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Wednesday, 11 November 2020

Dutch Greenland whaler de Eendragt returned according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 19 September 1758


Harpooned whale trying to escape circa 1725
Adolf van der Laan after Sieuwert van der Meulen 1720-1730

An item reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands on 12 September of the Dutch whaler de Eendragt, commandeur Dirk Schryver with 1,5 whale 40 quardelen blubber returning from Greenland.  

Note

1. Commandeur between 1738-1760 for Dirk en Hendrik Boon, Monnikendam, Netherlands also 60 quarden 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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