[1] He became commander and captain of "hired ships" on the Mediterranean Sea and was so successful in 13 different expeditions that the Admiralty of Amsterdam awarded him in 1654 a golden chain and medal.
[2] Subsequently he captained the ship Phoenix from Texel to Batavia, Dutch East Indies between 10 December 1654 and 19 June 1655.
[3] Presumably, he returned immediately with another fleet, as between 6 January and 19 June 1656 he was captain on the ship Tholen sailing from the Netherlands to Batavia.
[4] In November 1656, he commanded a fleet sailing from Batavia via Ceylon to blockade the Portuguese ports on the coast of Malabar, in particular Goa.
He was appointed as acting Governor of Ceylon on 19 November 1664 and until Rijckloff van Goens, who had previously held this office, returned from Batavia in April 1665.