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Sunday, 29 December 2019

The results of the Dutch and Hamburg Greenland whalers according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 3 September 1709

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 31 August referred to tidings received from Hamburg, Germany reporting that catch results of the Dutch and Hamburg Greenland whalers were bad. Again was a whaler with 6 whales lost in the ice although her name was unknown. Her crew was saved by commander Leydekker. Since 10 June was not a single whale catches.