Harpooned whale trying to escape
Adolf van der Laan after Sieuwert van der Meulen 1720-1730
An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 21 July reported
that at Texel, Netherlands arrived C.P. Castrikom 3 whales 160 quardelen
blubber returning from Davis Strait.(1)
Note
1. Klaas Pietersz Castricum, commandeur for Cornelis
and Dirk Yss, Westzaan, Netherlands between 1721-1722. 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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