Jan Eekelaar, on February 17, 1739 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1739
• Tuesday, 17 February
  Jan Eekelaar (uit Stettijn) joins as boatswain’s mate with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Nieuwerkerk bound for Batavia
• Sunday, 26 July
  159 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Nieuwerkerk on the Cape
• Monday, 10 August
  15 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Nieuwerkerk of the Cape
• Sunday, 25 October
  76 days after departure from the Cape, 250 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Nieuwerkerk in Batavia
• Return
• Thursday, 10 December
  46 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Kasteel van tilburg with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 
  103865 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Kasteel van tilburg on the Cape
• Arrival of the ship Kasteel van tilburg in the Netherlands
  Resignation Jan Eekelaar (Kasteel van Tilburg), reason: shipwrecked

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

Azie

Jurriaan Wolbergen was commandeur of the return fleet. The KASTEEL VAN TILBURG was wrecked between Batavia and the Cape.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6087, folio 9

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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