Abraham Gobius, on October 4, 1758 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1758
• Wednesday, 4 October
  Abraham Gobius (uit Utregt) joins as ship’s boy (jongen) with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Liefde bound for Batavia
• 1759
• Monday, 29 January
  117 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Liefde on the Cape
• Wednesday, 7 March
  37 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Liefde of the Cape
• Wednesday, 20 June
  105 days after departure from the Cape, 259 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Liefde in Batavia
• Return
• 1763
• Thursday, 20 January
  1310 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Velsen with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Wednesday, 4 May
  104 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Velsen on the Cape
• Thursday, 19 May
  15 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Velsen from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 22 August
  95 days after departure from the Cape, 214 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Velsen in the Netherlands
  1783 days after employment
  Resignation Abraham Gobius (Velsen), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

Crew at the Cape: 126.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13101, folio 191

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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