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Wednesday, 7 December 2022

Dutch Greenland whaler Wiltschut returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 24 August 1688

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 23rd reported the arrival of the Dutch Greenland whaler Wiltschut of Barent Doffe (?) van Medemblik, Netherlands with a catch of 5 whales, 190 quardelen blubber. The whalers ’t Bonte Paert of Cornelis Bol, Uytdam of Jan Cornelisz Marckt, Elizabeth of Jan Blom en Catharina of Tuymen Brouwer were lost.

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