An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 5 July reported that according to a list the catch results of the Dutch Greenland commandeur A.P. Visser were 5 whales. Auke Harmsz who brought the list with him left on 19 June Greenland.(1)
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1. Ary Pietersz Visser, Greenland commandeur between 1715-1752, in 1747 for W. van Rykevorsel, Rotterdam, Netherlands 5 whales 180 barrels blubber 254 quardelen oil. 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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