Martinus van Damme, on May 22, 1741 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1741
• Monday, 22 May
  Martinus van Damme (uit Oostende) joins as midshipman with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Huis te Rensburg bound for Ceylon
• Saturday, 4 November
  166 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Huis te Rensburg on the Cape
• Sunday, 3 December
  29 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huis te Rensburg of the Cape
• 1742
• Wednesday, 18 April
  136 days after departure from the Cape, 331 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Huis te Rensburg in Ceylon
• Return
• 1748
• Thursday, 18 January
  2101 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Woitkensdorp with chamber Zeeland from Ceylon
• Friday, 5 April
  78 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Woitkensdorp on the Cape
• Wednesday, 24 April
  19 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Woitkensdorp from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 6 September
  135 days after departure from the Cape, 232 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Woitkensdorp in the Netherlands
  2664 days after employment
  Resignation Martinus van Damme (Woitkensdorp), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

From 02 till 05-04-1748 the WOITKENSDORP was at anchor off Dassen Island.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 12986, folio 182

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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