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Wednesday, 11 August 2021

Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Jansz Groen returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 20 July 1747

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 19 July reported the arrival on 17 July at Texel returning from Greenland of the Dutch commandeur Pieter Groen 7 whales 270 quardelen.(1)

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1. Pieter Jansz Groen, Greenland commandeur between 1713-1751, 1747 forJan Louwe Junio, Zaandam, Netherlands 7 whales 270 barrels blubber 461 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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