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Sunday, 16 January 2022

Dutch Greenland commandeur Cornelis de Leeuw returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 29 October 1748

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 28 October 1748 reported the arrival on the 26th at Texel of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Cornelis de Leeuw 6 whales 200 quardelen.(1)

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1. Greenland commandeur for Marten Beets, De Rijp, Netherlands 6 whales 200 barrels blubber 280 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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