An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 28th July referred to letters received from Hamburg, Germany reporting the arrival on the Elbe of the Propheet Elias commandeur Jan Brugge with 6 whales and one dead, totally 190 barrels returning from Greenland after a voyage of 4 weeks since leaving the ice. Brugge take with him a list of the results of the whalers from Hamburg namely the Groote Vreede 7 whales, Witte Paerl 4 whales, 307 querdelen blubber, Sevenstars 2 whales, Goude Leeuw 3 whales, Olyphant 9 whales, 430 quardelen, Hans Breukelman 2 whales, Drie Honing Korven 5 whales, St. Pieter commandeur Jans 5 whales, Schakelaer 2 whales, Rickmer Ricmers 5 whales and Pieter Laurens 4 whales but who was lost on 4 June. The results of Dutch whalers were Aldert Aldertsz 14 whales, Douwe Gerritsz 11 or 12 whales, Owke Berders 10 whales, Jan Dirksz van de Velde 6 whales and de Oude Visser 3 whales.
