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Thursday, 22 July 2021

Catch results of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Jan Ant[h]ony 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. Antony were 2 whales. Auke Harmsz who brought the list with him left on 19 June Greenland.(1)

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1. Jan Antoony, Greenland commandeur between 1740-1753, in 1747 for Jacob van Cralingen, Amsterdam 4 whales 160 barrels blubber 231 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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