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Sunday, 3 April 2022

Dutch Greenland commandeur Aris Medendorp returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 3 October 1747

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 2 October reported the arrival on 1 October at Texel, Netherlands of the Dutch Greenland commandeur A. Medendorp 5 whales 160 quardelen.

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1. Commandeur between 1741-1757 for Jacob Alewyn Cysen, Amsterdam, in 1747 5,5 whales 160 barrels blubber 295 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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