Lourens Solfenius, on October 1, 1779 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1779
• Friday, 1 October
  Lourens Solfenius (uit Westerweek) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Ganges bound for Ceylon
• Sunday, 4 April
  180 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Ganges on the Cape
• Tuesday, 27 April
  23 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Ganges of the Cape
• Saturday, 10 July
  74 days after departure from the Cape, 83 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Ganges in Ceylon
• Return
• 1780
• Wednesday, 23 February
  228 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Ganges with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• Friday, 19 May
  86 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Ganges on the Cape
• Friday, 9 June
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Ganges from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 6 October
  119 days after departure from the Cape, 226 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Ganges in the Netherlands
  371 days after employment
  Resignation Lourens Solfenius (Ganges), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6673, folio 48

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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