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- Names: Hendrik
- Surname: Minnas
- City of Origin: Groningen
- Remarks:
Employment Information
- Date Employed: 1774-11-05
- 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: 1779-00-00
- Place Terminated: Behemoth
- Reason Terminated: Repatriated
- Remarks:
- Returned to the Netherlands and discharged.
Departure Information
- Ship Name: Europa
Return Ship Information
- Returning To: Amsterdam
- Ship Name: BEHEMOTH
- Departure Date: 1778-10-25
- Arrival at Cape: 1778-12-27
- Depart Cape: 1779-02-04
- Arrive at Destination: 1779-06-09
- Remarks:
- The master of the BEHEMOTH, Hendrik Nieuwboer, was commandeur of the return fleet.
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Family Information
- Family Links:
- Anna Haberkorn [Moeder]
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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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