Adolf van der Laan after Sieuwert van der Meulen 1720-1730
Whale cut into pieces
An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 20 August reported
the arrival on the Maas, Netherlands of commandeur Witte Dirksz returning from
Davis Strait with 3 whales 170 quardelen.(1)
Notes
1. Commandeur between 1723-1739, in 1723 for Mathys
Bosch,, Rotterdam, Netherlands 3 whales 180 barrels blubber. 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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