Jan Steenkelder, on April  7, 1728 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1728
• Wednesday, April 7
  Jan Steenkelder (uit Delft) joins as junior ordinary seaman with chamber Delft. Departure of the ship Delfland bound for Batavia
• Wednesday, August 4
  119 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Delfland on the Cape
• Monday, August 30
  26 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Delfland of the Cape
• Sunday, November 7
  69 days after departure from the Cape, 214 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Delfland in Batavia
• Return
• 1733
• Tuesday, December 22
  1871 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Opperdoes with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• 1734
• Saturday, May 22
  151 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Opperdoes on the Cape
• Saturday, June 12
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Opperdoes from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, October 4
  114 days after departure from the Cape, 286 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Opperdoes in the Netherlands
  2371 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Steenkelder (Opperdoes), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

The master died and was succeeded by Abraham Everhard.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13940, folio 80

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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