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Monday, 22 March 2021

Dutch Davis Strait Pieter Willemsz Ockesz returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 28 August 1727

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 27 August reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands of P.W. Okkes(5) zero results, returning from Davis Strait.(1)

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1. Pieter Willemsz Ockesz, commandeur between 1722-1727 for heirs George Bruyn, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 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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