Impressive catch results of Dutch Greenland whalers according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 18 July 1747

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 17 referred to the Dutch Greenland commandeur Lourens Walig who said that the Dutch Greenland whalers totally caught 395 whales.(1)

Note

1. Lourens Jansz Walig, commandeur between 1739-1762, in 1747 for Cornelis Florisz de Lange, Zaandijk, Netherlands 10 whales 350 barrels blubber 560 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.