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Sunday, 16 January 2022

Dutch Greenland commandeur Cornelis Jongekees 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 25th at Texel of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Cornelis Jongekees 1 whale 50 quardelen.(1)

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1. Greenland commandeur 1734-1749, in 1748 for Hendrik Jan Pauw, Amsterdam 1 whale 50 barrels blubber 74 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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