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Friday, 10 December 2021

Dutch Greenland commandeur Cornelis Jansz Bras returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 28 September 1748

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 27 September reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands on 25 September of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Cornelis Bras 10 whales.(1)

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1. Cornelis Jansz Bras, Greenland commandeur between 1743-1758 for Claudius Hendrik van Herwerden, Amsterdam, Netherlands 10 whales 170 barrels blubber 270 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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