Catch results of German Greenland whalers according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 6 August 1686

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands

Painter Abraham Storck, 1654 - 1708

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 5 August reported the arrival at Hamburg, Germany of a Greenland whaler with 6,5 whale and 375 barrels blubber. He brought with him a list with the results of other whalers: Cornelis Almes 7 whales, Mathijs and son 6 whales, Kloeck 2 whales, Decker 5 whales, De Kaeskoper 5 whales, J. Dircksz van de Velde 3 whales, G. vam de Velde 1 whale, de Bas 5 whales, Kuy 4 whales, Karseboom 2 whales, de 3 Helden Davids 2 whales, Bol 2 whales, de Zeylemaker 1 whale, Claes Lang 1 whale, Jaep Schoute 3 whales, Tiede 1 whale, Meermin 3 whales, Pieter Dircksz 3 whales, de Graeuwe Appel 1 whale and Kromhuysen lost.