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Personal Information
- Names: Hendrick Geerse
- Surname: Buijs
- City of Origin: Gorcum
- Remarks:
Employment Information
- Date Employed: 1701-01-18
- Occupation: Sailor
- Description:
- (Dutch: matroos) watch and helmansman duties; loading and unloading; cleaning, taring and caulking the ship; hoisting and pulling in the sails; assisting the NCOs.
- Date Terminated: 1704-00-00
- Place Terminated: westhoven
- Reason Terminated: Repatriated
- Remarks:
- Returned to the Netherlands and discharged.
Departure Information
- Ship Name: Gouden Phoenix
Return Ship Information
- Returning To: Zeeland
- Ship Name: WESTHOVEN
- Departure Date: 1703-11-30
- Arrival at Cape: 1704-03-09
- Depart Cape: 1704-03-30
- Arrive at Destination: 1704-08-11
- Remarks:
- Aboard the WESTHOVEN were Adolf Winkler, commandeur of the return fleet, and his family.
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Family Information
- Family Links:
- Geers Buis [Vader]
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The United East India Company (Dutch: Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on 20 March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock company in the world, granting it a 21-year monopoly to carry out trade activities in Asia.
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