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Wednesday 2 October 2019

Dutch whalers returning from Greenland according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Nederlandsche courant dated 23 August 1787

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands reported the arrival at Texel of the Dutch whaler ‘t Genoegen commandeur Inse Jansz returning from Greenland with a catch of 7 whales and 175 quardelen. In the so-called Gat were lying anchored the whalers of the commandeurs respectively J..Jansz, S. Waling, Adriaan Hogenwerff, and Abraham Waling all returned from Greenland.