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Friday 27 September 2024

Dutch Greenland commandeur Mathys Pietersz arrived on the Elbeaccording to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 20 August 1701

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 19 August reported the arrival on the Elbe river of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Mathys Pietersz 13 whales.

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1. Greenland commandeur for Willem Bastiaansz, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1700-1702, in 1701 13 whales 480 barrels blubber. 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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