An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 22 July reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands of the Dutch commandeur Itse Fredriksz retuning from Davis Strait with 2,5 whale.(1)
Note
1.
Idste Fredriksz, commandeur between 1719-1725 for Jan and Jacob Bloem,
Amsterdam, Netherlands2 whales 100 barrels blubber. 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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