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Monday, 30 November 2020

Arrival of the Dutch Davis Strait whaler Christina Maria at Texel on 29 July according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 5 August 1758

Texel, 31 July. Arrival on 29 July of the Dutch whaler Christina Maria, commandeur Hendrik Pronk, 7 whales, 350 quardelen coming from Davis Strait.(1)  

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Between 1758-1770 commander on Davis Strait, in 1758 for Arent Bruyn, Amsterdam, Netherlands, also 434 quardelen whale oil. Between 1762-1771 commandeur for Pieter Kramen, Amsterdam, Netherlands on Greenland. Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written note until 1794.

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