Harpooned whale trying to escape
Adolf van der Laan after Sieuwert van der Meulen 1720-1730
An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 13 August
reported the arrival off Texel, Netherlands of the Dutch Greenland commandeur
Pieter Schoneman 2 2/3 whale 150 quardelen.
Note
1. Commandeur between 1721-1758, 1725 for Jan Mol,
Zaandam, Netherlands 2 2/3 whale 150 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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