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Sunday, 31 December 2023

Dutch Greenland commandeur Jan Dirksz van de Velde returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 30 August 1701

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 29 August reported the arrival on the Maas river, Netherlands of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Jan Dirksz van de Velde 5 whales.

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1. Jan Dirksz van de Velden, Greenland commandeur 1700-1726, in 1701 for Willem Bastiaansz, Rotterdam, Netherlands 15 whales 600 barrels oil. Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc.Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written note until 1794.

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