Greenland commandeur Roelof Gerritsz Meijer involved in dispute over ownership in 1750

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands

Harpooned whale trying to escape

Adolf van der Laan after Sieuwert van der Meulen 1720-1730

Statement dated 19 September 1750 by several men that they were part of the Greenland whaler de Drie Gebroeders commandeur Roelof Gerritsz Meijer.(1) They were on 14 June off Greenland on 78 degrees north latitude involved in a dispute about the ownership of a whale with boats of the Vrouw Anna Maria commandeur Jacob Harmens.(2)

Notes

1. Roelof Gerretsz Meyer commandeur between 1736-1783. In 1750 for Wed. Albert en Jan Kramp, Amsterdam 8 whales 260 barrels blubber 400 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.

2. Jacob Harmensz, commandeur between 1737-1755, in 1750 for Fredrik de Harde, Amsterdam 5 whales 192 barrels blubber 290 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.

Source

Archive Notary Hermanus van Heel, Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Netherlands