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Monday 26 July 2021

Dutch Greenland commandeur Meyndert Cornelisz Meynkom returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 28 September 1747

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 27 September reported the arrival at Texel of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Meyndert C. Meynkom 2,5 whale 60 quardelen.(1)

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1. Meyndert Cornelisz Meynkom, Greenland commandeur between 1744-1761, in 1747 for Dirk Tymons, Zaandam, Netherlands 2,5 whale 60 barrels blubber 114 quardelen oil. 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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