An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 21 October reported the arrival on 18 October at Texel of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Jan Jansz Walig 10 whales 150 quardelen.(1)
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1. Greenland commandeur 1746-1784, in 1748 for Pieter Jantjes, De Rijp, Netherlands 10 whales 150 barrels blubber 210 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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