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Thursday, 2 April 2026

Dutch Green whaler de Wijngaertsranck stole blubber form fellow whaler de Roode Halve Maen in 1659

Statement dated 1 October 1659 of commandeur Maerten Andriesz age 45 and helmsman Claes Jansz Steur or Steur age 36 on behalf of the merchants Jean Weymans and Reinier Groenhout. They were last August with the Dutch Greenland whaler de Roode Halve Maen in de Westbay of the Hoornse Eyland boiling blubber for train when they discovered that commandeur Aryen Lambertsz Kroon of the ship de Wijngaertsranck of merchant Abraham de Hartoch regurlarly stole parts of the blubber. The exact amount was sunknown but still considerable.

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Stadsarchief Rotterdam. Notary Vitus Mustelius Woutersz 18-513-397

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