Catch results of German Greenland whalers bad according to the Dutch newspaper Haerlemsche courant dated 21 August 1703

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands

Harpooned whale trying to escape

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

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 20 August reported the arrival of a Greenland whaler of Hamburg Joost Springer at Hamburg, Germany empty. While Springer did not go on land there were no details about the catch results available. The whalers at Bremen, Germany reported that generally the results were worse, just some whalers had better results. Totally they caught 51,5 whale and was the Zeylemaker of Bremen wrecked.