Wednesday, 23 December 2020

Dutch Greenland whaler de Jacob en Emanuël departed towards Greenland according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche courant dated 26 April 1758

An item reported the departure from Texel, Netherlands on 20 April of the Dutch Greenland whaler de Jacob en Emanuël commandeur Gerrit Carsten[sz] towards Greenland.  

Note

1. Commandeur between 1755-1759 Francisco Henriques de Mesquite, Amsterdam, Netherlands , in 1758 2 whales 18 barrels blubber 29 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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