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Thursday, 26 September 2024

Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Willemsz returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 20 August 1701

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 19 August reported the arrival at Texel of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Willemsz 18 whales.

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1. Pieter Willemsz van de Helder, Greenland commandeur for Zeger Vettes, De Rijp, Netherlands, 170 18 whales 580 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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