Christoph Gottfried Frank, on May 14, 1788 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1788
• Wednesday, 14 May
  Christoph Gottfried Frank (uit Winnende) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Zeepaard bound for Batavia
• 1789
• Sunday, 4 January
  235 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Zeepaard on the Cape
• Tuesday, 3 February
  30 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Zeepaard of the Cape
• Thursday, 7 May
  93 days after departure from the Cape, 358 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Zeepaard in Batavia
• Return
• Monday, 26 October
  172 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Sparenrijk with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1790
• Thursday, 7 January
  73 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Sparenrijk on the Cape
• Wednesday, 17 February
  41 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Sparenrijk from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Sunday, 23 May
  95 days after departure from the Cape, 209 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Sparenrijk in the Netherlands
  739 days after employment
  Resignation Christoph Gottfried Frank (Sparenrijk), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 111 seafarers included 26 Chinese; among the 14 passengers were 2 male and 3 female slaves, and 4 survivors of the English man-of-war BOUNTY (see the VLIJT, 8258). On 28-12-1789, during a heavy storm, the SPARENDIJK was severely damaged off Cape Aghu

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6784, folio 107

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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