Translate

Tuesday, 23 March 2021

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jacob Hoek returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 17 August 1720

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

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 16 August reported the arrival at Texel of commandeur Jacob Hoek (3) 5 whales 230 quardelen returning from Greenland.(1

Note

1. Commandeur between 1716-1735, in 1729 for Roelof en Anthony Elbo ?), 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.

No comments:

Post a Comment