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Monday, 18 March 2019

Arrival of Dutch Greenland whalers at Hellevoetsluis according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 19 August 1758

Hellevoetsluis, 15 August. Arrival on 13 August from Greenland the Rotterdam commandeur Philip Walrave with one whale. Arrival in the afternoon of 14 August from Greenland the Clara Maria commandeur Leendert Groeneveld with 4½ whales and 180 barrels of whale blubber.