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Saturday 30 March 2024

Dutch Greenland whaler Perenboom lost 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 Dutch Greenland whalers. Leaving the ice they heard about the war with France [War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1713] and went not to the rendezvous but straight home. They reported the loss in the ice of the Dutch Greenland whaler Perenboom.

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