An item reported the departure from Texel, Netherlands on 20 April of the Dutch Greenland whaler de Getrouwigheid commandeur Meyndert Spyker towards Greenland.(1) The edition dated dated 19 September 1758 reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands on 12 September with 2 whales 80 quardelen blubber returning from Greenland.
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1. Commandeur between 1739-1759, in 1758 for Pieter Gerretse Hoofd, Westzaan, Netherlands also 114 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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