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Monday, 30 November 2020

Arrival of the Dutch Davis Strait whaler America in the Vlie 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 America, commandeur Cornelis Dirksz [Koen], 10 whales, 400 quardelen coming from Davis Strait.(1)  

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1. Commandeur for Cornelis Meyn, Koog, Netherlands, also 620 quardelen whale oil. 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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