Arrival of the Dutch whaler Vergenoeging at Hellvoetsluis according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 11 August 1759

Hellevoetsluis, arrival on 6 August of the Vergenoeging, commandeur J. v.d. Werf, 2 whales and 5 barrels of whale blubber coming from Greenland.(1)

Note

1. According to Gerret van Sante, broker at Zaandam. Alphabetische Naam-Lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davissche Commandeurs, die zedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland, en zedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis, voor Holland en andere Provincien hebben gevaaren. Haarlem, 1770. This book also contains hand written notes for the period 1770-1794 were what the newspaper indicated as quardelen in fact barrels of whale blubber and not quardelen train oil.