Christiaan Bous, on December 28, 1752 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1752
• Thursday, December 28
  Christiaan Bous (uit Baare) joins as ship’s boy (jongen) with chamber Hoorn. Departure of the ship Huis te Manpad bound for Batavia
• 1753
• Friday, March 23
  85 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Huis te Manpad on the Cape
• Saturday, April 14
  22 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huis te Manpad of the Cape
• Friday, July 6
  83 days after departure from the Cape, 190 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Huis te Manpad in Batavia
• Return
• 1755
• Thursday, October 30
  846 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Huis te manpad with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Saturday, December 20
  51 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huis te manpad on the Cape
• 1756
• Wednesday, March 3
  74 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huis te manpad from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, July 26
  145 days after departure from the Cape, 270 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huis te manpad in the Netherlands
  1306 days after employment
  Resignation Christiaan Bous (Huis te Manpad), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

One source mentioned Marten de Wit as master of the HUIS TE MANPAD. Crew at the Cape: 141. The 21 passengers included two slaves and six condemned persons.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14453, folio 160

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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