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Sunday 20 December 2020

Dutch Greenland whaler d’Agatha departed towards Greenland according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche courant dated 10 May 1758

An item reported the departure from Texel, Netherlands on 2 May of the Dutch Greenland whaler d’Agatha commandeur Adam Adriaans [Ooms] towards Greenland.  

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1. Adam Adriaansz Ooms, commandeur between 1749-1775, in 1758 for Aart Speciaal, Oostzaan, Netherlands 4 whales 200 barrels blubber 282 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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