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 fluytship ‘t Goed Vertrouwen and whaling tools of commandeur Dirk Borst, built in 1752, dimensions 113 x 29.5 feet, lying at Amsterdam, bound for Greenland with 6-7 boats, sold with catch results of last season including 28 boiled quardelen whale oil, bookkeeper Gerret de Vries Abrahamsz, 200 guilders, in stroke 3 guilders, Arnold Hoogbard.
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 of Dirk Hendriksz Borst 1/2 whale 20 barrels blubber and 27 quardelen whale oil.
Source
De Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius, Volume 22, April, Amsterdam, 1767.
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