netherlands
  834 days after employment
  Resignation Adam Stephan (Sint laurens), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Originally the ST. LAURENS departed from the Cape on 02-05-1791. Because of leakage and heavy damage to masts and rigging, however, the ship had to return.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14288, folio 55

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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