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Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Dutch commandeur in the Greenland whale-fishery Floris Blom 1733-1735

In the next years I intended to supply more biographical details dealing with this commandeur and his director(s) and the ships he commanded. Sailed for director Abraham Konink Willemsz of Amsterdam in 1733-1735 with as total results 5 whales and 203 barrels of whale blubber, specified 1733 3 whales, 110 barrels, 1734 1 whale, 45 barrels and 1735 1 whale and 48 barrels.

Source
Gerret van Sante, broker at Zaandam. Alphabetische Naam-Lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davissche Commandeurs, die zedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland, en zedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis, voor Holland en andere Provincien hebben gevaaren. Haarlem, 1770. This book also contains hand written notes for the period 1770-1794.