Pieter Paulus, on May 1, 1788 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1788
• Thursday, 1 May
  Pieter Paulus (uit Dorth) joins as ship’s boy with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal de Clerck bound for Ceylon
• Monday, 18 August
  109 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal de Clerck on the Cape
• Saturday, 13 September
  26 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal de Clerck of the Cape
• Friday, 5 December
  83 days after departure from the Cape, 218 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal de Clerck in Ceylon
• Return
• 1790
• Thursday, 18 November
  713 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Sint laurens with chamber Zeeland from Ceylon
• 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 Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Sint laurens in the Netherlands
  1293 days after employment
  Resignation Pieter Paulus (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 13269, folio 149

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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