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Sunday, 11 June 2023

German Greenland whalers returned home at Hamburg, Germany according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamse courant dated 8 August 1799

An item reported the arrival at Hamburg, Germany of P. Hansen, 4 whales, 100 quardelen, 8 quardelen seal blubber, A. Jansen 2 whales, 60 quardelen, 50 quardelen seal blubber, R. Wilckens 1 whale, 50 quardelen, R. Riewers 1 whale, 44 quardelen, 6 quardelen seal blubber, H.H. Tonnes 160 quardelen, D. Koser 80 quardelen, F. Tieman 50 quardelen seal blubber, all coming from Greenland. 

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