William Drijsdale, on December 19, 1787 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1787
• Wednesday, 19 December
  William Drijsdale (uit Edingsburg) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal Maatsuijker bound for Batavia
• 1788
• Sunday, 30 March
  102 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal Maatsuijker on the Cape
• Wednesday, 30 April
  31 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal Maatsuijker of the Cape
• Friday, 4 July
  65 days after departure from the Cape, 198 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal Maatsuijker in Batavia
• Return
• 1789
• Saturday, 24 January
  204 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Gouverneur-generaal maatsuijker with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Friday, 10 April
  76 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Gouverneur-generaal maatsuijker on the Cape
• Friday, 1 May
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Gouverneur-generaal maatsuijker from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 25 August
  116 days after departure from the Cape, 213 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Gouverneur-generaal maatsuijker in the Netherlands
  615 days after employment
  Resignation William Drijsdale (Gouverneur-Generaal Maatsuijker), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6766, folio 130

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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