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Saturday, 28 November 2020

Arrival of the Dutch Greenland whaler Drie Gebroeders 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 Drie Gebroeders, commandeur Cornelis Bakker, 2½ whales, 53 quardelen, coming from Greenland. The edition dated 5 September 1758 reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands on 31 August of the Dutch whaler de Drie Gebroeders, commandeur Cornelis Mooy with 6 whales 225 quardelen returning from Greenland.(1)  

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1. Commandeur between 1752-1775, in 1758 for Jan Kramp, Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 1758 3 ¾ whale 134 barrels blubber 214 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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