Last Edited | 12/03/2017 |
ShipVoyage* | On 21 December 1701 the Reijgersdaal departed Texel enroute to (Cape Town) where it docked on 13 April 1702. Among those on board was the sailor Claas Jansz van Rensburg, sailing under the name Claas Schim, who remained at the Cape. In his soldyrekening it is stated that he left the service of the VOC in Azie - however as Mansell Upham notes: technically the VOC's charter covered the area starting at the Cape of Good Hope and all areas to the East thereof thus making the Cape of Good Hope part of its 'Asian' area of operation … which is why many (most/all?) VOC personnel that ended up at the Cape of Good Hope - either permanently or temporarily - are also designated in the general registers as having departed for 'Asia.3,4' |
Citations
- [S351] Grahame Naudé, "Dutch East India Company Shipping", Familia (DEIC Shipping) 43 Number 1 (2006): Details of voyage 1879.4 from Texel to Batavia
Number 1879.4
Name of ship REIGERSDAAL
Master Zalm, Jakob
Tonnage 818
Type of ship pinas
Built 1691
Yard Amsterdam
Chamber Amsterdam
Date of departure 21-12-1701
Place of departure Texel
Arrival at Cape 13-04-1702
Departure from Cape 02-05-1702
Date of arrival at destination 10-07-1702
Place of arrival Batavia
Particulars 6 Seafarers ran away at the Cape.
Next homeward voyage 6086.4
On Board I II III IV V VI
Seafarers 178 5 4 16 6 178
Soldiers 78 5 19 4 88
Passengers 6 0 2 0 0 4. Hereinafter cited as "Dutch East India Company Shipping." - [S673] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, December 1651 - December 1653[5], Van Riebeeck's Journal, &c. Part I, H.C.V. Leibrandt; (Cape Town, South Africa: W. A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, Castle Street, 1897), p.15. Hereinafter cited as Precis of the archives, JVR Journal 1651-1653[5].
- [S620] Website Nationaal Archief, VOC Opvarenden (http://vocopvarenden.nationaalarchief.nl/default.aspx) "See under citations for his birth."
- [S898] Elmien Wood, "My naam is Van Rensburg, Janse van Rensburg", Capensis - My naam is Van Rensburg, Janse van Rensburg. Of is dit Bruin of dalk Schim? 3/2012 (September 2012): citing inter alia VOCOpvarenden online and the original skeepsoldyrekening - see image attached his name - Claas Schim. Hereinafter cited as "My naam is Van Rensburg, Janse van Rensburg."