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Thursday, 13 August 2026

Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Groen returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 15 July 1749

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 14 July reported the arrival on 12 July of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Groen 8 whales 290 quardelen.(1)

Note

1. Greenland commandeur between 1713-1751 total catch results 161 whales-6285 barrels blubber, in 1749 for director Jan Louwe Junior, Zaandam, Netherlands, catch results 8-whales-290 barrels blubber-470 quardelenwhale oil.

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 note until 1794.

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