An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands on 15 October of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Jan Anthony 2 whales 80 quardelen.(1)
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1. Greenland commandeur 1740-1753, in 1748 for Daniel Wynands, Amsterdam 1.5 whale 60 barrels blubber 78 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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