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Wednesday, 3 March 2021

Dutch Greenland commandeur Riewert Roelofsz returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 29 August 1722

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 28 August reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands of Riewert Roelofsz  returning from Greenland.(1)

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1. Commandeur between 1722-1723 for Nicolaas Kalff, Zaandam, Netherlands 2 whales 96 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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