An item mentioned that ship brokers W. de Vries, T. Beth Ysbrandsz and T. van Lingen sold at Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement at Amsterdam, Netherlands on Monday 27 April 1767 1/32 part in the fluytship de Vrouw Francisca en Elisabeth and whaling tools of commandeur Rokus Verschoor, built in 1730, dimensions 111 3/4 x 28.5 feet, bound for Greenland with 6-7 boats, sold with results of last season including 60 quardelen boiled whale oil, bookkeeper Willem Harnay, 150 guilders, stroke 6 guilders, Arnold Hoegbard. (1)
Note
1. 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 notes until 1794. Results in 1766 2 whales, 38 barrels blubber and 61 quardelen whale oil.
Source
De Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius, Volume 22, April, Amsterdam, 1767.
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