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Monday, 7 December 2020

Dutch Davis Strait whaler Hollandia returned according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 8 August 1758

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands

Harpooned whale dives circa 1725

Adolf van der Laan after Sieuwert van der Meulen 1720-1730

An item dated Texel, Netherlands 31 July reported the arrival on 29 July of the Dutch

An item reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands on 31 July of the Dutch whaler Hollandia , commandeur Andries Cornelisz with 11 whales filled with blubber from Davis Strait.  

Note

1. Commandeur between 1740-1768 for Simon Scheltes, Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 1758 11 whales 400 barrels blubber 645 quardelen whae 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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