Jan Sluiskens, on December 31, 1740 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1740
• Saturday, 31 December
  Jan Sluiskens (uit Deudecom) joins as second mate (onderstuurman) with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Jonge Willem bound for Batavia
• 1741
• Sunday, 14 May
  134 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Jonge Willem on the Cape
• Wednesday, 14 June
  31 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Jonge Willem of the Cape
• Sunday, 20 August
  67 days after departure from the Cape, 232 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Jonge Willem in Batavia
• Return
• 1744
• Tuesday, 18 February
  912 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Lis with chamber Hoorn from Batavia
• Thursday, 11 June
  114 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Lis on the Cape
• Friday, 7 August
  57 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Lis from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 12 November
  97 days after departure from the Cape, 268 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Lis in the Netherlands
  1412 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Sluiskens (Lis), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The LIS did not call at the Cape but at False Bay.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 12981, folio 5

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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