Aarnout Biers, on January 10, 1746 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1746
• Monday, 10 January
  Aarnout Biers (uit Middelburg) joins as boatswain with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Zeelandia bound for Batavia
• Thursday, 9 June
  150 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Zeelandia on the Cape
• Saturday, 9 July
  30 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Zeelandia of the Cape
• Sunday, 30 October
  113 days after departure from the Cape, 293 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Zeelandia in Batavia
• Return
• 1747
• Thursday, 5 January
  67 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Huis te rensburg with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Friday, 7 April
  92 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huis te rensburg on the Cape
• Tuesday, 2 May
  25 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huis te rensburg from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 11 September
  132 days after departure from the Cape, 249 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huis te rensburg in the Netherlands
  609 days after employment
  Resignation Aarnout Biers (Huis te Rensburg), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Sophia Nijhuise, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: No

Ficco Eybo van Rheede was commandeur of the return fleet.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13017, folio 11

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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