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Wednesday 14 April 2021

Dutch Greenland commandeur Cornelis Ruyg returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 8 August 1722

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 5 August reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands of the Dutch commandeur Cornelis Ruyg 10 whales 350 quardelen  returning from Greenland.(1)

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1. Cornelis Cornelisz Ruyg, commandeur betweeen 1720-1748, in 1748 for Jan van Hoorn, De Rijp, Netherlands. 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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