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Sunday, 27 November 2022

Dutch Greenland whaler Honing Ton returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 8 September 1703

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 7 September reported the recent arrival in the Vlie or at Texel of the Dutch Greenland whaler Honing Ton 10 whales. Leaving the ice they heard about the war with France and went not to the rendezvous but straight home.  

Note

1. The Dutch Republic and France were enemies during the War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1713. 

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