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Monday, 13 April 2026

Deed of chartering for Dutch Greenland whaler de Purmerlanderkerck in 1657

Deed of chartering dated 18 February 1657 between captain Rudolph Roosterman and Pieter du Bous merchants and Jan Willemsz van Purmerlandt master of the ship de Purmerlanderkerck of 120 x 24 x 11 feet and 5 feet above to be ready on 20 March lying in the Haringvliet with other whalers to depart for Greenland and afterwards to return to Rotterdam to be unloaded and to pay 2,850 guilders and 6 guilders each caught whale.

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Stadsarchief Rotterdam. Notary Vitus Mustelius Woutersz 18-508-201

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