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Saturday, 18 December 2021

Dutch Greenland commandeur Teunis Roelofs 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 18 July at Texel returning from Greenland of the Dutch commandeur Teunis Roelofs 9 whales 290 quardelen.(1)

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1. Greenland commandeur between 1726-1757, in 1747 for Jacob Martensz Noomen, Zaandam, Netherlands 9 whales 290 barrels blubber 331 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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