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Wednesday, 26 May 2021

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jasper Mulder returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 12 September 1737

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 11 September reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands of Jasper Mulder 1 whale 40 quardelen whale blubber en 100 quardelen seal blubber returning from Greenland.(1)

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1. Jasper Mulder, commandeur between 1730-1740 for Michiel Bruynvis, Zaandam, Netherlands, in 1737 1 whale 170 barrels whale 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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