Dirk Dirksz: Proost, on February 17, 1739 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1739
• Tuesday, 17 February
  Dirk Dirksz: Proost (uit Hoorn) joins as weapons master’s mate with chamber Hoorn. Departure of the ship Hofwegen bound for Batavia
• Friday, 3 July
  136 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Hofwegen on the Cape
• Wednesday, 15 July
  12 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Hofwegen of the Cape
• Saturday, 26 September
  73 days after departure from the Cape, 221 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Hofwegen in Batavia
• Return
• 1743
• Wednesday, 9 January
  1201 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Meerlust with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Friday, 22 March
  72 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Meerlust on the Cape
• Thursday, 11 April
  20 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Meerlust from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 22 July
  102 days after departure from the Cape, 194 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Meerlust in the Netherlands
  1616 days after employment
  Resignation Dirk Dirksz: Proost (Meerlust), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

The 83 men aboard the MEERLUST included 70 seafarers and 3 impotenten.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14424, folio 16

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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