Catch results of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Cornelis Butter according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 6 July 1747

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 5 July reported that according to a list the catch results of the Dutch Greenland commandeur C. Butter were 3 whales. Auke Harmsz who brought the list with him left on 19 June Greenland. (1)

Note

1. Cornelis Butter, Greenland commandeur between 1745-1760, in 1747 for Philippe d’Orville, Amsterdam, 18 whales 400 barrels blubber 522 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.