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Thursday, 9 June 2022

French Greenland whaler Le St. Jean finally departed towards Greenland according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 15 May 1700

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 14 May referred to letters received from Bayoene [Bayonne, France] reporting that the Greenland whaler Le St. Jean commandeur Miquetto de Hargies when leaving the harbour grounded for 24 hours and finally refloated with the support of chaloupes. She returned to the town and departed after being repaired on 2 May. 

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