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Tuesday, 20 April 2021

Dutch Davis Strait whaler commandeur Hidde de Vries returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 8 August 1722

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 5 August reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands of the Dutch commandeur Hidde de Vries 3 whales and 12 cachalots returning from Davis Strait.(1)

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1. Commandeur between 1721-1731, in 1722 for De Commercie Compagnie, Monnikendam, Netherlands, 2 whales 130 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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