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Wednesday, 14 April 2021

Dutch Greenland commandeur Klaes Goversz Visser 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 Klaes Goversz Visser  5 whales 190 quardelen returning from Greenland.(1)

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1. Commandeur between 1715-1731, in 1722 for Van den Lip en Bockma, Ansterdam Netherlands 5,5 whale 190 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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