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Monday, 19 April 2021

Dutch Davis Strait commandeur Pieter Reurs returned according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 8 August 1722

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 5 August reported the arrival on the 4th at Amsterdam of Pieter Reu[r]s 2,5 whale 155 quardelen blubber returning from Davis Strait.(1)

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1. Pieter Reurs, commandeur between 1719-1728, in 1722 for Hendrik van Esterwegen, Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 1722 2,5 whale 140 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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