Jan Steenkamp, on December 15, 1700 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1700
• Wednesday, 15 December
  Jan Steenkamp (uit Nieuwkerk) joins as sailor with chamber Enkhuizen. Departure of the ship Drechterland bound for Batavia
• 1701
• Wednesday, 13 April
  119 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Drechterland on the Cape
• Monday, 9 May
  26 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Drechterland of the Cape
• Sunday, 10 July
  62 days after departure from the Cape, 207 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Drechterland in Batavia
• Return
• 1705
• Tuesday, 1 December
  1605 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Donkervliet with chamber Rotterdam from Batavia
• 1706
• Wednesday, 3 February
  64 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Donkervliet on the Cape
• Sunday, 4 April
  60 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Donkervliet from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 26 July
  113 days after departure from the Cape, 237 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Donkervliet in the Netherlands
  2049 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Steenkamp (Donkervliet), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

Commandeur of the return fleet (6136-6147) was Jan de Wit aboard the HOEDEKENSKERKE (6141); vice-commandeur was Pieter Bogaard aboard the ZUIDDORP (6140); Willem Els-hoek, master of the SCHOONDERLOO (6138), was schout-bjj -nacht.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14640, folio 49

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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