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Thursday 14 February 2013

Arrival of Dutch Greenland whalers off Texel on 25 September according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 3 October 1758

An item dated Texel 29 September reported the arrival on the 25thof the Cornelis Eletta, commandeur Hidde Jansse Bakker, 1 whale, 16 quardelen, Noord-Kaap, commandeur Hendrik Strop, empty, Jonge Cornelis, commandeur Cornelis Hendriksen Kee, empty and the Hagenburg, commandeur Dirks Kansen Bakker, empty, all returning from Greenland.