An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 5 July reported that according to a list the catch results of the Dutch Greenland commandeur P. Dirks was just 1 whale. Auke Harmsz who brought the list with him left on 19 June Greenland.
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1. Paulus Dirksz, Greenland commandeur 1741-1756, in 1747 for Michiel Bruynvis, Zaandam, Netherlands 3 whales 130 barrels blubber 218 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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