Jan van Bruggen, on January 31, 1752 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1752
• Monday, 31 January
  Jan van Bruggen (uit Nieuwendam) joins as third helmsman (derdewaak) with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Herstelder bound for Ceylon
• Thursday, 27 April
  87 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Herstelder on the Cape
• Wednesday, 17 May
  20 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Herstelder of the Cape
• Saturday, 12 August
  87 days after departure from the Cape, 194 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Herstelder in Ceylon
• Return
• 1758
• Tuesday, 31 October
  2271 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Getrouwigheid with chamber Hoorn from Ceylon
• 1759
• Sunday, 7 January
  68 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Getrouwigheid on the Cape
• Monday, 26 February
  50 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Getrouwigheid from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Sunday, 24 June
  118 days after departure from the Cape, 236 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Getrouwigheid in the Netherlands
  2701 days after employment
  Resignation Jan van Bruggen (Getrouwigheid), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Crew at the Cape: 110.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6289, folio 9

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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