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Wednesday, 11 August 2021

Dutch Greenland commandeur Roelof Gerrets Meyer 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 Roelof G. Meyer 11 whales 325 quardelen.(1)

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1. Roelof Gerrets Meyer, Greenland commandeur between 1736-1783, in 1747 for Wed. Albert en Jan Kramp, Amsterdam, Netherlands 11 whales 325 barrels blubber 538 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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