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Saturday, 15 January 2022

Dutch Greenland commandeur Wessel Wiebes 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 20 October of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Wessel Wiebes 1.5 whale 60 quardelen.(1)

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1. Greenland commandeur 1737-1760, in 1748 for Jacob van Kralingen, 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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