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Wednesday, 23 December 2020

Dutch Greenland whaler de Kennemerland 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 Kennemerland commandeur Jacob Cornelis Ruyg towards Greenland.  

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1. Commandeur between 1736-1761 for Anthony Groen. Westzaan, Netherlands 2 whales 100 barrels blubber 139 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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