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Wednesday, 20 January 2021

Dutch Davis Strait commandeur Cornelis Sjoukes returned according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 16 August 1721

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 15 August reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands of the Dutch commandeur Cornelis Sjoukes from Davis Strait with zero catch results.(1)

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1. Cornelis Sjoukes, commandeur between 1720-1722 for  Gerret de Vries, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 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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