An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 2 August reported the arrival on 1 August of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Claas Kouseband 5 whales 300 quardelen. (1)
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1. Klaas Kouseband, Greenland commandeur between 1736-1751, in 1747 for widow Pieter de Nes, Amsterdam, Netherlands 5 whales 300 barrels blubber 360 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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