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Thursday 27 January 2022

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jacob de Leeuw returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 17 October 1748

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands on 15 October of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Jacob de Leeuw 6 whales 100 quardelen.(1)

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1. Greenland commandeur 1743-1765, in 1748 for Marten Beets, De Rijp, Netherlands 6 whales 100 barrels blubber 140 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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