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Wednesday, 21 August 2019

Arrival of Dutch whalers at Texel on 28 August according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 4 September 1759

Arrival of the Goude Compas commandeur A. Pieters 7½ whales, 180 barrels of whale blubber, Resolutie, N. Willemsz 7 whales, 140 barrels of whale blubber, Pieter, commandeur V. Broers 5½ whales, 235 barrels of whale blubber, Hendrina, commandeur J.G. Ariaans, 5½ whales, 235 barrels of whale blubber, Neletta, S.J. Kleyn, 4½ whales, 150, Anna B.H. de Jong, 4 whales, 180 barrels of whale blubber, Noord Houtryk, commandeur H. Hieters 3½ whales, 160, Vrouwe Cornelia, commandeur B. Pieters, 3½ whales, 160 barrels of whale blubber, Groenlandia, commandeur M. Hogerzeyl, 2 whales, 51 barrels of whale blubber, Hopende Swan C. Swan 1½ whales, 70 barrels of whale blubber, Lindelust, commandeur D. Dirks, 1½ whales, 50 barrels of whale blubber, Adelyke Moor, commandeur J. Scholtz, 1¼, 37, Catrina, commandeur C. Adriaansz 1 whale, 50 barrels of whale blubber and Vrouwe Maria, commandeur T.A. Swemmer, ½ whale, 24 barrels of whale blubber, all coming from Greenland.