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Thursday, 8 July 2021

Dutch Greenland commandeur Auke Harmsz returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 6 July 1747

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 5 July reported at Texel on 3 July the arrival of the Dutch commandeur Auke Harmsz 9 whales returning from Greenland, leaving from there on 19 June.(1)

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1. Greenland commander between 1742-1755, in 1747 for Fredrik de Harde, Amsterdam, Netherlands 9 whales 350 barrels blubber 510 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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