Jan van der Meer, on December 29, 1773 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1773
• Wednesday, 29 December
  Jan van der Meer (uit Amsterdam) joins as ship’s boy with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Veldhoen bound for Ceylon
• 1774
• Saturday, 30 April
  122 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Veldhoen on the Cape
• Sunday, 15 May
  15 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Veldhoen of the Cape
• Monday, 11 July
  57 days after departure from the Cape, 194 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Veldhoen in Ceylon
• Return
• 1778
• Friday, 6 February
  1306 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship 't loo with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• Sunday, 26 April
  79 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship 't loo on the Cape
• Friday, 15 May
  19 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship 't loo from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 1 October
  139 days after departure from the Cape, 237 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship 't loo in the Netherlands
  1737 days after employment
  Resignation Jan van der Meer ('t loo), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6589, folio 255

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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