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Saturday, 3 July 2021

Dutch commandeur Teunis Root departed towards Greenland according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 20 April 1747

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 19 April reported the departure of Teunis Root towards Greenland. (1)

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1. Teunis Cornelisz Root, Greenland commandeur between 1735-1768, in 1747 for Arnold Hooghart, Amsterdam, Netherlands 4 whales 149 barrels blubber 211 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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