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Personal Information
- Names: Roelof
- Surname: Lourensz
- City of Origin: Stavanger
- Remarks:
- monsterrol
Employment Information
- Date Employed: 1662-04-23
- Occupation: Seaman
- Description:
- (Dutch: bootsgezel) Crewman doing watch en helmsman duties, loading and unloading, tarring and caulking of the ship; hoisting and pulling down sails; assisting the non-commissioned officers (NCO's).
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- Place Terminated: Asia
- Reason Terminated: Last record
- Remarks:
- No reason is given for ending tenure and often the account has not been closed. ‘Last record’ is also often used when the ‘reason’ remains obscure.
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- Ship Name: Wapen van Zeeland
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VOC Employment Records
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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