An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 7 September reported the recent arrival in the Vlie or at Texel of Dutch Greenland whalers. Leaving the ice they heard about the war with France and went not to the rendezvous but straight home. They were informed by other ships that the French captured the Dutch Greenland whaler ’t Blauwe Hoofd.
Note
1. The Dutch Republic and France were enemies during the War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1713.
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