An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 11th August reported the arrival at Bremen, Germany [on the 5th?] of the whaler Vreede commandeur Teckelenburg with 7,5 whale, 360 barrels blubber and 3 other whalers with respectively 3, 5 and 8 whales. On the 11th arrived the Wakende Kraen commander Klaes Jansz with 22 whales, SwarteArend, Laurens Pietersz with 9,5 whale, Goude Oliphant with 9 whales, 430 barrels blubber, St. Jacob 5 whales, 250 barrels blubber, Vigilantia and the Catharina, commandeur Pieter Hendriksz both with 10,5 whale and 450 barrels blubber, ‘t Paradys Rikmer Rikmersz 8,5 whales. , 380 barrels, 7 Sterren Michiel Jansz 11 whales, 480 barrels, St. Pieter, commandeur Jan Hansz with 13 whales and 450 barels and the Koning David, commandeur Nanning Nanninga 13 whales and 560 barrels. All whalers returned from Greenland. Last Saturday arrived at Delfshaven, Netherlands the whalerof Bastiaen de Brasem with 15 whales and the Bonte Kalf commandeur Isaak Krimpen with 8 whales. The latter went to the North Cape, Norway where in the Barents Sea a lost of whales were sighted. A Danish Greenland whaler escort by a Danish warship were ther whale hunting and the Bonte Kalff was ordered to stay 10 miles out of the coast. At Texel arrived the Greenland whalers Gertrouwigheyt with 11 whales, Blauwe Klock with 1 whale, Sordrager with 9 whales, Beverwijk 11 whales, the Schagen with 26 whales, 700 barrels, Dekker 15 whales, Cornelis Visscher 13 whales, Fulps Ysbrandsz 16 whales and Pieter Buys 12 whales.
