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Friday 8 April 2016

Dutch commandeur in the Greenland whale-fishery Teunis Eelmersz 1700-1703

Sailed for director Jan Byl of Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1700-1701 with as results 1700: 1 whale, 50 barrels whale blubber and 1701: 4 whales and 200 barrels whale blubber.

Sailed for director Albert Heldevier of Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1702-1703 with as results 1702: 7 whales, 160 barrels whale blubber and 1703: 1 whale and 37 barrels whale blubber.

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.