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Tuesday, 12 January 2021

Dutch Davis Strait commandeur Itse Fredriksz returned according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 23 July 1720

 

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)

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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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