Catch results of German Greenland seal hunters according to the Dutch newspaper Leydse courant dated 21 June 1756

An item dated Hamburg, Germany 18 June reported the arrival of commandeur Michiel Jansen on 14 June fully loaded with seal blubber returning from Greenland. He left the Elbe on 18 March for Greenland. On 8 April arrived he on the position of 68 degrees in the ice were a lot of young seals were found delivering a catch of 150 quardelen. In April were a lot of nothern storms and cold weather in May South and South East West with good weather. On 72 degrees reached the ice as far as Jan Mayen Island and which he left on 26 May with a North West wind during 6 days bringing him into the North Sea. On 1 June he hailed a Greenland whaler underway to Greenland. The next days he stayed on the North Sea with a South South West wind and sometimes none wind. He brought with him a list of the catch results: Hans Eriks on 20 April 90 quardelen, Teunis Piet on 25 May 160, H.H. Tonnies 20, Hans Piet half May 30, Jan Schröder 16 May 25, J.N. Steinmetz als said 90, A. Andresen 23 May 80 quardelen, H.R. Scholl on Eastern already 1.000 seals, Andr. Swen 70, J. Koeser nearly full and Carsten Rasmus 160 quardelen. The seal hunters active on the high degrees are had worse results.