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Thursday, 28 March 2019

Arrival of Greenland whalers in the Vlie on 29 July according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 5 August 1758

Texel, 31 July. Arrival in het Vlie on 29 July the Groenlandia, commandeur Michiel Ockers Hogerzeyl, 2 whales, 75 quardelen and the Dam en Hoven, commandeur Klaas de Boer, empty, both coming from Greenland and the Boomryk, commandeur Jan Pietersz Hoen, 9 whales, 400 quardelen and America, commandeur Cornelis Dirksz, 10 whales, 400 quardelen, coming from Davis Strait. Missing was commandeur Adriaan Cornelisz with 11 whales and a cargo full of blubber.