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Monday, 20 December 2021

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jurriaan Adriaansz Ooms returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 20 July 1747

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 19 July reported the arrival on 17 July at Texel returning from Greenland of the Dutch commandeur Juriaan Ooms 12 whales 350 quardelen.(1)

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1. Jurriaan Adriaansz Ooms, commandeur between 1735-1771, in 1747 for Charles Roos, Oostzaan, Netherlands 12 whales 350 barrels blubber 506 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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