Harpooned whale trying to escape
Adolf van der Laan after Sieuwert van der Meulen 1720-1730
An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 21 July reported that at Texel, Netherlands arrived Pieter [Jacobsz] Schol 14 whales returning from Greenland.(1)
Note
1. Pieter Jacobsz Schol, commandeur between 1709-1744,
in 1721 for Jan Mol, Zaandam, Netherlands 14 whales 510 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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