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Wednesday, 27 March 2019

Dutch commandeur in the Greenland whale-fishery Klas Arentsz Tuyn 1718-1719

In the next years I intended to supply more biographical details dealing with this commandeur and his director(s) and the ships he commanded. Sailed for directors Gerret Reverant and Jacobus Rauwenhof of Amsterdam in 1718-1719 with as total results 5 whales and 117 barrels of whale blubber, specified in 1718 1 whale, 17 barrels and 1719 4 whales and 100 barrels.

Source
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.