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Saturday, 28 November 2020

Arrival of the Dutch Greenland whaler Jacob Bartholomeus at Texel on 29 July according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 5 August 1758

An item dated Texel, Netherlands 31 July reported the arrival on 29 July of the Dutch whaler Jacob Bartholomeus, commandeur Jacob Klaasz Bakker, 2½ whales, 54 quardelen; coming from Greenland

Note

1. Jacob Claasz Backer, commandeur between 1746-1765 or Joan Muyskens, Amterdam, Netherlands, in 1758 also 75 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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