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Saturday, 15 January 2022

Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Doorn returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 22 October 1748

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 21 October reported the arrival on 19 October of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Doorn 4.5 whale 160 quardelen, underway in the Bogt van Tronthem heavily damaged in a heavy storm loosing 5 of her boats.(1)

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1. Greenland commandeur 1734-1748 for Teunis Windig, De Rijp, Netherlands 4.5 whale 160 barrels blubber 240 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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