An item reported the departure from Texel, Netherlands on 20 April of the Dutch Greenland whaler de Welna commandeur Weyerd Meigerd Bot towards Greenland. The edition dated 22 August 1758 reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands on 13 August of the Dutch whaler de Wel-Na with 4,5 whale 114 quardelen returning from Greenland.(1)
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1. Weyert Melcherdsz Bot commandeur between 1742-1768, in 1758 f0rNicolaas de Myn, Amsterdam, Netherlands also 178 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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