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Monday, 3 May 2021

Dutch Davis Strait commandeur Pieter Willemsz Okkes returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 14 August 1725

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 13 August reported the arrival off Texel, Netherlands of the Dutch Davis Strait commandeur P.W. Okkes 1 whale 50 quardelen.

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1. Pieter Willemsz Ockes, commandeur between 1722-1727 for the heirs George Bruyn, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1 whale 50 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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