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Wednesday, 19 May 2021

Dutch Davis Strait commandeur Cornelis Jacobse Groot returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Leydse courant dated 11 August 1723

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 9 August reported the arrival in the Maas from Greenland of the Dutch commandeur Cornelis Jacobse Groot returning from Davis Strait.(1)

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1. Cornelis Jacobsz. Groot, commandeur 1721-1732 for Dirk Hoogstraaten, Delfshaven, Netherlands, in 1723 3,5 whale, 200 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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