An item reported the departure from Texel, Netherlands on 20 April of the Dutch Greenland whaler de Jacoba en Alida commandeur Adriaan Meyts towards Greenland.(1)
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1. Commandeur between 1736-1761, since 1754 for Jacob Groot, Zaandam, Netherlands. Catch results 1758 8 whales, 180 barrels blubber, 272 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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