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Table 15c: Average duration of voyage Bengal/China - The Cape
Bengal China
days (trips)
1734-39 83 (14) 1740-49 82 (27) 1750-59 87 (39) 1760-69 80 (25) 1770-79 72 (22) 1780-89 SO (10) 1790-95 65 (3)
1734-95 81 (240)
days (trips)
108 (16) 96 (18) 99 (27) 99 (34) 99 (36) 96 (27)
104 (14) 100 (172)
With the exception of shipping from Batavia in the latter part of the eighteenth century, only the months of October to March were actually used for departures home. For Ceylon, Bengal and China this was selfevident because of the northeast monsoon. Yet in reading tables 16a - 16c it becomes clear that the 1742 directive was of great positive importance for the duration of the voyage from Batavia at least. It took significantly less time to reach the Cape in October or November than in January or February. A n average shortening of the journey resulted from this shift in policy. On the other routes the effect is less obvious.
16a: Average duration of voyage Batavia - The Cape by month of departure (in days)
1602-24 1625-49 1650-74 1675-99 1700-24 1725-49 1750-74 1775-95
73 99 125 89 206 94
92 101 93
109 95 83
82 87 91 88
112 95 104 106 93 134 62 100 91 134 79 119
96 60 74
89 94 75
79 75 80 61 81 90 73 94 85 84 82 86 70 73 91 74 80 97
I II III IV V VI VII Vili IX Χ XI XII
Table 16b: Average duration of voyage Ceylon - The Cape by month of departure (in days)
I II III IV V VI VII Vili IX Χ XI XII
1650-74 66 70 1675-99 68 85 1700-24 70 74 1725-49 80 82 1750-74 78 76 1775-95 79 79
67
83
94
73 88 75 83 74 80 83 111 74 64 69 72 61
64 86 81 102
111
86 71
94 81 84 68 88
150 166
166 81 97 94
79
84
89