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Saturday 8 January 2022

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jurriaan Adriaansz Ooms returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 17 September 1748

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 16 September reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands on 14 September of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Jurjaan A. Ooms 6 whales 190 quardelen.(1)

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1. Jurriaan Adriaansz Ooms, Greenland commandeur between 1735-1771, in 1747 for Cornelis Roos, Oostzaan, Netherlands, 6 whales 190 barrels blubber 271 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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