Harpooned whale trying to escape
Adolf van der Laan after Sieuwert van der Meulen 1720-1730
An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 25 July reported
the arrival at Goeree, Netherlands commandeur Pieter [Pietersz] Winter with 4
whales 160 quardelen returning from Greenland.(1)
Note
1. Pieter Pietersz Winter commandeur between
1700-1722, in 1722 for widow Jacob Noordbey, Rotterdam, Netherlands 4 whales 60
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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