An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 8 August reported
that off Texel arrived commandeur Cornelis Meyns returning with 6 whales 300
quardelen from Davis Strait. He brought with him a list which made clear that
since the previous list 35 whales were caught and none ships lost.(1)
Note
1. Cornelis Meyn,
commandeur between 1725-1734, in 1729 for Gerret Best, Zaandijk, Netherlands 6
whales 300 barrels blubber 447 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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