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Tuesday, 6 April 2021

Dutch Davis Strait commandeur Pieter Scho[o]neman 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 Pieter Scho[o]neman 5 whales 350 quardelen, returning from Davis Strait.(1)

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1. Pieter Schooneman, commandeur between 1726-1733 for Jan Mol, Zaandam, Netherlands, in 1727 4,5 whale 300 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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