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Saturday 8 January 2022

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jacob Harmensz returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 7 September 1748

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 6 September reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands on 4 September of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Jacob Harmsz 9 whales 220 quardelen blubber.(1)

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1. Jacob Harmensz, Greenland commandeur between 1737-1755, in 1748 for Fredrik de Harde, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 9 whales 220 barrels blubber 380 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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