Bagge, Diderich

Handdrawn map of Frederiks Bay on Great Nicobar, 1756. By D. Bagge and Ziervogel (The Royal Danish Collection. H. M. Dronningens Håndbibliotek)

Timeline
1752 - Hired as second officer by the Asiatic Company (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1753 - Sailed on board the ship Sydermanland to Trankebar (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1754 - Hired as skipper on board the newly acquired "inland" ship Kongen af Danmark (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1755 - As captain, he sailed the ship Kongen af Danmark on the first Danish expedition to colonise the Nicobar Islands (Møller 1797)

1757 - Transferred to the ship Kiøbenhavn, where he was patriated back to Denmark, returned in 1758 (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1759 - Engaged as captain on board a ship bound for St. Croix (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1760 - Returned from St. Croix (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1761 - As captain, he sailed the ship Grev Moltke to India. The ship burned on the coast near Negapatnam 30 May 1763 (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1764-66 - Sailed to China as overstyrmand and vicekaptajn on the ship Dronning Sophia Magdalena (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1767 - Travelled to the East Indies on board the ship Rigernes Ønske as captain (kaptajn), but had to return after they went aground in order to repair the ship in Copenhagen (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1767-69 - Travelled to the East Indies, with the same ship? (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1771-73 - Travelled to the East Indies as captain on board the ship Dronning Caroline Mathilde (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1773-75 - Travelled to the East Indies on board the ship Ganges (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1775-77 - Travelled to East Indies on board the ship Rigernes Ønske (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1777-79 - Travelled to East Indies on board the ship Rigernes Ønske (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1780-81 - Travelled to East Indies on board the ship Rigernes Ønske (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1782-83 - Travelled to China as captain on board the ship Kongen af Danmark (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1784-86 - Travelled to China and Trankebar as captain on board the ship Mars, still employed by the Asiatic Company (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)