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Sunday 18 July 2021

Catch results of the Dutch Greenland commandeur J. Huysman 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 J. Huysman were 3 whales. Auke Harmsz who brought the list with him left on 19 June Greenland.(1)

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1. Jacob Huysman, Greenland commandeur between 1726-1756, in 1747 for Harmanus Visser Ladiges, Amsterdam 7 whales 260 barrels blubber 365 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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