An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 2 October reported the arrival on 1 October at Texel, Netherlands of the Dutch Greenland commandeur D. Schryver 4 whales 120 quardelen.
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1. Dirk Schryver, commandeur between 1738-1760 for Dirk en Hendrik Boon, Monnikendam, Netherlands, in 1747 4 whales 130 barrels blubber 232 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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