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Tuesday 5 November 2024

Share in Dutch Greenland whaler Eendragt for sale in 1742

Auction at the Nieuwezyds Heeren Loogement, Amsterdam, Netherlands on Monday 26 November 1742 of 1/32 share in the Dutch whaler Eendragt, commandeur Claes Jansz Venhuysen, built in 1734, dimensions 112 x 29 x 12½, deck 6½ feet, 6-7 boats, lying at Amsterdam and sold for 285 Dutch guilders to Jan Koekebakker. (1)

Note

1. Active as Greenland whaler between 1740-1743 for Albert Timmerman, Monnikendam, Netherlands, catches in respectively 1740 3 whales, 125 barrels blubber, 190 quardelen whale oil, in 1741: 2-86-114, 1742: 3¼=140-180 and 1743: 5½-151-212

Source

Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Netherlands archive No. 5071, inventory number 8.

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