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Sunday, 15 November 2020

Arrival of Dutch Greenland whaler Alida en Anna at Texel, Netherlands on 28 July according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 5 August 1758

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands

Matthias de Sallieth afer Hendrik Kobell, 1781

Texel, 31 July. Arrived on 28 July the Dutch whaler Alida Anna commandeur Jan Claasz Castricum, 2 whales, 50 quardelen blubber, coming from Greenland.(1) The edition dated 26 April 1758 reported the departure from Texel, Netherlands on 20 April. The edition dated 3 May 1759 reported the departure from Texel, Netherlands on 29 April 1759.  

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1. Commandeur between 1746-1775, in 1758 for Claas en Claas Groot, Zaandam, Netherlands catch 2,5 whale, 60 barrels blubber 82 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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