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Wednesday, 23 December 2020

Dutch Greenland whaler de Vrouw Maye departed towards Greenland according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche courant dated 26 April 1758

An item reported the departure from Texel, Netherlands on 20 April of the Dutch Greenland whaler de Vrouw Maye commandeur Theunis Albertz Swemmer towards Greenland.  

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1. Commandeur between 1750-1761, in 1758 for Claas de Jongh, Zaandam, Netherlands 4,5 whale 70 barrels blubber 126 quardelen whale oil. Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written note until 1794.

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