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Thursday, 3 June 2021

Captured French Greenland whaler arrived at Amsterdam, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 10 December 1672

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 9 December reported the arrival of the French Greenland whaler caught by Pieter van Goethem, Avonturier and now lying off the city. She was loaded with 820 quardelen whale oil and whale bone of 24 whales, so it was a rich prize.

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