Jan Steenkelder, on April 7, 1728 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1728
• Wednesday, 7 April
  Jan Steenkelder (uit Delft) joins as junior ordinary seaman with chamber Delft. Departure of the ship Delfland bound for Batavia
• Wednesday, 4 August
  119 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Delfland on the Cape
• Monday, 30 August
  26 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Delfland of the Cape
• Sunday, 7 November
  69 days after departure from the Cape, 214 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Delfland in Batavia
• Return
• 1733
• Tuesday, 22 December
  1871 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Opperdoes with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• 1734
• Saturday, 22 May
  151 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Opperdoes on the Cape
• Saturday, 12 June
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Opperdoes from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 4 October
  114 days after departure from the Cape, 286 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Opperdoes in the Netherlands
  2371 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Steenkelder (Opperdoes), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

The master died and was succeeded by Abraham Everhard.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13940, folio 80

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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