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Thursday, 1 July 2021

Dutch Greenland commandeur Hendrik J. Broertjes returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 28 September 1747

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 27 September reported the arrival at Texel of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Hendrik J. Broertjes 8 whales 250 quardelen.(1)

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1. Hendrik Jacobsz Broertjes, Greenland commandeur between 1741-1764, in 1747 for Kleyndert and Smit, Zaandam, Netherlands 8 whales 250 barrels blubber 352 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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