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Wednesday, 24 March 2021

Dutch Greenland commandeur Adriaen Westrik returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 21 August 1723

Harpooned whale trying to escape
Adolf van der Laan after Sieuwert van der Meulen 1720-1730

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 20 August reported the arrival on the Maas, Netherlands of commandeur Adriaen Westrik empty.(1)

Note

1. Commandeur for John Huyman, Rotterdam, 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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