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Sunday, 6 June 2021

Catch results of the German Greenland whaler De Fortuyn according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 9 August 1687


Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands Drawing of  Caspar Luyken 1711

An item dated Hamburg, Germany 5 August referred to Govert van Altona returning from Greenland with a list of the catch results of the German Greenland whaler De Fortuyn of Hamburg 1 whale. (1)

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1. Wanda Oesau. Hamburgs Grönland fahrt auf Walfischfang und Robbenschlag vom 17.-19. Jahrhundert. The Fortuyn of director C. de Vlieger?

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