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Thursday, 2 June 2022

Catch results of German Greenland commandeur G.D. Visser according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamse courant dated 4 June 1772

An item dated Hamburg, Germany 29 May reported the arrival of commandeur Lammers with a list of catch results of the German Greenland commandeur G.D. Visser of Hamburg 80 quardelen seal blubber

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1. The hoopende Landmann, built by Dirck Hendricks as a fluyt at Zaandam, Netherlands in 1757. Dimensions 113.6½ (prow) x 30 x 12. 8½ feet. Owner since 15 September 1766 Ulrich Akkermann. Catch results 4 whales 294 quardelen blubber 4,573 pound whale bone. Wanda Oesau, Hamburgs Grönlandfahrt auf Walfischfang und Robbenschlag vom 17.-19. Jahrhundert, 1955.

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