Statement dated 1 December 1656 by commandeur Jacob Pauwlesz age 46, commandeur Jan Pietersz van der Velde age 32, storekeeper Leendert Govertsz age 46, harpooner Arien Krijnsz age 50, former commandeur and harpooner Arien Jansz Evenblij age 48 and commandeur Maerten Andriessen de Aep 39, that they all went several times for whaling to Greenland on behalf of Willem van den Brouck and Gerbrand Warnaarts both of Amsterdam that regularly caught whales were lost by due to storm, ice, thunder even if the whales were connected to the ship but lines were cut to save the ship. The whales were floating around and became property of the first one to find the body which was necessary to be the one which originally killed/caught the whale.
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Stadsarchief Rotterdam. Notary Vitus Mustelius Woutersz 18-508-79
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