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Personal Information
- Names: Jan Dirksz
- Surname: Buijs
- City of Origin: Rotterdam
- Remarks:
- Azie
Employment Information
- Date Employed: 1737-10-17
- Occupation: Ship Gunner
- Description:
- (Dutch: busschieter) experienced seaman also responsible for firing a cannon
- Date Terminated: 1736-00-00
- Place Terminated: Krooswijk
- Reason Terminated: Shipwrecked
- Remarks:
- This is only noted when the ship has sunk and the seafarer has drowned. It applies only to ships that were part of Dutch Asiatic Shipping. If the seafarer had been rescued while the ship was lost a different end of tenure is recorded. Example 1: The ship
Departure Information
- Ship Name: Hofvliet
Return Ship Information
- Returning To: Rotterdam
- Ship Name: KROOSWIJK
- Departure Date: 1738-12-14
- Arrival at Cape:
- Depart Cape:
- Arrive at Destination:
- Remarks:
- Wrecked between Bengal and the Cape.
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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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