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Thursday 3 June 2021

French Greenland whalers returning to Bayonne, France according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 28 October 1688

An item reported the arrival at Bajoene [Bayonne, France] of several Greenland whalers. The large ship [Turbide[ grounded while entering and sunk. There was still hope to salvage the oil and whale bone.

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