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Thursday, 21 October 2021

Dutch Greenland commandeur Lourens Strop returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 30 September 1747

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 29 September reported the arrival on 28 September at Texel, Netherlands of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Lourens Strop 5 whales 200 quardelen.(1)

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1. Greenland commandeur between 1745-1761, in 1747 for Jan van de Stad, Zaandam, Netherlands 5 whales 200 barrels blubber 280 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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