Leendert Hasenbosch was likely born in The Hague, Holland in 1695. [1] Around the year 1709 his father, a widower, moved himself and his three daughters to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) while Leendert stayed in Holland. On 17 January 1714, [2] Hasenbosch became a soldier of the VOC and boarded the flute-ship Korssloot in Enkhuizen bound for Batavia where he served for about a year. [3] From 1715 to 1720 he served in Cochin in India, a Dutch possession at the time. In 1720 he returned to Batavia and was promoted to corporal. He later became a military writer, responsible for small-scale bookkeeping. In 1724, he took a position aboard a VOC ship as the ship's bookkeeper. On 17 April 1725, Hasenbosch was convicted of sodomy following the ship's compulsory stop in Cape Town. [4] On 5 May 1725, he was set ashore on Ascension Island as punishment.
Leendert
Hasenbosch
was likely born in The Hague, Holland in 1695. [1] Around the year 1709 his father, a widower,
moved
himself and his three daughters to
Batavia
in the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) while
Leendert
stayed in Holland. On 17 January 1714, [2]
Hasenbosch
became a soldier of the VOC and boarded the flute-ship
Korssloot
in
Enkhuizen
bound for
Batavia
where he served for about a year. [3] From 1715 to 1720 he served in Cochin in India, a Dutch possession at the time. In
1720 he
returned to
Batavia
and
was promoted
to corporal. He later became a military writer, responsible for
small
-scale bookkeeping. In 1724, he took a position aboard a VOC ship as the ship's bookkeeper. On 17 April 1725,
Hasenbosch
was convicted
of sodomy following the ship's compulsory
stop
in Cape Town. [4] On 5 May 1725, he
was set
ashore on Ascension Island as punishment.
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